Commentary
Genomics and Disease Progression in IgA Nephritis
IgA nephritis (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerulonephritis occurring worldwide but of unknown pathogenesis. It is common among Asians and Europeans but uncommon...
Molecular Biomarkers at the Interface of Basic and Clinical Dengue Research
The recent spike in dengue cases in Singapore brought to the foreground the need to triage dengue patients and stratify them for management by...
How can we Improve Clinical Research in Clinical Practice with Better Research Outcome?
The bulk of this paper is taken from one of the two keynote addresses delivered on 30th November 2010 at the recent Festschrift of...
Personalised and Precision Pain Medicine—A Dream Coming True?
In the past 10 years, numerous leaders in pain management have pioneered efforts to raise the awareness of pain medicine. Two notable initiatives included...
Secondary Fracture Prevention: Plucking The Low Hanging Fruit
“Osteoporosis care of fracture patients has been
characterized as the Bermuda Triangle made up
of orthopaedists, primary care physicians and
osteoporosis experts into which the fracture
patient disappears”
One...
Time for Training in Psychiatric Ethics
One of the leading lights of modern psychiatry, Nancy Andreasen, once wrote this about the practice of psychiatry:
We chose psychiatry because we want to
understand...
Freezing the Biological Clock: A Viable Fertility Preservation Option for Young Singapore Women?
For almost 4 decades, Singapore has experienced total fertility rates (TFR) below population replacement levels and which have stubbornly defied a raft of pro-family
policies...
Providing Hope in Terminal Cancer: When is it Appropriate and When is it Not?
Hope is essential in the face of terminal cancer. Generally in Western societies, patients and their families prefer their doctor to engage them in...
Why We Do Caesars: A Comparison of the Trends in Caesarean Section Delivery over...
Increasing rates of caesarean deliveries have received widespread attention in recent years with increased awareness in the public domain. In the United Kingdom, caesarean...
The Role of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ)- focused Psychosocial Approaches as...
Earlier this year, the American Psychological Association passed a resolution endorsing its support for a combination approach towards human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention, one...