8 December 2009
The recent article in The Straits Times, “Dangerous brain scans found” should prove little cause for alarm among Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) participants. The dangerous brain scans in question refer to a series of Computed Tomography, or CT brain perfusion scans. The potential dangers that accompany CT scans do not apply to MRI scans even though from the outside, the scanners look the same. [Read more in our FAQ section]
22 July 2009
[CNA report] [MOH Press Release]
Professor Michael Chee receives the National Outstanding Clinician Scientist Award for his work on sleep deprivation and healthy aging. This award recognizes individuals with outstanding contributions to clinical and translational research in their specialty.
Five receive accolades for medical excellence
28 May 2008
The newly introduced Singapore Translational Research Investigator Award is a prestigious award that aims to recruit and nurture world-class clinician scientists to undertake cutting edge translational and clinical research (TCR) in Singapore.
Work on lapses in sleep deprivation highlighted in US News and DukeMed News
A lifetime of paying attention to the background may have trained some senior citizens to tamp down part of their brain’s ability to see the foreground, suggest researchers in Illinois and Singapore...
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While it is well documented that sleep deprivation leads to short-term memory loss, it had been believed that it was the result of the brain not being able to assemble and "file away" the information it received in its proper place. However, researchers from the Duke University-NUS Graduate Medical School suggest that the problem occurs earlier in the information-gathering process....
The later Tim Harris stays up playing poker, the bolder — and more imprudent — he becomes. As it turns out, it’s not just Harris choosing risky options when exhausted. Sleep experts point to disasters like the Exxon Valdez oil spill and Chernobyl as examples of what can happen when people don’t get enough sleep.
Dec 28, 2006 For goodness' sake, get a good night's sleep - asiaonehealth.com
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