Volume 40, Number 6

June 2011

Blood Donation and Beyond

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on 14 June every year. On that day, countries all around the world express their appreciation for blood...

Hypertension: Time Always for Prevention via Dietary Salt Reduction

Hypertension is defined as a systolic blood pressure (BP) of 140 mmHg or higher or a diastolic BP of 90 mmHg or higher. However,...

Quality of Life in Pathological Gamblers in a Multiethnic Asian Setting

Pathological gambling is categorized under the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV-TR) as an impulse control disorder not elsewhere classified....

Wash-out of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Quantitative Region of Interest Analysis on CT

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy in the world. It is estimated to cause approximately half a million deaths annually and...

Health-related Quality of Life is Associated with Diabetic Complications, but not with Short-term Diabetic Control in Primary Care

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major chronic disease globally. With increasing life expectancy, long-term complications of diabetes mellitus leading to significant morbidity and...