Joyce Teo

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Teo

SINGAPORE – In a bid to balance the number of beds that hospitals can manage with the growing need for healthcare, more patients will be given the option to be cared for at home in virtual wards, rather than in a hospital. The Mobile Inpatient Care @ Home – or MIC@Home – programme allows teams of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to care for suitable patients in the comfort of their own homes through a combination of teleconsultations and home visits.

2 weeks ago | probonoaustralia.com.au | Joyce Teo

THE ROLEPosition Title: Communications LeadReports to: Chief Executive OfficerLocation: MelbourneCapacity: Full time, fixed term 2-year contractAustralians Investing In Women (AIIW) is seeking a Communications Lead to bring our communications strategy to life, helping shape philanthropic and public narratives around gender-wise giving.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Teo

SINGAPORE – A research centre using behavioural insights to improve strategies for getting people to adopt healthy habits was launched on April 3.   For a start, the centre will focus on developing strategies to help people prevent infectious diseases, age well, tackle mental health, obesity and diabetes, among other health issues, and go for cancer screening.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Teo

SINGAPORE - A new cancer treatment that uses bubbles generated by precise ultrasound waves to destroy tumour cells will be trialled here from the second half of 2025. It is performed without any incisions, radiation or surgery, and without heat or damage to surrounding tissues. The treatment, called histotripsy, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of liver tumours in October 2023. In Asia, it has been performed on about 50 cancer patients in Hong Kong.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Joyce Teo

SINGAPORE – Close to $1 million has been collected in an ongoing fund-raising campaign for humanitarian relief in Gaza, as contributions flowed in from the Malay/Muslim community and other Singaporeans throughout the month of Ramadan, said Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli. In his Hari Raya Aidilfitri message on March 30, he thanked the contributors for their generosity towards the campaign conducted by local charity Rahmatan Lil Alamin Foundation (RLAF).