Amidst the growth in the number of depressed seniors in Singapore, Dr Chris Tsoi from the Department of Psychological Medicine explains what the common risk factors of elderly depression are, and what interventions are available to assist elderly patients with depressive symptoms.

More treatment options for eczema have surfaced in recent years. NUS Medicine alumni Dr Yew Yik Weng and Dr Chong Jin Ho give a low-down on how each treatment option works.

Glaucoma is an irreversible eye disease that can go undetected in its early stages, and affects roughly three percent of the population in Singapore. Assistant Professor Victor Koh shares the risk factors of glaucoma and how early detection and treatment is key to preventing blindness from glaucoma.

An experiment supervised by Assistant Professor Chris Sham discovered that harmful bacteria which can cause diseases including pneumonia and gastrointestinal illnesses may contaminate hands that come into contact with various objects such as mobile phones and trolley handles.

As more people in Singapore have been getting heart attacks, Professor Tan Huay Cheem shared the risk factors of heart attacks and how Singapore has been improving its medical procedures to treat heart attack patients faster.