Editorial
Prevention of Blindness in Singapore: No Room for Complacency
It is now a well-known fact that Singapore’s population is greying dramatically due to the ageing of the “baby boomers” – defined as those...
Alzheimer’s Disease – Towards More Patient-centred and Meaningful Clinical Outcomes
More than 100 years ago Alois Alzheimer first presented the clinical and pathological features of an unusual brain disease at his seminal lecture in...
To Kill a Mocking Bird Flu?
Why devote an entire issue of the Annals to pandemic influenza when there are so many other pressing health needs around us? With a...
Singapore and the Tobacco Pandemic
The World Health Organization, in its 2008 Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, has framed the problem in almost apocalyptic terms, in stating that...
Sports Medicine
The National Survey on Sports Participation showed that the number of Singaporeans who exercised regularly at least once a week doubled from 24% in...
Embryonic Stem Cells and Parkinson’s Disease: Cell Transplantation to Cell Therapy
Although levodopa is currently a well-endorsed form of treatment for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the search for a safe, long-term and dyskinesia-free treatment remains an...
Bridging the Gap between Primary and Specialist Care: Formidable Challenges Ahead
The strong guiding hand and deep pockets of the state have brought about the growth of hospitals and national specialist centres while leaving the...
Treatment Gets Better, but Leprosy Remains a Global Problem
Rising standards of living and the provision of effective medical treatment have resulted in good control of leprosy in many parts of the world,...
Problems – Theoretical and Real – In the Drug Treatment of HIV-AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is the most important infectious disease of our time. Likewise, the availability of highly effective therapy for HIV represents...
How do we Encourage Clinician Scientists in Singapore?
Singapore can be proud of its many achievements in the last few decades. Amongst these is the very high standard of healthcare enjoyed by...