Commentary
Virtual Reality and Telepresence for Military Medicine
For decades, warfighters have been putting in place a sophisticated “digital battlefield”, an electronic communication and information system to support advanced technology. Medicine is...
Bayesian meta-analysis in the 21st century: Fad or future of evidence synthesis?
Evidence-based medicine is the cornerstone of modern clinical decision-making, but not all evidence is practice-changing. To aid clinicians, there is an accepted hierarchy to...
Fluoride benefits and risks: Lessons from 70 years of water fluoridation in Singapore
On 6 January 2025, Taylor et al. published a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating fluoride exposure and children’s intelligence quotient (IQ) in the Journal...
It’s virtually a normal delivery! Revolutionising obstetric teaching with emerging technologies
Witnessing the start of life in the labour ward is the hallmark of every medical student’s obstetrics & gynaecology (O&G) rotation.1 In recent years,...
Supporting quadruple aim in primary care using artificial intelligence
Global healthcare challenges are pervasive, hindering delivery of effective, high-quality and sustainable care to populations worldwide. The quadruple aim in healthcare is a strategy...
Making better clinical decisions: How doctors can recognise and reduce bias and noise in...
In 1999, the US Institute of Medicine released a landmark report “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” where it highlighted the...
Re-evaluating adjuvant systemic therapy in cancer treatment: Scientific rigour to guide policy and practice
In the 1980s, perioperative chemotherapy succeeded in improving survival for children with osteosarcoma and validated a fundamental premise: eradication of micrometastatic disease reduces distant...
A person-centred approach to decision-making and care for persons living with dementia
Assessing mental capacity in persons living with dementia (PLWDs) in high-stakes decision-making is becoming more frequent amid an ageing population with a rising prevalence...
Beyond BMI: The Janus-like effect of muscle versus fat on midlife women’s health
Janus—the Roman goddess of natural cycles, change and transitions—is an appropriate symbol for the life-changing shift from the reproductive period to the post-menopausal stage...
Navigating the evolving landscape in the prescribing of medications for insomnia in Singapore: Principles...
The risks of prescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs for insomnia are well recognised by regulators, where the prescribing of such medications in contravention of guidelines...