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October 2016

Medicine in Stamps

Henry Norman Bethune (1890–1939): Surgeon, communist, humanitarian
Siang Yong Tan, Kate Pettigrew
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 526-527

Editorial

Zika in Singapore: insights from One Health and social medicine
Tamra Lysaght, Tsung-Ling Lee, Sangeetha Watson, Zohar Lederman, Michele Bailey, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 528-529

Commentary

Policy options for increasing the supply of transplantable kidneys in Singapore
Jia Loon Chong
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 530-532

SMA Lecture

Innovating for future health
Tan Chorh Chuan
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 533-538

Review Article

The debate on treating subclinical hypothyroidism
Eng Loon Tng
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 539-545

Practice Integration & Lifelong Learning

Persistent gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms despite proton pump inhibitor therapy
Daphne Ang, Choon How How, Tiing Leong Ang
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 546-551
[CME Article]

Pictorial Essay

Magnetic resonance imaging of traumatic and non-traumatic brachial plexopathies
Yiru Lorna Fan, Mohamad Isham Bin Othman, Niraj Dubey, Wilfred CG Peh
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 552-560
[CME Article]

Original Article

Trigger factors in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a single-centre cross-sectional survey
Kay Choong See, Jason Phua, Tow Keang Lim
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 561-565
Limited benefit of hepatitis B immunoglobulin prophylaxis in children of hepatitis B e antigen-negative mothers
Le Ye Lee, Marion M Aw, Sharon Saw, Mary Rauff, Pearl YS Tong, Guan Huei Lee
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 566-569
Morphometric evaluation of the uncinate process and its importance in surgical approaches to the cervical spine: a cadaveric study
Mustafa Güvençer, Sait Naderi, Süleyman Tetik, Salih Sayhan
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 570-577
Normative data for hand grip strength and key pinch strength, stratified by age and gender for a multiethnic Asian population
Ngee Wei Lam, Hui Ting Goh, Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Ai-Vyrn Chin, Philip Jun Hua Poi, Maw Pin Tan
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 578-584

Letter to the Editor

Iliac artery injury without bony lesions or neurological symptoms after blunt trauma
Jung II Lee, Duk Hee Lee
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 585
Hospitalised children with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
Singapore Med J 2016; 57(10): 586

CME Answers