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...
Is BPA Safe? Organoids Inform The Debate August 21, 2015 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging 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...
I See With My Bionic Eyes August 14, 2015 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements Age-related macular degeneration is responsible for severe vision loss in developed countries. When our eyes fail, the world slips into a blur and darkness, and life dims. English surgeons however,...
Penis Transplant – A Hard Choice August 7, 2015 Dr. In The House, Sexual Health & Fertility Eight months ago, South African doctors successfully transplanted a penis onto a 21-year old man who wasted little time in using his new member. Two months ago, we learned that the man’s girlfriend is...
Engineering Viruses to Kill Cancer July 31, 2015 Cancers in Men & Women, Dr. In The House Scientists have just engineered viruses to kill skin cancer cells. This study, led by the Institute of Cancer Research in the United Kingdom, reports the new method as a breakthrough that can cure skin...
Dissecting the Association between Erectile Dysfunction Drugs And Cancer July 10, 2015 Dr. In The House, Sexual Health & Fertility Since 1998, the drug Viagra had been prescribed to more than 23 million men worldwide to help them treat erectile dysfunction. And is expected of any drug that treats one aspect of our body, it changes...
Doctor In The House June 26, 2015 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging In the UK, a boy who was left disabled during birth could receive record £15m compensation by the NHS. Medics failed to pick up 'abnormal changes' during the latter stages of his mother's labour. James...
