Editorial
Ageing Gracefully in 2020
Nobody’s life or death is an island. My teaching diary for 1990 yielded these notes: science is great but slow; who will govern people’s...
Emerging Infections: Why We Must Be Concerned
Emerging infections may be defined as new, re-emerging or drug-resistant infections whose incidence in humans has increased within the past two decades or whose...
The Impact of Electronic Publication and the E-Journal on Quality and the Peer Review...
The core function of a scientific journal has been to select papers of merit and worthiness for publication. Traditionally, the editor relies on his...
Vascular stiffness and sepsis mortality: A promising signal in search of clinical relevance
Sepsis is a major contributor to all-cause mortality worldwide and is a leading cause of in-hospital deaths in Southeast Asia.1 The emergence of SARS-CoV-2...
Strengthening infection control in Singapore’s nursing homes: Lessons, limitations, and the road ahead
In this issue of the Annals, Sun et al. contribute to a growing body of evidence supporting preventive and systems-based interventions in nursing homes...
Integrating inflammation and nutritional status: Monocyte-to-albumin ratio as a novel prognostic marker in nasopharyngeal...
Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a prominent head and neck cancer, with a multifactorial aetiology that includes Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, genetic susceptibility, and environmental...
Different risks, different responses: COVID-19 vaccination in immunocompromised patients
Immunocompromised individuals, including those with haematological malignancies, autoimmune diseases, or solid organ dysfunction, as well as those receiving long-term immunosuppressive therapy, bear a disproportionate...
Beyond LDL-C: Desialylated LDL as a refined marker of coronary atherosclerosis severity
The core role of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in atherosclerosis is well validated. However, the "LDL hypothesis" has evolved over the last 4 decades;...
RDW-to-albumin ratio correlates with serum neurofilament light chain
Blood-based biomarkers are reshaping the study of neurological disease. Among these, neurofilament light chain (NfL) has emerged as one of the most sensitive peripheral...
Grip strength, sleep status and depression
Frailty screening in community-dwelling older adults offers an opportunity for early identification to mitigate downstream disease burden. Hand grip strength as a simple, reliable...