Your liver’s biggest role is to remove toxins from your blood, but what happens when that function is impaired by cancer? Consultant general and hepatobiliary surgeon Dr Balraj Singh from Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur joins us to share more about liver cancer and how it impacts liver function. He’ll also be talking about early detection of liver cancer and advances in treatment.

Your liver’s biggest role is to remove toxins from your blood, but what happens when that function is impaired by cancer? Consultant general and hepatobiliary surgeon Dr Balraj Singh from Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur joins us to share more about liver cancer and how it impacts liver function. He’ll also be talking about early detection of liver cancer and advances in treatment.

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What A Liver Cancer Diagnosis Means

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing threats we face to human health, because it makes diseases much more difficult, if not impossible, to treat. It means the risk of the disease spreading is higher, and thus more severe illness and even death. In a society where much of the population lives with chronic disease, the burden of AMR is even worse and complicates the care for these patients. In conjunction with World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, observed annually from 18th to 24th November every year, we’ll be exploring the challenges of managing AMR when it intersects with chronic diseases with consultant infectious diseases physician Dato’ Dr Suresh Kumar Chidambaram.



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Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressing threats we face to human health, because it makes diseases much more difficult, if not impossible, to treat. It means the risk of the disease spreading is higher, and thus more severe illness and even death. In a society where much of the population lives with chronic disease, the burden of AMR is even worse and complicates the care for these patients. In conjunction with World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, observed annually from 18th to 24th November every year, we’ll be exploring the challenges of managing AMR when it intersects with chronic diseases with consultant infectious diseases physician Dato’ Dr Suresh Kumar Chidambaram.Image credit: Shutterstock

When Antimicrobial Resistance Intersects With Chronic Diseases

How often do older adults need or end up in the emergency department? How different are their medical needs compared to someone younger? Here to unpack those questions and more on this episode of Healthy Ageing are consultant emergency physician Prof Dr Mohd Idzwan Zakaria and consultant geriatrician Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin, both from UMMC.



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How often do older adults need or end up in the emergency department? How different are their medical needs compared to someone younger? Here to unpack those questions and more on this episode of Healthy Ageing are consultant emergency physician Prof Dr Mohd Idzwan Zakaria and consultant geriatrician Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin, both from UMMC.Image credit: Shutterstock

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What does it mean to live an authentic life? Why does it bother us when we think that someone is not being authentic or genuine? We ask consultant clinical psychologist Paul Jambunathan to explain how to find your authentic self, and why it matters to your mental well-being.



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What does it mean to live an authentic life? Why does it bother us when we think that someone is not being authentic or genuine? We ask consultant clinical psychologist Paul Jambunathan to explain how to find your authentic self, and why it matters to your mental well-being.Image credit: Shutterstock

What A Liver Cancer Diagnosis Means

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