Sexual Function

MANY old wives’ tales evolve around women’s traditional concerns such as pregnancy and sex. In modern science, it would have undergone the scrutiny of research and investigations. However, even in...

THE World Health Organization celebrates the World Mental Health Day themed - “physiological first aid” - tomorrow. It focuses on basic pragmatic physiological support for people who find themselves in...

“Acupuncture” is derived from a Latin word “acus” meaning needle and “punctura” (puncture). It is an alternative treatment and is one of the oldest and forms a substantial part of traditional...

enjamin Franklin once said: “He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else”. I guess it is fair to direct such criticism for men who have an attitude of “intentional avoidance”...

THE world may be a “lonely” place for youths today. They are exposed to the Internet empowering them with knowledge at their fingertips. But at the same time, youths may turn to the computers to solve...

THIS week, we address a reader’s celebration of “independence” from the dark days of testicular cancer, and yet cautiously guiding him to move forward in the days ahead. Dear Dr G, I am 28 years old...

THE thrill of the Summer Olympic Games will come to a close in Rio de Janeiro tonight. Many who were not interested in this sporting event were eventually drawn to the excitement. For Malaysia, it is a...

Dara Torres, the Olympic swimmer who won 12 Olympic medals while representing the United States in five different Olympic games from 1984 to 2008, once said: “What happens in the Olympic Village stays in the...

ACCORDING to Oxford Dictionary, ablation is “the removal or destruction, especially of organs or growth, or harmful substances from the body by mechanical means, as by surgery”. I’ve encountered...

IN medicine, one of the most important keys to success is communication. An informed consent is when doctors convey information about an intervention to patients prior to treatment. During this...