Bedside teaching has long been a time-honoured component of medical education, and this was emphasised by Sir William Osler, father of modern medicine who once said, “To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study without patients is not to go...

Fetal hydrops, or hydrops fetalis, is a serious antenatal finding, with several studies around the world quoting similar perinatal survival rates of only 40% to 50%. It indicates the presence of excessive fluid in 2 or more fetal compartments, which can include the abdominal cavity, pleural space, pericardial space,...

Second malignant neoplasms (SMNs) have been recognised as a late complication of oncologic therapy since the 1970s, as advancements in diagnosis and treatment of childhood cancer led to significant improvements in survival. SMNs are 3- to 7-fold as common in childhood cancer survivors as compared to the general population...

Cardiac disease (CD) imposes a significant health burden worldwide in both men and women. Various factors such as demographics and socioeconomic status have been shown to influence knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAPs) towards CD. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

The literature surrounding the recovery movement in mental health is abound and in this movement, we have heard a growing optimism in the possibility of recovery from serious mental illness. The term “recovery” has connotations of regaining a premorbid form of health. This article is available only as a PDF....