RAMPING UP ELDERLY-FRIENDLY INFRASTRUCTURE. When it comes to preparing for an ageing society, there is one area where Singapore has excelled: Infrastructure.

SINGAPORE — The strong foundation Singapore has laid for an ageing society means that the nation is now in a position to cushion the impact of a greying population and perhaps “even reap the ...

Singapore’s attraction for these pillars of a successful hub is well documented. However, it obscures the country’s shifting labour needs. The next front in the battle to recruit and retain talent ...

Singapore has been ranked among the world’s top 10 nations - and first in Asia – for its readiness to address the challenges and leverage the opportunities of an ageing population, according ...

Inflammaging might not be a universal feature of ageing after all. Instead, it could be a byproduct of how we live in modern ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore is determined not to go down a path where an ageing society results in the “grim reality” of escalating healthcare costs and society breaking down due to competing needs ...

Singapore recorded 30,429 citizen births in 2022, down 4 per cent from 31,713 in 2021. The resident total fertility rate reached a historic low of 1.04 in 2022, said the brief.

For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart ...

A new study indicates that age-related inflammation, or 'inflammaging', may not be a universal aspect of ageing. Research on ...

SINGAPORE — Singapore is determined not to go down a path where an ageing society results in the “grim reality” of escalating healthcare costs and society breaking down due to competing ...

Six in 10 women in an NUH study have moderate to severe menopause symptoms, but many suffer in silence. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

For ageing Asians who are both financially and socially disadvantaged, like 76-year-old Gaysorn Chobtham - who lives alone in rural Thailand on less than US$50 a month - their only wish is to not ...