World Hepatitis Day has been celebrated annually on 28 July since 2008. This day was chosen as it was the birthday of Professor Baruch Blumberg who won a Nobel Prize in 1976 for his discovery of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). World Hepatitis Day is an official World Health...

Medical care in Singapore has progressed significantly over the past few decades; we have achieved a world class healthcare system with a standard of care comparable with the best in the world in many disciplines. Singapore’s healthcare system is designed to ensure that everyone has access to different levels...

Late preterm infants are defined as those who are born between the gestational age (GA) from 34 weeks and 0/7 days through 36 weeks and 6/7 days. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF” on top to view the full article.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a cardiopulmonary bypass technique (CPB) introduced by Bartlett in 1972, which provides life-saving support in patients with refractory yet reversible cardiorespiratory failure until organ recovery or organ transplantation. Since the first report of successful ECMO support in an adult was published by Hill in...

The stress experienced by parents of children with hearing impairment (HI) has been studied over the past 2 decades. Increased parenting stress is often associated with developmental problems such as delay in language acquisition, social and emotional problems. The stress that parents endure fluctuates as they go through the...