by Dr Roland Chia | Jan 3, 2017 | Pulse
January 2017 Pulse The shortage of transplantable organs is a public health crisis globally. In the United States, for example, 120,000 people are on the waiting list. It is estimated that 35 percent of all deaths in the U.S. can be prevented by organ transplantation....
by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 19, 2016 | Pulse
December 2016 Pulse In August 2015, injured volunteer firefighter Patrick Hardison received a face transplant in a 26-hour surgery performed by plastic surgeon Dr Eduardo Roderiguez and his team, a procedure which cost US$1 million (S$1.36 million). The donor was...
by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 5, 2016 | Pulse
December 2016 Pulse In 2014 Alan Sanders, a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University at Evanston, and his team conducted a study of 409 pairs of twin brothers to see if there are some linkages between homosexuality and chromosomal region...
by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 21, 2016 | Pulse
November 2016 Pulse Without doubt, one of the most important – if highly contentious – ideas in political and social philosophy today is that of the common good. Although the idea is once again in vogue in recent public and academic discourse, its origins can be...
by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 7, 2016 | Pulse
November 2016 Pulse In February this year (2016), Pop Queen Madonna held her controversial Rebel Heart concert in Singapore amidst concerns expressed by religious groups. In his pastoral letter, Roman Catholic Archbishop William Goh urges his 300,000 strong flock not...
by Dr Roland Chia | Oct 17, 2016 | Pulse
October 2016 Pulse In November last year, The Straits Times reported that, according to Attorney-General George Brandis, Australia is experiencing an “alarming emergence” of religious intolerance. “Members of the Christians faiths”, Australia’s top law officer...
