Health & Living
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Health & Living
Wander and be enlightened by the endlessly fascinating inner universe that is the human body. We speak with experts, Nobel laureates, cancer survivors and healthcare workers who share their unique perspectives on wellness and living and the latest medical research.
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If You Have Breast Cancer, NORA Is Here To Help
A woman with breast cancer needs more than just clinical therapy in order to manage her cancer. We look at Cancer Research Malaysia’s patient navigati...
Public Health: Progress in Lung Cancer Care
For years, lung cancer has ranked among the top cancers in Malaysia, and been a leading cause of cancer-related deaths. In 2025, Malaysia saw several...
Can’t Breathe? What’s Causing Nasal Blockages
Struggling to breathe properly, having to breathe through your mouth or dealing with constant throat irritation and cough - many of us are familiar wi...
Humans of Healthcare: The Family Medicine Specialist
What do you call a doctor who specialises in taking care of most common ailments, providing comprehensive care for patients of all ages? That’s a fami...
Brain Waves: How Revenge Bedtime Procrastination Changes Your Brain
How many of us spend the nights staring at a phone or computer screen, putting off sleep? While most of us know it’s probably not great for our health...
World AIDS Day 2025: Will We Eliminate AIDS By 2030?
With access to care and effective treatment, HIV is no longer the death sentence it was decades ago. But how is Malaysia doing in getting HIV treatmen...
Counsellor’s Corner: Happy With Life Or Happy Right Now?
Are you happy with life, or just feeling happy in the moment? How do we move from one state to the other? We talk about the pursuit of happiness with...
Will We Have A Treatment For Dengue One Day?
“There is no specific treatment for dengue.” That’s often how dengue is described, as the viral infection can only be managed through supportive care...
Why Compassion Matters in Healthcare
Compassion is one of the most important elements in healthcare but in a world where healthcare workers are overworked, how does compassion come throug...
Patient Safety #4: Seeking Justice
What happens after a patient has been exposed to unsafe care, and has suffered an injury or complication? In the final episode of the series on patien...
Why Rheumatoid Arthritis Needs To Be Diagnosed Early
Rheumatoid arthritis is often diagnosed late, forcing patients to live with daily pain and disruptions to their lives as the disease progresses. We sp...
Should Children Start Learning Social Skills Earlier?
In recent months, incidents involving schoolchildren and violence have raised concerns about whether kids are equipped with the skills to navigate con...
Because Feelings Matter #46: How Do Athletes Cope With The Severe Pressure?
Nobody looking at Goh Liu Ying at the height of her mixed badminton doubles career would have guessed at her mental health struggles. On this episode...
Hand and Wrist Injuries in Sports
From holding a racquet to lifting weights, having a good range of motion in your hands and wrists is vital to be able to do exercise and to keep playi...
Beyond The Diagnosis #34: Surviving Dengue
Dengue is endemic in Malaysia, and with over 100,000 cases annually, it’s not a disease that’s unfamiliar to most of us. But despite decades of countl...
When Medications Fuel The Next Superbug
Medicines save lives, but they’re also fuelling a silent but grave threat: antimicrobial resistance. After years of warning and education, are we stil...
Patient Safety #3: Regulating Medical Devices and Health Tech
Medical devices save lives. Picture the X-ray machine that detects your disease, the ventilator that supports your breathing, or the pacemaker that ke...
Is The Gut Microbiota Linked To Long COVID?
Our first few years of life don’t just shape our memories — they also shape our microbes, trillions of which reside in our gut. The gut microbiome we...
Ask A Doctor: Heavy Periods
On our open clinic show, we tackle a problem that most women feel embarrassed or reluctant to discuss - heavy periods. Consultant obstetrician and gyn...
Healthy Ageing: What’s Spiking Your Blood Pressure?
Hypertension or high blood pressure is one of the most common non-communicable diseases among Malaysians, and as you get older the risk for hypertensi...
Prostate Cancer in the Age of Nuclear Medicine
With advanced imaging and targeted therapies, doctors can now “see what they treat, and treat what they see”. We explore how nuclear medicine is deliv...
Public Health: The Hidden Crisis of Endometriosis
Severe period and pelvic pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, pain during urination, bowel movements and sexual intercourse - imagine living in such consta...
Patient Safety #2: Safe Staff, Safe Patients
In the second episode of the mini-series on patient safety, we take a deeper dive into the inextricable link between the health workforce and patient...
Mind Matters: How To Build Strong Social Connections
Humans are inherently social creatures, but despite a world that is more interconnected than ever, people are increasingly disconnected socially. In f...
Counsellor’s Corner: Self-Care or Selfish?
We live in a world where we’re constantly told to remember to look after our own wellbeing and to find a way to balance self-care with our work, famil...
Bariatric Surgery Is Changing
Typically, we’ve thought of bariatric surgery as invasive procedures that remove part of the stomach, or bypass it. As the technology improves, surgeo...
Brilliant, Female Magnificent 2025 Panel 2: Glow Up & Level Up Your Body
It’s time to look past the imperfections you see and start learning how to love your body - no matter what other people on your Instagram feed look li...
Brilliant, Female Magnificent 2025 Panel 3: Girlbossing Your Budget
Budgeting and managing your finances shouldn’t be a chore. Learn how to grow your income and make your money work for you, whether you want to afford...
Brilliant, Female Magnificent 2025 Panel 1: From Stress to Self-Care
Feeling drained from juggling work and personal commitments while looking like you’ve got it all held together? Whether it’s managing work stress or m...
Patient Safety #1: The True Cost of Unsafe Care
When there are problems or errors in healthcare that cause patients harm or injury, who pays the price? Not just the patients and families, but the re...
Are You Eating Enough Protein?
We learned at a young age that protein is an essential part of our diet, but with high-protein foods and protein supplements being marketed at us cons...
Humans of Healthcare: The Medical Microbiologist
In a field where the tiniest of organisms can have the largest of impacts, just how important is the role of a medical microbiologist? And how much do...
What A “Ghost Poop” Tells You About Your Gut Health
You might have seen people talk about having “ghost poops” on social media, and no, this isn’t related to Halloween. What it refers to is stool that i...
What A “Ghost Poop” Tells You About Your Gut Health
You might have seen people talk about having “ghost poops” on social media, and no, this isn’t related to Halloween. What it refers to is stool that i...
Does Faith Have A Place in My Illness?
Being diagnosed with a life-limiting or terminal illness brings with it a lot of existential questions about what happens next, and how you will face...
Why It Matters To Pick Up Atrial Fibrillation Early
Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of arrhythmia, where someone with this condition has an irregular heart rhythm. If left untreated, it incr...
A Broken Promise of Access To Care (Living With HIV)
What happens when a promise of lifelong healthcare is suddenly cut off? That was the case for Amanda Mei Chu Damian, who was diagnosed with HIV as a b...
Grieving the Loss of a Pet
Losing a pet can feel like losing a member of the family. Yet many people find their grief dismissed or misunderstood, making the healing process even...
Is Your Child’s Environment Too Clean? (And How It Affects Their Immune System)
You’ve probably heard people say that kids these days have poorer immune systems compared to previous generations because they’re less exposed to germ...
Injuries in Martial Arts
Martial arts is something familiar to many Malaysians, from those taekwondo classes in schools to people doing muay thai as part of their weekend work...