Editorial
Active Ageing to Gerotranscendence
Ageing, old age and death have piqued the interest of philosophers and writers since antiquity. Confucius related ageing to maturity and wisdom,1 while Shakespeare
described...
Missed Appointments at a Diabetes Centre: Not a Small Problem
Fundamental to optimal diabetes management is good patient self-care and regular follow-up with health professionals. Missed appointment may disrupt the continuity of diabetes care,...
The End of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Singapore – Are We There Yet?
World AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) Day was first commemorated in 1988. It has since taken place on 1 December annually, and is a reminder...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): “Not a Cigarette Only Pulmonary Disease”
Since 2002, World COPD Day is celebrated yearly in November to raise awareness of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) globally. ‘The Many Faces of...
World Antibiotic Awareness Week
World Antibiotic Awareness Week falls on 13 to 19 November this year, the fifth since its inception in 2013. This World Health Organization (WHO)...
Hypertension Management and Prevention: The Devil is Ever in the Details of Targets
Since the 1990s the development of the chemical treatment of human disorders, based on principles of human physiology, and clinical pharmaco-kinetics and -dynamics, has...
The Ethics of Medical Education – The Ethical and Professional Issues in Teaching and...
A search in the medical education literature is replete with articles on how to teach and evaluate professionalism and clinical ethics to medical students...
Breastfeeding – Healthcare Professionals Need to Do More
Breastfeeding is best. Everybody knows that. The problem is not so many believe it really matters very much. And worse, in our modern, fast-paced,...
The AAMS, Your Journal
I have had the pleasure of serving on the Editorial Board of the Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AAMS), under 2 indefatigable, dedicated and...
Rehabilitation Medicine – The Final Frontier
Three stages of epidemiologic transitions have come and passed. The first age of pestilence and famine was characterised by high birth rates and mortality.
This...