Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria June 3, 2016 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. This week, he is joined by Assoc Prof Dr Sasheela Ponnampalavanar, Consultant Infectious...
World AIDS Vaccine Day May 20, 2016 Dr. In The House, Medical Ethics & Economics, Medical Innovations & Advancements, STI & HIV Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Joining him today is Fifa Rahman, Policy Consultant at Malaysian AIDS Council to discuss the...
Autism Awareness Month, Part Two April 29, 2016 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging, Medical Innovations & Advancements Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. This time he is joined by KRU’s Edry Abdul Halim to share his perspective as a parent of a...
A Session with Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Yahya Awang February 19, 2016 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging, Medical Innovations & Advancements He is known for performing the coronary artery bypass surgery on former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad in 1989. He went on to play an instrumental role in establishing the National Heart Institute...
Look Back at 2015 December 18, 2015 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements 2015 is coming to an end, and in his last show for the year, Dr. George Lee looks back on the biggest health stories that were covered on his weekly show. He closes the book on the main issues from the...
Y Chromosome linked to Cancer Death Risk November 27, 2015 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements A study from a Swedish team found a correlation between loss of the Y chromosome and early death, in addition to an increased risk of cancer. Could this indicator be used as a biomarker? How much does that...
Rabies In The Northern States September 25, 2015 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements Rabies is one of the oldest diseases known to humans and there is still no treatment available once a patient develops the symptoms. Malaysia has been declared rabies-free since 2012 by the World Health...
Bariatric Surgery And Diabetes September 18, 2015 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements Malaysia has the highest rate of obesity among Asian countries, with 49 percent of women and 44 percent of men bound to be obese. We also have the highest number of diabetes among ASEAN countries, with one...
Antibiotic Appocalyse September 4, 2015 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Professor Mark Baker said 10 million antibiotic prescriptions a year in England were inappropriate. There is universal consensus that the very basis of...
Is BPA Safe? Organoids Inform The Debate August 21, 2015 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements An important industrial material used to strengthen plastics, Bisphenol A (BPA) coats many of our bottles and plastic containers. Even as some countries ban BPA-containing bottles, scientists continue to...
