Editorial
Depression: Let’s Talk
On April 7 each year, the World Health Organization commemorates its founding with World Health Day and the theme for this year is depression....
Asthma in Singapore: Past, Present and Future
The story of asthma in Singapore over the past 50 years mirrors the history of Singapore as it progressed from a third world to...
Child Psychiatry Without Psychiatrists: A New Model for Old Problems
Child psychiatry was developed around the turn of the century following an increasing recognition of childhood behavioural and emotional issues. Most child psychiatrists provide...
Overcoming Ethical Challenges of Bedside Medical Education
Bedside teaching has long been a time-honoured component of medical education, and this was emphasised by Sir William Osler, father of modern medicine who...
Can We End the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Singapore?
Reports of clusters of patients with Pneumocyctis carinii pneumonia and Kaposi’s sarcoma were first reported among homosexual men in 1981 in the United States...
Pathway to Hepatitis Elimination and Control
It has been 8 years since the World Health Assembly passed a resolution that viral hepatitis is indeed a major public health threat. Already,...
Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: The Next 50 Years
It is accepted that the world is warming and driving most of “climate change”; but while the science is “in”, the reasons and required...
Predicting Suicide and its Prevention
Suicide, “the act of taking one’s own life”, is a behaviour that has existed over many centuries and across different cultures of human civilisation....
Credat Emptor – The Sacrosanct Doctor-Patient Relationship
Of late, holistic patient care and rising healthcare costs have entered the public discourse, leading to a call for judiciousness in healthcare utility and...
The Threat of Multiresistant Nosocomial Fungi
In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised concern about the worldwide threat of antimicrobial resistance to public health. Many bacteria which cause common...