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, urban environment where instant gratification and easy solutions are the norm, few first time mothers know what it takes to successfully initiate, establish and continue...

Up to 20% of patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were reported to be dissatisfied with the surgical outcome. There is, however, less information available on the reasons behind these patients' unhappiness. Such information would be helpful as satisfaction postarthroplasty is fast becoming an important outcome measure post-surgery. This...

Cardiac arrest, the sudden cessation of heart contractility and effective cardiac output, carries a very high mortality rate regardless of an out-of-hospital or in-hospital setting. There are more than 350,000 patients who suffer an outof- hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) annually in the United States alone,1 while the incidence in...

The Geriatric Surgery Service of Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) today was born in 2007. The idea arose from a journal article that was written in 2006 where the need for a better way of managing elderly patients through surgery was identified. There was a realisation that elderly surgical...

Ten percent of Singapore’s elderly suffer from dementia. This figure is set to rise with our ageing population. As a patient’s first contact point in the health system, family physicians working in the primary care setting are increasingly challenged to meet the healthcare needs of patients with dementia. This article...