You meet a few close-knit friends for a buffet lunch and they marvel at your supermodel figure. They envy your inability to gain a single pound despite your enormous appetite. Your partner is clearly confounded by the fact that you…
In order to ensure that all health care providers, regardless of whether they work in primary care (like Klinik Kesihatan), tertiary care (general hospitals) or private general practices (GP), are up to date with the latest development and evidence based…
Antara perkara yang paling saya benci adalah memberitahu seorang pesakit bahawa mereka perlukan khidmat dialisis. Saya benci kenapa ramai di kalangan masyarakat tidak peka tentang betapa berharganya buah pinggang mereka. Tahukah anda bahawa buah pinggang adalah antara organ yang sukar…
All too often, parents fail to recognise pneumonia until it’s too late. Fikri, 5 years old, had chickenpox. He seemed happy and lively enough until he developed high spiking fever and rapid breathing. He started coughing out voluminous amounts of…
We electrophysiologist like to create an illusory perception that we are akin to wiremen when it comes to troubleshooting heart rhythm problems. Usually when we first share our diagnosis to patients that they are suffering from complete heart block, the…
Serangan jantung akut atau kita sebut sebagai ‘Acute Myocardial Infarction’ adalah keadaan apabila pesakit akan mengalami sakit dada yang teruk dan selalunya diikuti oleh simptom-simptom lain seperti berpeluh yang banyak, kesusahan bernafas, loya serta muntah dan juga pening. Pesakit-pesakit ini…
Pernahkah anda rasa jantung anda berdegup terlalu laju sehingga anda sesak nafas? Pernahkah anda rasa pening sampai hendak pitam? Jika pernah – anda memerlukan pemeriksaan doktor kerana anda mungkin mengalami keadaan yang dinamakan aritmia jantung. Apa sebenarnya aritmia jantung? Aritmia…
An Introduction – What Is A Coronary Angiography? Easy terms should be used when discussing any form of procedure with the patient, in particular when one is dealing with an invasive procedure. A coronary angiography is essentially a procedure which…
Hepatitis B kronik (CHB) merupakan penyakit yang sering berlaku di Malaysia. Namun, kadar penyakit ini berlaku berbeza-beza bergantung kepada bangsa pesakit dari kurang 1% hingga 10%. Kadar paling tinggi adalah di kalangan warga Cina. Jika dibandingkan dengan mereka yang tidak…
Prologue Though less has been mentioned of this particular infectious disease, there leaves a lot to be dwelled on when it comes to mind. Not many healthcare practitioners, especially the more junior ones would have come across it as it…