Snoring is a familiar experience afflicting both sufferers and their sleep partners (sometimes even beyond the bedroom!) and affects all of us at some point in our lives.
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Basketball for Malaysians?
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Harjeet Singh returns for his monthly show on sports medicine and orthopaedics. This time, we find out why basketball never really took off in Malaysia and if it has anything to do with our height. Also, does your height actually affect your overall health and fitness?
Continue readingTherapeutic Ultrasound (UST)
Ultrasound is an inaudible high frequency vibration that is converted from electrical energy which passes through crystals in the transducer head. Ultrasound can be used as a diagnostic modality and for treatment purposes.
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Want your child to be a star athlete? Find out how on this month’s edition of sports medicine, Dr Harjeet Singh speaks about development of athletes from the ground up. He is joined by a former national and development coach.
Continue readingBreast Health Tips
Breast health tips as suggested by Her World magazine in its January issue, on things to do monthly in 2017. October is breast cancer awareness month and what better way to celebrate than by taking care of your bosom.
Continue readingThe Management of Placenta Previa in Pregnancy 如何降低胎盘前置的风险
In a normal pregnancy, the placenta attaches itself to the front, side, back or upper part of the uterine cavity
Continue readingHow to Stay Healthy When It’s Hazy
Your health and fitness shouldn’t take a backseat when the skies start to suffocate you. Let the experts, Dr. Raymond George Varughese, Consultant Physician Columbia Asia Hospital – Setapak and Dr Jamalul Aziz Abdul Rahaman, Head of Pulmonology Services from Ministry of Health clear the air (well, not literally) about what you can do and can’t do during the haze.
Continue readingPancreatic Cancer – Is The Best Outcome A Good Death?
Pancreatic cancer remains a captain of death among us having gained notoriety for being universally fatal. 9 in 10 persons diagnosed with pancreatic cancer will be lost within five years of diagnosis despite best available treatment.
Continue readingSwimming – Science Of Speed
Humans evolved from sea creatures but we’ve certainly shed a lot of the features meant for effective swimming over the millennia.
Continue readingAnesthesia? What is it all about?
Anesthesia is a way to control pain during a surgery or procedure by using medicine called anesthetics.
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