Volume 41, Number 6

June 2012

World Blood Donor Day: The Challenges Ahead

This year’s World Blood Donor Day falls on the 14 June. The World Blood Donor Day commemorates Karl Lansteiner (14 June 1868 – 26...

Do Parents Talk to Their Adolescent Children about Sex?—Findings from a Community Survey in Singapore

HIV/AIDS is now the third leading cause of disease burden worldwide. Risky sexual behaviours acquired during adolescence, such as early sexual initiation, unprotected intercourse,...

Male Breast Cancer in Singapore: 15 Years of Experience at a Single Tertiary Institution

Male breast cancer is a rare disease entity, traditionally said to represent <1% of all diagnosed breast cancers. Recent statistics, however, suggest that its...

Medium to Long-Term Clinical Outcomes with Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Real-Life Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DES) has demonstrated improved clinical outcomes compared with bare-metal stents (BMS) in many randomised controlled trials and...

Policy Implications of The Singapore Mental Health Study

Mental health issues have taken on greater importance with the growing awareness among policy makers of the importance of mental health for the development...