Editorial
Casemix in Singapore—A Clinician’s Perspective
Supplement on Casemix Conference Singapore 2001 held on 17-19 August 2001 in Singapore
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Obesity in Singapore
The word obesity implies an excess of adipose tissue (fat) and not merely an excess of body weight. An increase in body weight may...
Genes, Work and Health
Occupational health has been aptly described as a two-way relationship between work and health. This has served as a useful model emphasizing that workplace...
Problem-based Learning: Issues and Challenges
Health science curricula have been undergoing changes worldwide and the medical and dental faculties at the National University of Singapore have also just reorganised...
Retooling for Changing Circumstances
The Annals, as many of you will already have noted, looked different in the first quarter of the year. Starting with the July 2001...
Evolution of Intensive Care Medicine in Singapore
Singapore is a founding member of the Western Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine (WPACCM). We hosted the Inaugural Congress of the Association in...
34th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine/Combined Medical and Dental Scientific Meeting—3 to 6 August 2000
The Singapore–Malaysia Congress of Medicine is now well into its 34th year. The meeting has certainly grown in strength irrespective of the presence or...
Stapled Haemorrhoidectomy—The Evidence For and the Facts Against
Surgeons as well as patients have recently shown much interest in stapled haemorrhoidectomy. This is a new technique, which is claimed to result in...
Internal Medicine
It has taken a long time to plan for this November issue in Internal Medicine. The topic is so wide and often neglected as...
50th Anniversary Celebrations—Golden ……. but all is not gold
On an occasion such as this—the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of orthopaedic surgery as a specialty service in Singapore—acclaim, commendations, praise and endorsement...