What Are Gallstones?

Gallstones comprise cholesterol stones, pigment stones and ‘mixed stones’, which are stones comprising different ratios of pigment and cholesterol.

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The Gallbladder Story

Is the gallbladder really just a useless organ that might occasionally produce some offending stones? Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Dr Haritharan Thamutaram, gives us the insights into the commonly misunderstood gallstones.

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Red Baked Fish

Terperangkap dalam ruang yang tertutup dan terdedah kepada suhu atau haba persekitaran yang tinggi sangat merbahaya kepada golongan berisiko seperti kanak-kanak berusia lima tahun ke bawah serta warga emas berusia 50 tahun ke atas.

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Delicious & Diabetic-Friendly Malaysia Breakfasts Recipes

In line with Columbia Asia Diabetes campaign focusing on healthy eating for World Diabetes Day 2015, our chefs from Café Columbia worked closely with our dietitian to reinterpret Malaysian favourites and recipes so that the output is a diabetic-safe meal plan without compromising taste. Recipes from the Columbia Asia Master Chef Challenge 2015 and other healthy recipes have been compiled into a booklet.

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Contact and Collision Injuries

There are many ways sports and physical injuries can happen – including overuse and poor technique – but perhaps none is more graphic that injuries caused from impact and contact trauma. The most common are head, neck, shoulder and knee injuries. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Dr Harjeet Singh, walks us through what we need to know about these injuries.

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Diabetes

In conjunction with World Diabetes Day, Dr Jalal from Columbia Asia Hospital – Bukit Rimau shares about Diabetes on the symptoms, types of diabetes, sugar intake as well as preventive steps with the listeners of Sinar FM.

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