“Digital health is how the universe and metaverse can coexist. Most of the ideas come from my providers, my people, my friends, and my colleagues. From those ideas, we make them a reality and make it sustainable, and that’s the job of this technology. I believe we should be able to share this information with everyone who is willing to do so.”

“Employers should collaborate with SOCSO case managers and rehab centers to ensure that employees can return to work appropriately and on-time.”

“Medical Board Out (MBO) should be considered the last resort.”

“HR managers need robust return-to-work policies to prevent future issues with employees on long MCs. If not, they may end up with difficult situations.”

“It’s very important that we monitor all the adults for these 3 things regularly, medications and unsteadiness and their blood pressure, especially doing it, standing up…these risk factors act synergistically, or they actually amplify each other. They coexist. So the risk and the risk of falls go up many times when you actually have more than one risk factor.”

“Don’t blame adult children for their parents falling. Fall is not just about balance.”

“There is no substitute for lifestyle (changes) – Sleep, exercise, diet, stress.”

“The whole idea of longevity medicine is to optimize your health. For example, bringing down your cholesterol levels to the level similar to a teenager… to have a body of an 18-year old.”

“There are significant barriers to the adoption of technology for aging populations, including digital literacy, infrastructure disparities, and cultural perspectives, hindering the seamless flow of data for remote monitoring and care.”

“We need more stakeholders to engage and foster environments that raise awareness about the importance of addressing the needs of aging populations.”

“The best intervention for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is still exercise and a hypo-caloric diet. There are no magic drugs for this. Weight loss is actually the most effective strategy for fatty liver disease.”

“Early detection of fatty liver disease is critical, especially given the condition’s potential progression to a severe form (of fatty liver disease)…By implementing a comprehensive screening and management strategy in primary care, we can effectively address this condition.”

“In Singapore, at my own hospital, the National University Hospital, over a 10-year period, we have seen a 33-fold increase in the number of consultations for various food allergies. This is shockingly high… It really illustrates to us how important food is, and, as they say, food is medicine and, unfortunately, food is also poison.”

“Certainly, the microbiome itself is important, not just because their numbers exceed those of human cells or even the genes, but because their numbers are high and significant. It means the complexity of their codes and the genetic information that our gut microbiome harbours envisages the immense possibility of what we can do with them.”

“In essence, the intention of this talk is to essentially do myself out of business, so that you will never need a geriatrician, and if you ever do, it will only be for a short time.

“Retirement is the time everybody says is the golden years and all that, but it really depends. For a lot of people, it’s not golden. Neither is it silver, bronze, or any other colour. It is actually quite a bad time for many people. So, how do we ensure that when you age, it is the best time of your life?”

“Digital phenotyping has been applied in mental health (schizophrenia), dermatology (eczema) & rehabilitation.”

“The AI we need now is one that can tell us which AI tools actually work in the real world for patients and providers.”

“We aspire to move from a reactive to a predictive approach in patient care, optimizing therapies in a precise and personalized manner.”

“Preventive healthcare solutions must be personalized and scalable to deliver impact.”

“AI just means that intelligence is everywhere. AI is actually turning the infinite data into actionable insight. Data is nothing if we don’t turn it into actionable insight.”

“2 to 5 hospitals, they combine their data and improve the machine learning and algorithms to improve the date accuracy but how do we do that without compromising the privacy of those data? Federated learning is one of the key technologies here.”