Editorial
Personalised Medicine for Psoriasis: A Real Possibility Ahead
In the last decade, our understanding of psoriasis has increased by leaps and bounds, resulting in many new targeted therapies being introduced for those...
Organ and Tissue Transplantation
There could not have been a more appropriate time as now for a special issue of the Annals dedicated to transplantation. The topic is...
Alzheimer’s disease–The Inexorable Epidemic
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia which refers collectively to syndromes of progressive deterioration of memory along with other cognitive...
Beyond Blood Safety
World Blood Donor Day takes place on 14 June each year. Established in 2005 by the World Health Assembly, it aims to raise global...
Medical Professionalism in the Internet Age
Medical professionalism encompasses the conduct and practices of physicians, both as individuals and as a collective organisation. Professionalism enhances the trust and confidence of...
The Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Pandemic in Singapore
Just over a year ago, the swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus emerged in Veracruz, Mexico, and rapidly alarmed public health and influenza experts by...
Paediatric Cardiology in Singapore – 1978 to 2008
This article marks Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, 7 to 14 February 2009 (http://tchin.org/aware/ index.htm). The title, “Paediatric Cardiology in Singapore - 1978 to...
HIV: Time for the Medical Community to Move Forward
1 December 2008 marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. The HIV epidemic was first recognised in 1981.
Twenty-seven years on, there are 33...
Acute Coronary Syndrome: from Epidemiology to Treatment
The term “acute coronary syndrome” (ACS) was introduced a decade ago to describe a spectrum of conditions resulting in acute myocardial ischaemia. It comprises...
Confronting the Obesity Epidemic: Call to Arms
The prevalence of obesity has increased exponentially all over the world in recent decades, fuelled by rapid global industrialisation which led to widespread affluence....