Singapore Medicine - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.prweb.com SingaporeMedicine is a multi-agency government-industry partnership committed to strengthening Singapore's position as Asia's leading medical hub, and promoting Singapore as a world-class destination for advanced patient care. - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en //userfiles//200809/singapore_medicine_logo2.jpg Happy Image http://www.prweb.com/rss2g/81044.xml xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Singapore Adopts Advanced Genetic Engineering in Orthopedic Surgery http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2334704.htm Spinal fusion with Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMP) speeds up the bone healing process, thereby ensuring that patients recover and return to activities within just a few months. (PRWeb Apr 21, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2334704.htm Singapore First in Southeast Asia to Use Novel Treatment for Sports and Musculoskeletal Injuries http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2315934.htm Originally employed in dentistry, this method of accelerated tissue healing is showing its worth in soft-tissue repair, says one Singapore doctor. (PRWeb Apr 14, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2315934.htm Singapore Offers Heart Patients Minimally Invasive Robot Assisted Surgeries http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2300694.htm Many centers globally have given up their robotic programs because of time and cost considerations, but looking to the future, the doctors believe this will become the new standard of care for heart patients. (PRWeb Apr 7, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2300694.htm US-Based Company Launches Singapore Doctor Search Site for Medical Travelers http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2300664.htm Aimed at attracting more Americans to Singapore for medical treatment, this unique search engine helps users find specific specialists, review their credentials and request consultations, all with a few clicks. (PRWeb Apr 6, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2300664.htm SingaporeMedicine Highlights Singapore's Advanced Pain Management Techniques http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2272994.htm With advances in pain management techniques, patients suffering from chronic or intense pain no longer have to grit their teeth and bear it. (PRWeb Mar 31, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2272994.htm Singapore Gives New Sight to the Blind http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2248594.htm Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has given new sight to 25 blind patients with 100 percent success through a medical procedure called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis, or tooth-in-eye. (PRWeb Mar 24, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2248594.htm Singapore Pioneers New Technique for Mending Shoulder Injuries http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2231504.htm Dr Lim developed the new technique two years ago, after observing that conventional procedures do not offer lasting solutions to those who have fractured or dislocated their shoulders. Currently, the Triple Endobutton technique is only performed in Singapore. (PRWeb Mar 17, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2231504.htm Singapore Offers Precision Guided Spinal Surgery http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2216144.htm The Singapore General Hospital was one of the first medical institutions in the world to invest in the O-Arm navigation system for spinal surgeries when the US-developed technology was made available in late 2006. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2216144.htm Singapore Premier Women's Hospital Offers Contactless Surgery for Uterine Fibroids http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2197694.htm Female patients at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) can now opt for a "non-contact" form of surgery that allows them to undergo an anesthetic-free yet almost painless operation to treat uterine fibroids. (PRWeb Mar 3, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2197694.htm Singapore Offers Hope to Patients with Facial Paralysis http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2132534.htm To date, NUH remains the only medical center in the region apart from Australia that possesses the capability of performing the facial reanimation operation. The entire operation costs around US$6,500 and is relatively risk free. (PRWeb Feb 24, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2132534.htm Singapore Leads Asia-Pac in Computer Aided Reconstructive Facial Surgery http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2082364.htm Singapore has taken the lead in medical innovation in the Asia-Pacific region with the introduction of a predictive computer system that virtually promises 100 percent accuracy in the difficult area of facial reconstruction surgery. (PRWeb Feb 18, 2009)

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]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb2082364.htm Singapore Offers World's First Integrated Neuroscience Center http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1833864.htm Singapore's largest healthcare group, SingHealth, has brought the world's first integrated neuroscience center to the region. Singapore becomes the only place in the world with the full complement of intra-operative options. (PRWeb Jan 13, 2009)

