Original Article
Two Strategies to Intensify Evidence-based Medicine Education of Undergraduate Students: A Randomised Controlled Tria
Knowledge and skills of evidence-based medicine (EBM) can be taught by many methods, such as role modeling evidence-based care, using evidence for clinical medicine...
Overcoming Barriers to Mammography Screening: A Quasi-randomised Pragmatic Trial in a Community-based Primary Care...
Breast cancer is the leading cancer among women in Singapore, accounting for 29% of all cancers occurring in women between 2006 and 2010. Evidence...
Association of Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Social Support with Depressive Symptoms among the Elderly...
Depression in the elderly is a major public health issue. Associated morbidities such as higher risk of impairment in physical, mental and social functioning...
Oncologic Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Single-institution Experience
In Singapore, colorectal cancer is the most common cancer in males and second most common cancer in females, with rectal cancers accounting for 30%...
Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) of Uterine Fibroids in Singapore
Uterine leiomyomas, or fibroids, are the most common type of gynaecologic benign tumours, occurring in 25% to 50% of women during their reproductive lives....
When Traditional Model Meets Competencies in Singapore: Beyond Conflict Resolution
In 2010, graduate medical education in Singapore underwent major reform. With the implementation of competency-based residency programmes, hospitals in Singapore became the first outside...
Hoarding in an Asian Population: Prevalence, Correlates, Disability and Quality of Life
Hoarding is defined as the acquisition of, and inability to discard items even though they appear to others to have no value, leading to...
Antibiotic Therapy and Clinical Outcomes of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (PA) Bacteraemia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is a virulent nosocomial pathogen and PA bacteraemia is associated with high mortality ranging from 18% to 59%. It is ranked...
A Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial of EMLA® Cream (Eutectic Lidocaine/Prilocaine Cream) for Analgesia Prior...
Plantar warts are commonly diagnosed in dermatology clinics. They are painful, contagious and have the potential to cause considerable morbidity. Among the therapeutic modalities,...
Natural History and Comorbidities of Subjects with Subclinical Hyperthyroidism: Analysis at a Tertiary Hospital...
Subclinical hyperthyroidism (SH) is characterised by low serum concentration of thyrotropin (TSH) in the presence of normal serum thyroid hormones and the absence of...