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ANN/CNA – For many runners, long or intense bouts of exercise can lead to a range of digestive issues, like stomach pain, nausea and diarrhoea. While gut issues can happen during many endurance sports, experts say they can be especially problematic for runners and are thought to be caused, in part, by a lack of […]

ANN/CNA – Singapore’s hospitals are seeing a high number of patients whose conditions do not require emergency care, healthcare bosses said in a joint statement on Friday. Where possible, manpower has been redeployed to better support the high attendance at hospital emergency departments, said the group chairmen of the medical boards of SingHealth, National Healthcare […]

ANN/CNA – The days of leaving the house without a mask could be over if the situation around the COVID-19 XBB variant wave worsens – but experts believe that at the moment, there is little need to implement such “blunt community restrictions”. “The truth is that it needs to run its course,” senior consultant at […]

ANN/CNA – Barisan Nasional (BN), the coalition led by United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), has decided to go solo in the upcoming Malaysian 15th general election (GE15). UMNO president and BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Thursday that this came after Parti Islam Se-Malaysia’s (PAS) decision to strengthen its collaboration with Perikatan Nasional (PN) […]

ANN/CNA – Food giant Nestle plans to stop sourcing from subsidiaries of Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), a major Indonesian palm oil producer accused by environmental groups of land and human rights abuses. The move comes as multinationals face increased reputational and legal pressure from consumers and governments to clean up their global supply chains in […]

ANN/CNA – The global order is imperfect but still the best bet for small states looking to secure their place in the world, said Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Yesterday, in a recorded video message at a reception for the Forum of Small States during the ongoing United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Lee noted […]

ANN/CNA – Nearly three in five “excess deaths” in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic were caused by the coronavirus, and the remainder were patients who had died of other illnesses within 90 days of being infected. In a report released yesterday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said that Singapore recorded an estimated 2,490 excess deaths […]

ANN/CNA – While Singapore has achieved progress in women’s development, “persistent and insidious” gender gaps still exist in society and there remains “much scope for improvement”, Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said yesterday. Noting that women now get equal education opportunities as men and are taking up leadership roles in both the public and […]

ANN/CNA – Singapore has reported its first Zika case since March 2020. The case was reported during the week of August 21 to 27 this year, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) latest weekly infectious diseases bulletin. National Environment Agency (NEA) data showed that 666 dengue cases were also reported during the same week. […]

Anahad O’Connor ANN/CNA – Good sleep is hard to come by. According to the United States (US) federal government, more than one-third of adults routinely fail to get a healthy amount of sleep, defined as a minimum of seven hours a night. If your night owl tendencies are ruining your sleep, there are steps you […]