Volume 42, Number 5 May 2013

Thinking and Schizophrenia: Challenges and Opportunities

World Schizophrenia Day falls on 24 May. Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder affecting about 1% of the population worldwide. With typical onset in...

Pathologic Changes in Highly Myopic Eyes of Young Males in Singapore

World Schizophrenia Day falls on 24 May. Schizophrenia is a devastating brain disorder affecting about 1% of the population worldwide. With typical onset in...

A New Community-Based Outdoor Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Singapore Children: Findings from Focus Groups

The World Health Organization asserts that uncorrected refractive errors are the second leading cause of blindness globally and the main cause of low vision....

Risk Factors for Complicated Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Disease in Children

In March and April 2009, Mexico started experiencing an epidemic of influenza-like illness and on 17 April 2009, the novel strain of influenza A...

Lack of Association between the LRRK2 A419V Variant and Asian Parkinson’s Disease

Recent studies have linked certain single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the LRRK2 gene with familial and sporadic Parkinson’s disease (PD). Interestingly, there appear to...