Review Article
Holistic preconception care: Providing real-time guidance via a mobile app to optimise maternal and child health
Global fertility rates have decreased by more than half since 1950, recorded at 2.3 births per woman in 2021.1 By 2056, this figure is projected to decline further to 2.09, which falls below the replacement fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman.1 In Singapore, the fertility rate has reached...
Original Article
Perceived Need for Community Geriatric Services: A Survey at a Regional Hospital in Singapore in an Inpatient Setting
Singapore has one of the most rapidly ageing populations in the wor1d. The number of the very aged (>75 years old) has already increased from 42,700 in 1985 to 75,500 in 1995.
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Others
Contemporary Management of Fibroids
Fibroids are the most common, solid benign pelvic tumours occurring in about 30% of women beyond the age of 30. They are asymptomatic in most women.
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Original Article
Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Community Dwelling Elderly
Singapore is experiencing an unprecedented age shift as the post-war baby boomers turn 65 years in 2012. Currently there are 378,700 people aged 65 and above, and these numbers are estimated to go up to 600,000 by 2020. These growing elderly population have multiple coexisting medical conditions which are...