Volume 27, Number 4

July 1998

Evidence-based Medicine and Electronic Publication: Is There a Common Thread?

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and electronic publication (EP) formed the basis of two back-to-back workshops (EBM Workshop—6 & 7 June 1998 and EP Workshop—8 June...

Self-Perception of Health among Elderly Community Dwellers in Singapore

The single most important determinant of the quality of an elderly person’s life is health. In the elderly, health matters affect all other areas...

Day Hospital Rehabilitation for the Elderly: A Retrospective Study

Alexandra Hospital is the first hospital in Singapore with a Day Hospital for the elderly. One of the main functions of the Day Hospital...

Orbital Lymphoma: Results of Radiation Therapy

Orbital lymphoma is a rare presentation of extranodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, accounting for less than 1% of the total. The role of radiotherapy in its...

Epidemiological Surveillance of Melioidosis in Singapore

Melioidosis was first described in 1911 among vagrants and morphine addicts brought into the mortuary in Rangoon, Burma. However, the disease received little attention...