Editorial
Schizophrenia: No Health Without Physical Health
Schizophrenia is a severe and chronic mental disorder, with onset routinely occurring in late adolescence. It is associated with the poorest outcomes among all...
Thinking and Schizophrenia: Challenges and Opportunities
World Schizophrenia Day falls on 24 May. Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder affecting about 1% of the population worldwide. With typical onset in...
Redefining Medicine, Transforming Healthcare: The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
A brand new medical school offers the opportunity for us to stand back and think what a graduating doctor in 2018 will need to...
Epilepsy: Looking Beyond Seizures
World Epilepsy Day falls on 26 March 2013. As we observe this important date in Singapore, it is perhaps instructive to take a step...
Sleep, Public Health and Wellness: The Elephant in the Room
The rising cost of health care and the burden of chronic illness are perennial concerns. Remarkably, there exists a measure that around 30% of...
Achieving Deep Remission in Crohn’s Disease: Treating Beyond Symptoms
Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease which is progressively destructive in nature. Persistent inflammation often leads to bowel damage over time, with...
Good Sleep and Good Health are Natural Bed Partners
Sleep is time consuming. We spend nearly one-third of our lives asleep, but for what purpose? This is an important question to reflect upon,...
Calculated Overhaul Versus Cultivating the Status Quo in Clinical Education
In an era of rapid healthcare evolution, complex challenges abound from changes in patient demographics, diseases, demand and delivery; to cost, technology, and setting....
Prevention and management of multimorbidity to ensure healthcare sustainability
Singapore has a healthcare system that is distinguished by its ability to achieve top health outcomes at very low healthcare expenditures.1 Yet one of...
You Are Worth More Than What You Weigh: Preventing Eating Disorders
Times have changed. Maternal mortality rates at the start of the 1900s were around 1 in 100 live births in the best maternity institutions....