Editorial
Editorial to ‘Triple vessel coronary artery disease and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness’
The retina provides a “window” to examine both neurological and vascular manifestations of systemic diseases. A common eye disease is glaucoma, a progressive optic...
Body, Heart and Mind: The Battle Against Tobacco Continues
Tobacco use continues to impact health on a global scale. In 2015, 11.5% of all deaths worldwide (or a total of 6.4 million deaths)...
Malaria in 2018: Looking to the Past and Moving into the Future
World Malaria Day is observed and commemorated annually on 25 April in recognition of the ongoing global burden and the efforts to control it....
New Approaches to the Treatment of Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s most important infectious diseases, with an estimated 10 million cases and 1.7 million deaths per year—the leading...
World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day is a global event in the fight against cancer. Falling annually on 4 February, it is an initiative by the Union...
Follow-up Care and Outcome Evaluation of High-Risk Preterm Infants: A Life-Course Commitment
Neonatology can be considered as one of the most successful medical innovations of the latter half of the twentieth century. A slow, synergistic accretion...
Braille and the Need to Innovate for the Blind
It’s been almost 200 years since Louis Braille—who lost his vision as a child—invented the tactile writing system that is now used all over...
The Greying Pandemic: Implications of Ageing Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Population in Singapore
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a global public health issue. It is estimated that there are 37.9 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) today....
The Era of Geriatric Surgery
According to the United Nations’ “World Population Ageing 2017” report, Singapore’s population is expected to grow by 5.7 million to 6.6 million between 2017...
Declining Stroke Mortality in Singapore and The Challenges Ahead
Stroke mortality has declined considerably in Singapore. The age-adjusted mortality rate of stroke had reduced from 20.8 to 14.1 per 100,000 patients from 2011...