Editorial
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....
Obstetricians, Perhaps It’s Time to Change Lenses
Times have changed. Maternal mortality rates at the start of the 1900s were around 1 in 100 live births in the best maternity institutions....
Successful Ageing in Singapore—A Viable Goal?
Ageing is a complex process. Achieving it successfully has implications and significance not only for individuals on a personal level but for society at...
Academic Medicine: Vision to Reality
Why Develop Academic Medicine in Singapore?
There are at least 2 reasons why Academic Medicine that is properly developed can add value. The first is...
Understanding Intra-tumour Heterogeneity—The Next Holy Grail of Cancer Therapeutics?
Advances in strategies to characterise tumours in the last decade have uncovered distinct molecular subtypes with prognostic and predictive relevance in both solid tumours...
Improving the End-of-Life Experience in Singapore: Building Capacity in Palliative Care Education and Research
Singapore is ageing rapidly. Whereas ageing symbolises advancements that the country has made in public health and medicine over the past few decades, it...
Preventive Child Healthcare in Singapore: A Parents’ Well-Being Perspective
Singapore has made remarkable achievements in child and maternal healthcare through significant reduction made in childhood and perinatal morality rates. A number of “new...