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Health & Living

Wander and be enlightened by the endlessly fascinating inner universe that is the human body. We speak with experts, Nobel laureates, cancer survivors and healthcare workers who share their unique perspectives on wellness and living and the latest medical research.

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Doctor in the House: Influenza and Respiratory Diseases

Health & Living ·

2020/01/10

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Influenza is back in the news and on our chat groups. Going by anecdotes and forwarded messages on social media, we appear to be looking at an influenza outbreak. However, the Ministry of Health has said that the slight increase in influenza-like illness is still within normal parameters. We check in with consultant respiratory physician Dr Helmy Haja Mydin to find out whether we should be

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Brain Waves #32: Addiction and Anxiety in the Brain

Health & Living ·

2020/01/09

What happens in the brain of someone who suffers from an extreme addiction? And how would withdrawal from the addictive substance affect the emotions of the individual? Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar is back with her Brain Waves series, and joining her is Dr Jaya Kumar Murthy, neurophysiologist from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Public Health #26: Critical Time for Health Workers

Health & Living ·

2020/01/08

The year 2019 ended on a note of uncertainty for workers in the health sector, who had been told that the government was considering stopping the critical service incentive allowance to certain professions in the civil service. For the health sector, this will include medical officers, pharmacists, dentists and nurses who are joining the service from 1 January 2020. This news ended a year that had been filled with ups and downs for medical professionals. We discuss the implications of recent policy

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50:03

A Decade in Orthopaedics

Health & Living ·

2020/01/07

As we enter the new year and decade, we ask consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Rajesh Singh to walk us through some of the most significant advances and improvements in orthopaedic medicine over the past 10 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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32:41

Extreme Facial Pain

Health & Living ·

2020/01/06

We have several nerves in our face, which supply feeling and movement to the face. Imagine when something goes wrong with one of those nerves. One of the more serious conditions affecting the facial nerves is trigeminal neuralgia, which causes severe pain in the face. Dr Puneet Nandrajog, Consultant Neuro & Spine Surgeon from Manipal Hospitals Klang, explains more about this condition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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51:56

Doctor in the House: Changing Mindsets on the Smoking...

Health & Living ·

2020/01/03

1st January marked the beginning of enforcement of the smoking ban in eateries, after an educational period of a year. We look back at how effective the smoking ban has been in changing smokers’ behaviour (or not), and where Malaysia stands when it comes to tobacco control in the region. We’ll be speaking to Dr Mary Assunta, Senior Policy Advisor with Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance, and Dr Zarihah Mohd Zain, medical director with the Malaysian Women's Action for Tobacco Control

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51:18

Ask A Doctor #9: Exercise and Fitness

Health & Living ·

2020/01/02

We are back for our monthly open clinic segment, where we get our doctors to address your health concerns. On today’s show, Datuk Dr Ramlan Aziz, Sport Medicine Physician, is here to answer your questions about exercise, fitness and sports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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51:38

BFM's Healthy Ageing 2019 Part 2 of 2: The Heart &...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/31

Everyone talks about healthy ageing, but what does it mean? We look at healthy ageing from the perspective of cardiovascular health with Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Dato’ Dr Yap Yee Guan and Consultant Vascular Surgeon Dr Naresh Govindarajanthran, from Sunway Medical Centre, and dietitian L. Mageswary Lapchmanan, from the Ministry of Health. From the heart, we move to mental health issues with Consultant Neurosurgeon Dr Syed Abdullah Al-Haddad, Consultant Geriatrician Dr Philip Poi

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48:12

BFM's Healthy Ageing 2019 Part 1 of 2: Healthy Joints...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/30

Everyone talks about healthy ageing, but what does it mean? We look at managing healthy joints among older people with Consultant Arthroplasty Orthopaedic & Trauma Specialist Dr Suhail Suresh, Consultant Rehabilitation Medicine Specialist Dr Foong Chee Choong, and Consultant Spine Surgeon Dr Lau Choon Ping, from Sunway Medical Centre. In the second part of this show, we discuss cancer care and pain management with Supportive Care Service and Palliative Care Physician Dr Julia Ho Fee Voon, Modern

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46:52

Health & Living Jr 2019: Stories - Every Child Matters

Health & Living ·

2019/12/27

Raising a child in today’s environment is a challenging journey, and parents of children with special needs have more obstacles to navigate. Four parents share their experiences of raising children with unique health challenges: Nori Abdullah, parent of a child with autism; Choo Li-Hsian, parent of a child with Down Syndrome; Adli Yahya, parent of a child with autism; and Edmund Lim, parent of a child with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).This is an edited recording of the panel discussion that

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51:00

Health & Living Jr 2019 Part 4 of 4: The Dilemma of...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/27

