Review Article
Review on Epidemic of Obesity
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were about 1.6 billion overweight adults aged 15 years and above and at least 400 million...
The Role of Genes in the Current Obesity Epidemic
Obesity is a global pandemic and a major health concern because of the consequent morbidity and premature mortality; obesity predisposes to serious morbidities such...
The Relevance of the Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome describes a constellation of interrelated metabolic risk factors, in which components coexist more frequently in a given individual than could be expected...
Peritoneal-based Malignancies and Their Treatment
Peritonectomy or cytoreductive surgery has been described as the treatment of choice for selected patients with evidence of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from the gastrointestinal...
When Less is More: Can We Abandon Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion in Dengue Fever?
Dengue fever (DF) is the most common mosquito-borne human viral illness worldwide, and has rapidly spread to reach hyper-endemic proportions in the urban tropics...
C-arm Cone Beam Computed Tomography: A New Tool in the Interventional Suite
C-arm Cone Beam CT (CBCT) is a relatively new technological advancement in the interventional suite which employs a flat panel angiographic system to produce...
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders—An issue of Growing Importance
The spectrum of neurologic and psychiatric pathology in HIV-infected individuals is wide. AIDS-defining central nervous system (CNS) conditions are perhaps more readily recognised, and...
Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Local Single Institution Experience
Diseases involving the thoracic aorta are often associated with high mortality due to the thoracic aorta’s propensity to rupture. They include aneurysms, dissections, traumatic...
Tumour Genetics and Genomics to Personalise Cancer Treatment
The goal of any medical therapy is to accurately deliver the right drug against the right disease in the right patient. We have taken...
Inter-Ethnic Differences—How Important is it in Cancer Treatment?
Inter-individual differences in drug responses are well recognised and may be due to genetic or environmental differences. These genetic or environmental influences may also...