Tuberculosis—a curable and largely preventable disease—remains one of the top 10 global causes of death today. In 2017, the World Health Organization estimated that 23% of the world population had latent tuberculosis and 10 million people had developed active tuberculosis, of which just under half a million were new...

Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is the world’s leading cause of death and is responsible for more than 8 million deaths each year.1 Mirroring global trends, IHD has been among the top 3 causes of death for Singapore residents in recent years.2 With Singapore’s ageing population, coupled with the high...

Heart failure is a growing public health problem with a significant disease burden worldwide.1,2 Given the substantial uncertainty associated with disease outcomes,3 risk scores play an important role in prognosticating survival and aiding the clinician to identify and counsel at-risk patients. This article is available only as a PDF. Please...

Peer support is a growing global phenomenon in healthcare services. Peers for Progress, an international peer support association based in the University of North Carolina, currently oversees 320 peer support programmes in 6 continents. It defined peer support as “(linking) people living with a chronic condition such as diabetes....

Optimal antibiotic regimen is unknown for severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) which has mortality rates of up to 67% locally.1 Recommended empiric regimens from the West cannot be extrapolated to our region where melioidosis is endemic2 and Streptococcus pneumoniae penicillin resistance is common.3 Unfortunately, studies that compare optimal antibiotic regimens...