News & Updates

Expansion of a territory-wide cervical screening programme to train a group of local South Asian women has enabled education regarding cervical cancer and screening services among their peers, and considerably improved screening uptake.

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection from mothers to newborns appears to be rare in a cohort study conducted by the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), Singapore General Hospital (SGH), and National University Hospital (NUH).

Short-term supplementation with a selective essential amino acid (EAA)-containing product significantly improved liver-related outcomes among adolescent girls with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in a recent study.

A local study has raised concerns about a high rate of hypovitaminosis D in early pregnancy in Singapore.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is not associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring, a 20-year multinational study has shown.

Patients with gynaecologic cancer who used apixaban for postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis achieve similar 90-day and lower 30-day rates of VTE when compared with those who used enoxaparin, reports a study presented at SGO 2024.