Editorial
Too Much Medicine: Time to Stop Indiscriminate Cancer Screening
Like most industrialised countries in the world, cancer has now become the leading cause of mortality in Singapore. Approximately 1 in 3 deaths in...
MERS-CoV: Where Are We Now?
Prior to 2002, coronaviruses were known mainly for causing mild human upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and enteric and respiratory infections in many animals....
A Decade of Progress in the Understanding, Prevention and Treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration...
The year 2014 had marked the 10th anniversary of the nationwide Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Week in Singapore.1 This public health campaign, organised...
Emergency Medicine Residency Programme in Singapore—Where Are We at Since Inception?
It has been 4.5 years since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME-I) accredited competency-based emergency medicine residency programmes were started in July...
Prenatal Diagnosis of Chromosomal Abnormalities—Shifting Paradigm
It is very likely that in 10 years time, invasive prenatal diagnostic tests like amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) will join the club...
Evidence-balanced Medicine: “Real” Evidence-based Medicine in the Elderly
Case 1: An 85-year-old male with past history of hypertension is otherwise healthy and enjoys his daily walks and good food. During a health...
Potentially avoidable readmissions: Understanding drivers and technology-enabled solutions
Hospital admissions places high resource demands on the health system, and is a major cost-driver in Singapore and globally.1-3 Admissions have and will continue...
Laparoscopic liver resection: Global diffusion and learning curve
Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) is being utilised with increasing frequency worldwide, as initial concerns about the safety and feasibility of LLR, such as the...
Phenotyping in COVID-19: Making the case for why science needs philosophy
COVID-19 pneumonia is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Among patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, the most frequent reason for intensive...
Hepatic artery anastomosis in liver transplantation
Liver transplant is the definitive therapy for end-stage liver failure. The challenges include overcoming technical difficulties of the transplant surgery followed by medical therapy...