Can Data Help Fight the Next Pandemic?
What’s the biggest advantage we have in our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic? The obvious answer may be vaccines, but in fact, data is the best weapon we have. But collecting data alone is not enough –...
Is Cancer Care Too Fragmented in Malaysia?
Fragmented cancer care - where patients have to go to different institutions for different aspects of cancer care - can significantly impact patients both from a financial and medical perspective. If...
International Pompe Day
Pompe disease is a rare, inherited disorder that causes permanent muscle damage in children and adults. It occurs in about one in every 40,000 people, and can go undiagnosed for years. In conjunction with...
A Cut Below
Dear Dr G,I read with interest your views on circumcision in your last article and would like to express my own experience several years ago.I underwent the procedure as my foreskin was too tight and...
Tracking COVID-19 Variants In Malaysia
The Ministry of Health has reported several local COVID-19 cases involving a more contagious variant that was first detected in South Africa. Not only that, some vaccines are said to be less effective against...
Family traditions cut deep
Dear Dr G,I am 15-year-old teenager and my father wants me to be circumcised.We are not Muslims, but undergoing this procedure is a something of a family tradition.My mother, on the other hand, reckons that...
Inclusion in the Workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic has not been easy for people living with autism and their families. This World Autism Awareness Day, we speak to Hafiz Izzuddin bin Zainudin and a parent, Adli Yahya, who’s also the...