Volume 35, Number 6

June 2006

Paediatrics to Geriatrics: The Continuum

In many parts of Asia today, paediatricians are still grappling with the childhood problems of infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition. In Singapore, it...

Evaluation of Dementia: The Case for Neuroimaging All Mild to Moderate Cases

Dementia has been reported to affect 4% to 13% of individuals above the age of 65, with the difference in prevalence rates being dependent...

Understanding the Super-spreading Events of SARS in Singapore

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was the first emerging infectious disease of this century with true epidemic potential. Worldwide, the virus caused a total...

Scanning Laser Polarimetry in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients on Chemotherapy

Pulmonary tuberculosis is a worldwide disease. In Hong Kong, there are about 7000 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis each year and the prevalence remains...

Characterisation of Human Tear Proteins Using High-resolution Mass Spectrometry

Over the last few years, with advances in mass spectrometry, there has been increasing interest in exploring the proteome of body fluids such as...