Counsellor’s Corner: Why Does Rejection Hurt So Much?

How do you deal with a “no”, whether it’s having your project pitch shot down at work, or being turned down for a date? On this month’s Counsellor’s Corner, licensed counsellor Heeran Kaur talks about why rejection hurts, and how to learn to cope with it.   Image credit: Shutterstock

Preventing Women From Dying After Childbirth

Severe bleeding after childbirth, also known as post-partum haemorrhage, continues to be a leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide, including here in Malaysia, despite advances in medicine. So how can we stop PPH - a treatable condition - from continuing to kill women at what is supposed to b…

Listen Up! Here’s How To Protect Your Hearing

Many of us spend hours a day listening to sounds at levels that our ears are probably not meant for. But how often do we stop and think about how it’s impacting our hearing each time we kick the volume button up a notch? In conjunction with World Hearing Day - which is observed annually on 3rd Marc…

Can We Cure #4: Cancer?

What if we could one day cure all cancers? Why has it been so difficult for scientists to find a cure? In this mini series, we explore the challenges that scientists face and what a cure would mean to people living with cancer. In this episode, we speak to consultant gynaecological oncologist Prof …

Your Guide To Glucose

Our body needs glucose to function, but as with all things in life, you can have too much of a good thing. We dive into what glucose does to our body and whether “hacks” to lower glucose spikes work, as consultant urologist Dr George Lee is joined by consultant endocrinologist Dr Saiful Kassim. …

Phones Off, Books Down!

As a parent today, it’s easy to get caught up in debates over Montessori versus traditional kindergartens, international versus national schools, and British versus American, Australian, and so on. But what if we put all the labels aside, and focused on the fundamentals of how children learn best: …

Physiotherapy For Children with Rare Disorders

Improving quality of life for someone living with a rare disorder isn’t just about treating or finding a cure to the condition, but also about helping them lead as normal a life as they can. In many cases, rehabilitation such as physiotherapy can play a vital role. Here to help us understand that a…

Because Feelings Matter #38: How A Father Survived Suicide Loss

Back in 2022, Fuad would visit KLIA regularly over the course of April to June, where his late son’s architecture installation, ‘Polyhedron Pavilion’, was on exhibit. Having lost his son to suicide in 2021, Fuad treasured such remaining connections and memories of his son, and slowly learned to com…

NCD Chronicles #25 (Part 2): Living with Type 1 Diabetes

The struggles faced by children and young adults with Type 1 diabetes are still largely unnoticed by the public, healthcare providers and policymakers. In last month’s NCD Chronicles, 20-year-old Nazril Hadani described the ups and downs of growing up with Type 1 diabetes. In the second part of thi…

Why Malaysians Have Poor Diabetes Control

One in six adults in Malaysia have diabetes, but more than half do not have good glucose control. With poorly controlled diabetes comes astronomical costs of treating the long-term complications - not only to patients and caregivers, but placing a huge burden on an under-resourced healthcare system…