Times have changed. Maternal mortality rates at the start of the 1900s were around 1 in 100 live births in the best maternity institutions. This has declined by around 3 orders of magnitude in the last 100 years to about 3 in 100,000 live births in places like Singapore. Perinatal...

Times have changed. Maternal mortality rates at the start of the 1900s were around 1 in 100 live births in the best maternity institutions. This has declined by around 3 orders of magnitude in the last 100 years to about 3 in 100,000 live births in places like Singapore. Perinatal...

The increasing prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity and its associated adverse health outcomes have become an important health issue. Childhood obesity can persist into adulthood and increases the risk of cardiovascular metabolic diseases, giving rise to an increased healthcare burden. In Singapore, the prevalence of obesity for adults...

Several studies have found adult height predictive of mental health and emotional well-being. A study of Swedish conscripts demonstrated an inverse association between height at age 18 to 19 and suicide mortality over 15 years of follow-up. Similarly, a study of Filipinos demonstrated an inverse association between height at age...

The first successful birth resulted from in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) was reported in 1978.1 Today this technology is being used worldwide and currently, approximately 1% of live births of the world are conceived via assisted reproductive technologies (ART), which include IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This article is available only...