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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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47:47

Understanding Why Healthcare Costs Money

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2025/02/04

Fee-for-service versus diagnosis-related groups. Value-based care. National health financing. These terms keep showing up in the current heated discussions over healthcare financing. Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Rajesh Singh explains why it’s important to understand the ringgit and sen of healthcare, and helps to break down some of the terms and concepts for us.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:43

Can We Cure #1: Alzheimer’s Disease?

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2025/02/03

What if we could one day cure Alzheimer’s disease? In this mini series, we’ll be exploring the challenges scientists have faced in curing life-changing diagnoses, and what a cure would mean to people who live with these conditions. To answer this question, we’re joined by consultant geriatrician Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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45:20

Healthy Ageing: And A Healthy Heart

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2025/01/28

Your heart beats non-stop even before you’re born to pump blood around your body. But how does age affect the way it functions? On this episode of Healthy Ageing, we’re joined by consultant cardiologist Dr Wong Teck Wee to delve into managing heart issues among older adults and how we can all ensure our heart stays as healthy as it can.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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35:07

Can We Eliminate #4: Childhood Diseases?

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2025/01/27

What would our world look like if we no longer had to worry about infectious childhood diseases? In this series, we’ll look at how we can eliminate the public health challenges that continue to plague us today and how far we are from that goal. Dr Sangeetha Siniah, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant, speaks to us about the common infectious diseases that are still dangerous to children, and how we can do better to protect children.Photo credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for

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32:51

How T-Cells Help With Tracking Cancer Treatment

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2025/01/24

We’ve often heard about the use of immunotherapy when it comes to cancer treatment, and while we’ve seen incredible advances, there remains more to be done. Not all cancers can be treated by immunotherapy, and not all patients respond to it as well. As researchers continue to develop and study potential immunotherapies to treat cancers, what if a new test could help them track how effective these therapies are in real-time? Here to tell us more about that is Assistant Professor Dr Anthony Tan, from

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45:54

Because Feelings Matter #37: Stalked For 8 Years And...

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2025/01/23

What happens when your world is violated and you no longer feel safe in your own life? When your places of creativity, your physical environments, and your personal boundaries are infringed over and over again by one person? For photographer Acacia Diana, this relentless stalking continued for eight years before reaching its end in the courts. But the impact on her mental health cannot be measured in years, or in legal judgements. On this episode of Because Feelings Matter, Acacia talks about how

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49:32

NCD Chronicles #25: Living with Type 1 Diabetes (Part 1)

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2025/01/22

“The insulin pen is my best friend.” For Nazril Hadani, being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of four means a lifetime of “being poked and prodded” with daily insulin injections. Listen to Nazril’s story about growing up with Type 1 diabetes, and why consultant paediatric endocrinologist Prof Dr Muhammad Yazid Jalaludin thinks of young people with Type 1 diabetes as being resilient.NCD Chronicles is a series about people living with NCDs, going beyond the diagnosis to explore their

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38:16

What Is Spina Bifida?

Health & Living ·

2025/01/21

Some babies are born with a gap in their spine, a condition known as spina bifida. But how exactly will it affect them from childhood into adulthood? What kind of treatment and support will these children need to lead a good quality of life? We find out from consultant paediatrician and paediatric neurologist Dr Sofiah Ali and consultant neurosurgeon Dr Azizi Abu Bakar, both from Subang Jaya Medical Centre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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35:50

Can We Eliminate #3: The Flu?

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2025/01/20

What would our world look like if no one caught the flu anymore? In this limited series, we’re looking at how we can eliminate the public health challenges that continue to plague us today and how far we are from that goal. We speak to medical microbiologist Prof Dr Jamal I-Ching Sam from Universiti Malaya to find out if influenza could cause the next pandemic and the dangers posed by transmission of the influenza virus from animals to humans.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for

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46:14

Humans of Healthcare: The Emergency Medicine Physician

Health & Living ·

2025/01/17

If you’ve watched a medical drama, you would’ve seen scenes of emergency physicians rushing about trying to save people’s lives - but is that what it’s like in real life? On this episode of Humans of Healthcare, we speak to Dr Ahmad Suhailan Mohamed, an emergency physician, about what his job entails, the stress he’s under, as well as the work of emergency physicians in the great outdoors.Image credit: Dr Ahmad Suhailan MohamedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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47:05

