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NEWS FLASH
September 10, 2009
FY 2009 MOH POSTGRADUATE TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS

Dentists in the public healthcare institutions who wish to further their training overseas are invited to apply for the MOH Postgraduate Training Scholarship in the emerging field of Geriatric/Special Needs Dentistry.
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December 23, 2009
HSA Adverse Drug Reaction News 2009 December, Vol. 11 No. 3
The aim of the news bulletin is to increase the awareness of adverse drug reactions amongst healthcare professionals, and to promote adverse reaction reporting to medicinal products. This issue includes topics such as monitoring the safety profile of Influenza A/H1N1(2009) vaccines, suspension of sales of dextropropoxyphene-containing products, new online search on illegal health products, important drug interactions, compliance to the safety monitoring protocols of the 'RevAssure Programme' of lenalidomide (Revlimid®), Tinzaparin (Innohep®) and risk of death in the elderly with renal impairment and local experience with oseltamivir (Tamiflu®).
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August 12, 2009
HSA Adverse Drug Reaction News 2009 August, Vol.11 No.2
The aim of the news bulletin is to increase the awareness of adverse drug reactions amongst healthcare professionals, and to promote adverse reaction reporting to medicinal products. This issue includes the topics Serious skin reactions associated with allopurinol, Voluntary recall of Hydroxycut® products in Singapore, Reporting vaccine-related adverse events, Update on drotrecogin alfa (Xigris®) and increased risk of bleeding, Traditional medicines adulterated with steroids, Oral sodium phosphates (OSP) and renal toxicity and Reports of warfarin-glucosamine interaction.
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July 8, 2009
Managing Influenza A (H1N1-2009)

Influenza A (H1N1-2009) has become endemic among global communities. Yesterday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) informed that countries are no longer required to submit regular reports of individual laboratory-confirmed cases and deaths to WHO. This is because the reporting of such numbers is no longer a useful monitoring tool. WHO has also decided that it will no longer publish the global tables showing the number of confirmed cases for all countries.

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June 7, 2009
Two Clusters of Suspected Local Malaria Transmission

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently investigating two clusters of suspected local malaria transmission involving a total of 14 people. As of 6 June 09, all but two cases have been discharged. All 14 cases had no recent travel history overseas, suggesting that there is possible local transmission in the affected areas.

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June 4, 2009
Update on the HIV/AIDS Situation in Singapore 2008
In 2008, another 456 Singapore residents were newly reported with HIV infection. About 93% of the new cases detected were males. This brings the total number of HIV infected Singaporeans to 3,941 as of end 2008 (Table 1). As at 31 Dec 2008, 1,799 persons are asymptomatic carriers, 914 had AIDS-related illnesses and 1,228 have died.
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Dentists

As the world moves forward into a new multi-media platform for knowledge exchange, it is important to integrate the dental knowledge with other healthcare professions. In this one-stop healthcare portal, we hope to deliver the latest happenings in dentistry and the related healthcare developments that have an impact on the public and the profession.

We hope that this website will be informative and helpful to you.
 
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