Volume 47, Number 12
December 2018

Reproduced with permission from: Anonymous

“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”

 William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939)
 Irish poet

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 (US). That year, the New York Times published the first news article on this mysterious new disease and the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), This article...

Incipient Albuminuria in Persons with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A 5-Year Retrospective Cohort Study

The global prevalence of diabetes among adults over 18 years of age has increased from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014. In Singapore, about 440,000 residents aged 18 years and above had diabetes in 2014, and the number is projected to increase to 1 million in 2050. This article...

Radiofrequency Microtenotomy with Concurrent Gastrocnemius Recession Improves Postoperative Vitality Scores in the Treatment of Recalcitrant Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis has been reported to be the most common cause of heel pain.1-3 Conservative treatment options include rest, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) medication, physiotherapy, night splinting, orthotics, corticosteroid injections, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and laser therapy. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download...

Psychological Profile of Patients with Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that affects approximately 2% of the population worldwide. The association between psoriasis and psychiatric disease is well documented and has been much better characterised in recent years. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

Making Clinical Practice Guidelines Pragmatic: How Big Data and Real World Evidence Can Close the Gap

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have become ubiquitous in every field of medicine over the past few decades with thousands being published annually. Guidelines attempt to improve  healthcare by: 1) guiding practitioners in the implementation of the latest research findings into practice, 2) promoting cost-effective treatments that are shown to...

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