Public Health: Alarm Bells Over Medical Insurance Hike

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2025/01/16

Medical insurance policyholders have received a temporary reprieve from a huge increase to their premiums. But what happens after 2026, when higher premium adjustments will likely be inevitable to reflect the increasing cost of healthcare? Datuk Indrani Thuraisingham, Vice-President of FOMCA, joins Azrul Mohd Khalib to discuss the impact of medical inflation on consumers, what regulatory measures are needed, and why short-term bandaid measures can no longer hold the system together.Image credit:

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45:05

Orphan Drugs As A Lifeline for Rare Diseases

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2025/01/15

When speaking to individuals with rare disorders or their families, it’s not uncommon to hear about the diagnostic odyssey they’ve been through just to get a name for what they’re going through. But what happens after that? We want to look beyond the diagnosis, to understand what are the challenges they still face. Today, we’ll be exploring what access to medicines looks like for rare disorders and the importance of orphan drugs to these individuals and their families.Image credit: ShutterstockSee

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38:03

Does Eating Salted Fish Cause Nasopharyngeal Cancer?

Health & Living ·

2025/01/14

If you hadn’t heard of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) before Lee Chong Wei was diagnosed with it, you’re not alone. Although NPC is a very common cancer in Malaysia, people aren’t aware of it, which often leads to late diagnosis. We dive into the peculiarities of why NPC is so prevalent in our population, especially among Chinese men, and the journey that patients go through from diagnosis to treatment.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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36:27

Can We Eliminate #2: Maternal Deaths?

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2025/01/13

What would our world look like if mothers no longer died from pregnancy or childbirth? In this series, we’ll look at how we can eliminate the public health challenges that continue to plague us today and how far we are from that goal. In this conversation, Dr Muniswaran Ganeshan, President of the Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Malaysia, covers the medical, public health and socioeconomic aspects of eliminating preventable maternal deaths.Image credit: ShutterstockSee

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41:16

You Can Retract Papers But Can You Retract...

Health & Living ·

2025/01/10

Remember that time during the pandemic Trump and many others promoted hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment? Well, the paper that people referred to in early 2020 has recently been retracted, but can the misinformation be taken back? Consultant urologist Dr George Lee is joined by health services and systems researcher Dr Mark Cheong to delve into the murky world of misinformation and whether scientific journals matter to the lay public.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for

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42:41

How To Help Parents Shed Trauma and Toxic Stress

Health & Living ·

2025/01/09

You can't be a good parent if you're emotionally stressed and dealing with trauma. Where is this trauma coming from? What is the impact of these stressors on our children? Dr Christine Gibson, a family physician and advocate of trauma-informed care, speaks to us about how parents can relearn their trauma response through brain-based and body-based strategies. Register here for her workshop in Kuala Lumpur on 23, 24 and 25 February (special promo rate for BFM listeners by registering as a group and

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35:27

Mind Matters: How Gambling is a Public Health Threat

Health & Living ·

2025/01/08

Recently, a report by the Lancet public health commission on gambling found that gambling is a growing threat to public health globally, with about 450 million people who have experienced consequences of gambling. On this episode of Mind Matters, we speak to Dr Amer to find out how serious this problem is here in Malaysia, and what are the unique circumstances that we need to account for in addressing the threat of gambling to public health.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for

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45:25

What Physicians Do At Sporting Events

Health & Living ·

2025/01/07

What role do medical teams at sporting events play beyond just treating injuries that happen during the event? How much has sports medicine evolved to keep up with the changes in both sports and medicine? We speak to consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Harjeet Singh as well as consultant sports medicine physicians Dr Kamaljeet Singh and Dato’ Dr Gurcharan Singh to find out.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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28:27

Can We Eliminate #1: HIV/AIDS?

Health & Living ·

2025/01/06

What would our world look like if HIV was eliminated? In this series, we’ll look at how we can eliminate the public health challenges that continue to plague us today and how far we are from that goal. In this first episode, we find out from Dr Anjanna Kukreja, an infectious diseases physician, if eliminating HIV is possible in our lifetime.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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44:32

Is This The Year To Quit Smoking?

Health & Living ·

2025/01/03

Quitting smoking is probably one of the most difficult goals to achieve. Despite stories of smokers successfully quitting cold turkey, many people will find themselves making several attempts and may even get discouraged. In the first Doctor in the House show for the new year, Dr Takdir Singh Riar, Head of the Smoking Cessation Unit, Klinik Kesihatan Tanglin, joins Dr George Lee to motivate those looking to quit smoking this year.Image credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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