Children and parents are struggling to cope with all the conflicting demands of modern life. Are today's children adequately prepared to face adulthood? Or are we raising a generation of pampered under-achievers? This is an edited recording of the panel discussion that was held at the BFM Health & Living Jr 2019 by AIA Vitality. Members of the panel are: Dr Cindy Chan, Consultant Developmental Paediatrician, Hospital Kuala Lumpur; Tan Cheng Yi, Chartered Educational Psychologist, Oasis Place;

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Health & Living Jr 2019 Part 3 of 4: The Battle Over...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/26

The biggest ongoing battle in medicine today is over the issue of vaccination. What is fuelling parents’ anxieties about vaccination, and is the medical community able to counter the anti-vaccination movement with scientific arguments alone? This is an edited recording of the panel discussion that was held at the BFM Health & Living Jr 2019 by AIA Vitality. Members of the panel are: Dato’ Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist; Dr Karim Bettache, Social

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40:46

Health & Living Jr 2019 Part 2 of 4: The Allergy...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/24

Allergies among children are on the rise, including skin, respiratory and food allergies. Is the allergy epidemic due to an imbalance in our gut microbiome, or are our environments too sanitised? Consultant Paediatric ENT Dr Priatharisiny Velayutham, Consultant Paediatric Respiratory Physician Dr Norzila Mohamed Zainudin, and Consultant Paediatric Dermatologist Dr Heah Sheau Szu, from Sunway Medical Centre, discuss how to protect our children from unexpected allergic reactions, especially when they

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52:34

Health & Living Jr 2019 Part 1 of 4: Townhall with...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/23

Kids today are exposed to rapid technological changes, intense societal pressure, and complex family issues. How do we prepare kids for a future that will place huge demands on them? We caught up with YB Hannah Yeoh, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Dr Faridah Abu Bakar, Director of the Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health, and Dato’ Dr Narimah Awin, Chairperson of the National Population and Family Development Board in a townhall session to find out

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48:50

Doctor in the House: The Latest in Men’s Health

Health & Living ·

2019/12/20

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. For our last show of the year, we look beyond some of the latest headlines involving men’s health. The first focus is on a man born without testicles who underwent a transplant to receive one from his identical twin brother, making it only the third known transplant of this type. We also discuss a study published in the journal Cancer in September, which found that the incidence of

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37:48

Health & Living Live 2019: Stories

Health & Living ·

2019/12/20

Our interaction with our community and environment plays a vital role in our health over the long term. Four individuals from various backgrounds share how their health decisions have shaped their lives: Ranjit Kaur, breast cancer survivor; Andrew Tan, vice president, KLASS; Muha Aziz, arts enthusiast living with a rare disease; and Poh Kim Pheng from the Malaysian Mental Health Association. This is an edited recording of the session that was held at the BFM Health & Living Live 2019 by AIA

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Health & Living Live 2019: Stories

Health & Living ·

2019/12/20

Our interaction with our community and environment plays a vital role in our health over the long term. Four individuals from various backgrounds share how their health decisions have shaped their lives: Ranjit Kaur, breast cancer survivor; Andrew Tan, vice president, KLASS; Muha Aziz, arts enthusiast living with a rare disease; and Poh Kim Pheng from the Malaysian Mental Health Association. This is an edited recording of the session that was held at the BFM Health & Living Live 2019 by AIA

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Health & Living Live 2019 Part 4 of 4: Gut Health

Health & Living ·

2019/12/19

How does the world around us – our environment, our culture and our relationships – interact with our health? While we have become more affluent over the last 62 years, many Malaysians appear to have moved away from our traditional dietary habits. Now, with obesity and diabetes on the rise, we seem desperate to experiment with fad diets, forgetting that each of us has a unique microbiome (gut bacteria) with a particular response to what we eat. This is an edited recording of the panel

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46:35

Health & Living Live 2019 Part 3 of 4: Town Hall with...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/18

How does the world around us – our environment, our culture and our relationships – interact with our health? The Deputy Minister of Health discusses how we can create a culture of health, and look at the environmental, economic and social forces that affect our health system. This is an edited recording of the townhall session that was held at the BFM Health & Living Live 2019 by AIA Vitality.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Health & Living Live 2019 Part 2 of 4: Traditional vs...

Health & Living ·

2019/12/17

How does the world around us – our environment, our culture and our relationships – interact with our health? We look at traditional medicine and its place in the Malaysian healthcare system today, and ask whether evidence-based medicine is the only way forward. This is an edited recording of the debate session that was held at the BFM Health & Living Live 2019 by AIA Vitality. Debaters on the panel were: Dr Rafidah Abdullah, Consultant Physician & Nephrologist and Head of

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