The proliferation of superbugs such as MRSA are man-made and as such, they can be curbed. In this article, Kelvin Teo explores how this is done.
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In order to address the community health concerns of the host country and the HIV patient’s migration rights, there is a need to establish the latter’s knowledge on management of his condition and more importantly, the reduction of the likelihood of the spread of virus to members of his host community.
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Australian High Court Judge Michael Kirby asks, "What, for example, are we to make of the so-called “Asian values” that are sometimes said to justify departures and exceptions from human endeavours to pronounce universal principles such as are found in the Bioethics Declaration?" at the recently concluded Singapore Bioethics Congress.
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The pharmaceutical divide in terms of drug access is perpetuated by the WTO TRIPS regime. The current TRIPS enforcement tilts in favour of the brand name drug companies holding the patent rights.
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Insidious influence can come in the form of creating a ‘treatment guideline’ that suggests drugs are in need. Some psychiatrists started following Havard psychiatrist Dr Biederman’s recommendations to use a cocktail of powerful drugs on children below the age of 10 years although this practice was not approved by the FDA.
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To woo Singaporeans studying medicine overseas to return home to practice, it takes more than just a pre-employment grant. The compatibility between overseas medicine programs and local residency programs not only must be improved, local university hospitals may host electives to allow overseas Singaporean medical students to take as part of their university program.
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Quick access to AEDs improves chances of survival substantially. Kelvin Teo
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For every person infected, it is likely that there will be between 1.2 and 1.6 secondary cases. The standard treatment for Swine Flu is a 5-day course of Tamiflu and treatment should begin within the first 48 hours of infection.Donaldson Tan.
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With rising healthcare costs, something has to be done. Some people have suggested that health insurance doesn’t work but I beg to differ. It’s not that health insurance cannot work but rather, it is the ignorance of the economics of health insurance that leads one to conclude that health insurance is not a workable...
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