Aspartame A “Possible Carcinogen” – What Does This Mean? July 21, 2023 Cancers in Men & Women, Dr. In The House Aspartame, the world’s most popular artificial sweetener, has just been declared by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a “possible carcinogen”. Does this mean that aspartame...
The Bitter Truth About Artificial Sweeteners June 9, 2023 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging How many of you go to a mamak and order a kopi or teh ais kurang manis? Or maybe you’ve chosen to switch to artificial sweeteners instead. Malaysians have long been warned about the need to cut down on our...
Is COVID-19 Well And Truly Over? May 19, 2023 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging, Medical Innovations & Advancements In early May, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 is no longer considered a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC. Following the announcement, the Ministry of Health...
PrEP Prevents HIV : Must Be Accessible To All March 31, 2023 Dr. In The House, Medical Ethics & Economics, Medical Innovations & Advancements PrEP - or pre-exposure prophylaxis - can be life-saving, as it’s highly effective in preventing HIV when taken as prescribed. Recently, Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni said that the Ministry...
No Fun In Fungal Infections March 24, 2023 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging Will Ellie find out the truth about what Joel did? This is the cliffhanger question in the season finale of ‘The Last Of Us’, a TV series about a zombifying fungal infection that has destroyed...
What ChatGPT Means For Medicine and Research March 10, 2023 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements Healthcare providers rely on studies published in scientific journals to keep up-to-date with the latest developments in medical research. But what happens when the study wasn’t even written by a...
Fatty Liver On The Rise March 3, 2023 Dr. In The House, Kidney, Prostate & Bladder Care You can’t escape the consequences of an unhealthy lifestyle, especially one centred around a high-fat, calorie-laden diet. One of the organs that can be badly affected is the liver, where excess fat ...
Malaysians Like It Salty (But We Shouldn’t) February 17, 2023 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging It’s no secret that Malaysians love food, and maybe we also love the salt in our food, a little too much. But just how much salt are we consuming, and if we’re over the limit, how do we cut down on salt...
Sarawak Needs Its Own Cancer Centre February 3, 2023 Cancers in Men & Women, Dr. In The House While we have improved in leaps and bounds when it comes to treating cancer, these advances don’t matter if patients aren’t able to access treatments at all. For cancer patients in rural Sarawak, access...
Medical Brain Drain – What’s The Solution? (Part 2) January 13, 2023 Dr. In The House Malaysia is losing our doctors. It’s a fact that we’ve known for years, as we’ve seen and heard stories of doctors leaving the public healthcare system not just for the private sector, but moving abroad...
