Ini adalah soalan yang biasa saya dengar sewaktu merawat penyakit LPR. Walaupun dengan penjelasan secukupnya dan pemeriksaan endoskopi, pesakit masih sukar memahami konsep refluks laringofarinks (laryngopharyngeal reflux/ LPR). Kebanyakan kita kenal penyakit gastrik (gastritis). Di Sabah & Sarawak- penduduk tempatan…
In IT lingo, we have a term called ‘plug and play’. This term usually refers to devices that can be bought and used without complicated configuration or user intervention. Understandably, for lay people, it makes sense to look and buy…
Shift work (SW) means a group of workers alternating with other groups in the workplace, working in a rotation through 24 hours in a day. It is required in some industries due to a demand supply need of 7 days…
My first day of medical education officially started in Anatomy Dissection Hall at Manipal, India five years ago. We were wearing crisp new white lab coats, surrounding a lifeless body covered with cloth on a metal table. The hall…
The Malaysian Medical Gazette’s first and foremost aim is to empower the community through its health education articles. These are largely from our regular columnists who spend the nights typing away on their keyboards. But what happens when these columnists…
Humans, when sick, are a desperate species. We only realize how important it is to be healthy when we are sick. We find ways to recover – fast. This is our weakness and it is being capitalized on – by…