Editorial
Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery in Singapore: The Next Lap
Fourteen years ago, an editorial in the Annals announced the coming of age of cardiology in Singapore. Among the issues raised in that editorial...
A Change in Editor
The first issue of the Annals (designated New Series) was published in the first quarter of 1972. The first editor of the Annals was...
Positron Emission Tomography – A Vital Component of Molecular Imaging
Contemporary medical imaging is progressing towards quantification of tissue function in addition to merely providing anatomical information, as illustrated by the rising use of...
Issues and Challenges for Myopia Research
Myopia is an ocular disorder of major public health and socioeconomic significance in many East Asian urban cities. In Singapore, the prevalence of myopia...
Professionalism: Looking For Your Blind Spots
In 1996 a major breakthrough was reported in the medical literature. A 5-week ectopic pregnancy was re-implanted into the uterus via the cervix, and...
The Journal Numbers Game
This editorialist wears two hats. Having published his first scientific paper in 1976, he continues to write in biomedical periodicals; he is also a...
Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Traditional Chinese Medicine: Time for Critical Engagement
Practice outside of mainstream or conventional medicine has always been an important part of public healthcare in some countries, particularly in the developing world....
Building Collaboration in Cardiac Imaging
Publicity about new developments in medical technology is not at all unusual. But the degree with which multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT) for coronary artery...
Curriculum TIPS For All of Us
Medical education is a lifelong learning process. Just as we remind our students and ourselves that the practice of medicine is a lifelong process...
Environmental Planning and Urban Health
Environmental exposures to the adverse effects from climate change are expected to increase for many urban populations in the United States during the next...