What role do medical teams at sporting events play beyond just treating injuries that happen during the event? How much has sports medicine evolved to keep up with the changes in both sports and medicine? We speak to consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Harjeet Singh as well as consultant sports medicine physicians Dr Kamaljeet Singh and Dato’ Dr Gurcharan Singh to find out.



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What role do medical teams at sporting events play beyond just treating injuries that happen during the event? How much has sports medicine evolved to keep up with the changes in both sports and medicine? We speak to consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Harjeet Singh as well as consultant sports medicine physicians Dr Kamaljeet Singh and Dato’ Dr Gurcharan Singh to find out.Image credit: Shutterstock

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What Physicians Do At Sporting Events

Recently, a report by the Lancet public health commission on gambling found that gambling is a growing threat to public health globally, with about 450 million people who have experienced consequences of gambling. On this episode of Mind Matters, we speak to Dr Amer to find out how serious this problem is here in Malaysia, and what are the unique circumstances that we need to account for in addressing the threat of gambling to public health.



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Recently, a report by the Lancet public health commission on gambling found that gambling is a growing threat to public health globally, with about 450 million people who have experienced consequences of gambling. On this episode of Mind Matters, we speak to Dr Amer to find out how serious this problem is here in Malaysia, and what are the unique circumstances that we need to account for in addressing the threat of gambling to public health.Image credit: Shutterstock

Mind Matters: How Gambling is a Public Health Threat

What would our world look like if HIV was eliminated? In this series, we’ll look at how we can eliminate the public health challenges that continue to plague us today and how far we are from that goal. In this first episode, we find out from Dr Anjanna Kukreja, an infectious diseases physician, if eliminating HIV is possible in our lifetime.



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What would our world look like if HIV was eliminated? In this series, we’ll look at how we can eliminate the public health challenges that continue to plague us today and how far we are from that goal. In this first episode, we find out from Dr Anjanna Kukreja, an infectious diseases physician, if eliminating HIV is possible in our lifetime.Image credit: Shutterstock

Can We Eliminate #1: HIV/AIDS?

Quitting smoking is probably one of the most difficult goals to achieve. Despite stories of smokers successfully quitting cold turkey, many people will find themselves making several attempts and may even get discouraged. In the first Doctor in the House show for the new year, Dr Takdir Singh Riar, Head of the Smoking Cessation Unit, Klinik Kesihatan Tanglin, joins Dr George Lee to motivate those looking to quit smoking this year.



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Quitting smoking is probably one of the most difficult goals to achieve. Despite stories of smokers successfully quitting cold turkey, many people will find themselves making several attempts and may even get discouraged. In the first Doctor in the House show for the new year, Dr Takdir Singh Riar, Head of the Smoking Cessation Unit, Klinik Kesihatan Tanglin, joins Dr George Lee to motivate those looking to quit smoking this year.Image credit: Shutterstock

What Physicians Do At Sporting Events

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