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]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1833864.htm Singapore is First in Asia to Use Limb-lengthening Technology for Those Wanting to be Taller http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1787264.htm Singapore was the first in Asia to carry out the high-tech cosmetic leg lengthening procedure in 2001. Fitbone surgery is presently available in only selected medical centers in Europe and Asia and costs around US $42,000 per telescope nail in Singapore. (PRWeb Dec 29, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1787264.htm Singapore Adopts Radical Surgery for Advanced Cancer Patients http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1726434.htm Total peritonectomy is currently only performed in a handful of cancer centers worldwide. Singapore was the first to make available the procedure in Asia and remains the only cancer center in the region that offers it. (PRWeb Dec 16, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1726434.htm Healthy Travel Media Launches Second Edition of Patients Beyond Borders Singapore Edition http://www.prweb.com/releases/medical-travel-guide/patients-beyond-borders/prweb1705174.htm More than just a world-class medical destination (PRWeb Dec 8, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/medical-travel-guide/patients-beyond-borders/prweb1705174.htm Singapore Medicine - Singapore Ups the Ante for Private Medical Care http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1666614.htm Singapore's medical landscape will see a significant addition come 2010, when the country's first fully-integrated mediplex opens to patients both foreign and local. (PRWeb Dec 2, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1666614.htm Singapore Caters to Middle East Medical Travelers with Arabic Version of Patients Beyond Borders-Singapore Edition http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1626154.htm Healthy Travel Media and SingaporeMedicine today launched the Arabic version of Patients Beyond Borders Singapore Edition, a comprehensive medical travel book. (PRWeb Nov 26, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1626154.htm California-based Corporation Looks to Singapore for High-quality and Affordable Medical Treatment http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1633594.htm In a bid to counter high healthcare costs, Snow Summit Mountain Resort aims to send its employees to Singapore for affordable and high-quality medical treatment. Other corporations are set to follow suit. (PRWeb Nov 20, 2008)

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]]> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1633594.htm Singapore Medicine - Singapore Doctors Use Hi-Tech Implant to Add Space to Narrowed Spinal Canals http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1606494.htm Singapore's ParkwayHealth is the first healthcare group in Southeast Asia to offer the In-Space percutaneous interspinous distraction device, a revolutionary spinal procedure. (PRWeb Nov 18, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1606494.htm Singapore Medicine - Singapore Takes Cancer Warfare to New Level with TomoTherapy http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1585104.htm Singapore's oncologists are taking cancer warfare to a new level of sophistication with the use of revolutionary but affordable TomoTherapy technology. (PRWeb Nov 11, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1585104.htm Singapore Medicine - First in South East Asia to Offer Robotic Surgery for Gynaecologic Cancers http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1563844.htm Singapore's National University Hospital became the first in Asia to offer the first robotic assisted surgery to gynaecologic cancer patient in August 2008. (PRWeb Nov 5, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1563844.htm Singapore Medicine - Breakthrough Development of Cell Therapy Treatment for Cancer http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1530574.htm Singapore has embarked on a cell-based clinical trial that may have far-reaching implications for future cancer research and treatments. (PRWeb Oct 29, 2008)

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]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/singapore-medicine/asia-leading-medical-hub/prweb1530574.htm Breakthrough In Singapore's Stem Cell Research http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1454034.htm Heart muscle-like cells developed from adult stem cells in Singapore's National Heart Center have been shown to interact with and improve the function of a failing heart in animal studies (PRWeb Oct 14, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1454034.htm Singapore's KK Hospital Completes Phase I Clinical Trial of New Non-Invasive, Radiation-Free Breast Cancer Screening Technology http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1429454.htm Home-grown Sirius Medical Innovation ("SMI"), a specialist in thermal-imaging solutions, announced a first collaboration with Singapore's KK Women's and Children's Hospital ("KK Hospital") to conduct clinical trials of its Thermal Imaging Medical System. (PRWeb Oct 7, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/10/prweb1429454.htm SingaporeMedicine Becomes New Face on Facebook http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1388984.htm SingaporeMedicine, the government-industry partnership to develop and promote Singapore as the leading medical hub and international healthcare destination, announces its presence on Facebook. (PRWeb Sep 30, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1388984.htm Singapore Medicine Announces New Spinal Fusion Technique Gives Patients New Lease Of Mobility Freedom http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1351274.htm Patients with multiple disc-degeneration stages often suffer from intense pain. Although earlier forms of spinal fusion procedures help to relieve the pain to some measure, the relief is usually short-term. (PRWeb Sep 23, 2008)

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]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1351274.htm Singapore Medicine -- Healthcare Quality Where It Counts http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1345784.htm Singapore Medicine, a department of the Singapore Tourism Board, announces that Singapore has achieved a quality score in healthcare that puts it well on par with the most medically advanced countries worldwide. (PRWeb Sep 18, 2008)

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