The Ongoing Battle To Build Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines May 7, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements With certain COVID-19 vaccine candidates hitting hurdles before they’re even introduced into Malaysia’s National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, it’s become clear that building trust in COVID-19...
Can Data Help Fight the Next Pandemic? April 30, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements, Uncategorized 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? April 23, 2021 Cancers in Men & Women, Dr. In The House 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 April 16, 2021 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging 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...
Tracking COVID-19 Variants In Malaysia April 9, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements 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...
Inclusion in the Workplace April 2, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Ethics & Economics 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...
Prostate Cancer in a (Wal)Nut Shell March 26, 2021 Cancers in Men & Women, Dr. In The House Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. There is a belief that if you are diagnosed with prostate cancer, you are relatively “lucky”,...
Managing Multiple Myeloma March 19, 2021 Cancers in Men & Women, Dr. In The House Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Our bone marrow plays an important role in producing healthy blood cells. When a type of cancer...
What If Private Hospitals Bought Their Own COVID Vaccines? March 12, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Ethics & Economics, Medical Innovations & Advancements Three weeks into the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, private hospitals are now calling for the government to allow them to procure their own supplies of COVID vaccines and run a parallel...
It’s Time To Talk About Kidney Transplants March 5, 2021 Dr. In The House, Kidney, Prostate & Bladder Care Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. According to the Ministry of Health, it was estimated that there would have been 51,000 patients...
