Editorial
Rethinking risk: Mental health and resilience of migrant workers and migrant domestic workers in...
Over the past 5 years, there has been growing attention to the health and well-being of international migrant workers (MWs) in Singapore, particularly low-...
Screening for tuberculosis in chronic kidney disease patients
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of morbidity and mortality globally.1 Singapore is considered a lower-moderate incidence country (estimated TB incidence at 10–49...
Beyond tumour necrosis factor inhibition: Revisiting latent tuberculosis infection testing in rheumatology
Dear Editor,
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health challenge in Asia and continues to require consideration during clinical decision-making in Singapore. Although the incidence...
Towards a holistic and improved clinical management of menopause
As life expectancy increases, women may spend a significant number of years that can amount to almost a third of their life in the...
Quality in gastroscopy: Consensus statements from the Gastroenterological Society of Singapore
The upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscope is often the first scope that a novice endoscopist handles and learns to use. However, being able to navigate...
Leveraging real-world data to develop long-term follow-up programmes for childhood cancer survivors
In this issue of the Annals, Lam Shang Leen et al. comprehensively audited the late effects experienced by 485 childhood cancer survivors who visited...
Mycobacterium abscessus treatment: From empiricism to mechanism
Singapore has reached an inflection point in mycobacterial disease epidemiology, where nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung infections now nearly surpass tuberculosis (TB) in both incidence...
The Combined Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine
When Singapore and Malaysia became two separate nations in 1965, the medical institutions duly followed and became distinct entities. There would henceforth be a...
From fragmented nights to unified care: Consensus directions in obstructive sleep apnoea
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) has long been recognised as a highly prevalent and underdiagnosed disorder across the Asia-Pacific region, including Singapore.1,2 In this issue...
The junior doctor experience in Singapore through a temporal prism
Junior doctor well-being has been a pressing topic for the national healthcare system in Singapore for several years,1 with myriad implications on mental health,...