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The Gift of Life: Stem Cell Transplant
Category: news
Stem cell transplant is an opportunity for people with cancer or blood disorders to have a second chance at life. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant or bone marrow transplant is the process of transplanting healthy stem cells to a person whose bone marrow is failing, damaged or no longer [...]
The Heart of Speech Therapy: Interview with Speech-Language Therapist, Christina Rishika Lazarus
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Speech-language therapy is more than just helping people articulate words clearly; it's a vital service that supports individuals with communication, swallowing, and voice challenges, enabling them to connect and interact more effectively in their daily lives. For Christina Rishika Lazarus, [...]
The Hearty Digest
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The Importance of Childhood Nutrition: A Guide for Parents
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Nutrition plays one of the most important roles in influencing a child’s growth and development. Good nutrition is the first line of defence against numerous childhood diseases, which can leave their mark on a child for life. While childhood obesity showed an alarming rising trend worldwide, [...]
The Importance of Childhood Vaccination and COVID-19 Vaccination
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The topic of childhood vaccination has been much talked about, especially in recent times. Now, it’s an even more crucial topic for parents as they prepare their young children for the recent government approval and commencement of COVID-19 vaccination for kids aged 5 to 11. We have [...]
The Invisible Backbone of Cancer Care
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World Cancer Day’s new three-year “Close the Care Gap” theme that runs from 2022 to 2024 encourages people in all layers of society to play a part in the cancer care continuum. Identifying the need for education and awareness in closing the care gap, Sunway Cancer Centre, [...]
The Journey to Beating Diabetes Starts Now
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The Journey to Beating Diabetes Starts Now Special Offers! Consultation Package @ RM208.60 (np: RM372.40) Diabetes Educator Dietitian Consultation (4 Sessions) Monitoring Package @ RM318.00 (np: RM478.10) Diabetes Educator Dietitian Consultation (2 Sessions) + 1 Month [...]
The link between obesity and cardiovascular disease
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Source: Unsplash Ten years ago we may rarely hear of young people dying of heart disease, but today it seems to have become a norm. This situation is increasingly worrying, especially with the Department of Statistics Malaysia 2019 reporting that cardiovascular disease ranks top and [...]
The Ones Who Wield A Knife
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There is a saying on the Internet that the scalpel is a surgeon's "lover," and when Consultant Colorectal Surgeon Dr Tan Kok Neang heard it, he laughed. "With one slit of the knife, for the surgeon may be just a few seconds, a few minutes, but for the patient is his whole [...]
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
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The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Sunway Medical Centre became the first private hospital in Malaysia to be awarded accreditation by The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) on the 14th of February 2019. The RCPA is a professional organisation dedicated to training [...]
The Silent Tormentor: Understanding Trigeminal Neuralgia
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Imagine a pain that is so unbearable that it can drive someone to consider ending their own life. Trigeminal Neuralgia, also known as the “suicide disease” or Tic douloureux, is a rare and agonising condition that can severely disrupt one’s life if left untreated. Despite its [...]
The single female suicide factor and gender differences
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In 2018, 66% of the calls made to Befrienders Kuala Lumpur came from women, and of this, 60% of them were single. However, Sunway Medical Centre consultant psychiatrist Dr Tee Bee Chin said the figures do not mean that women are more depressed than men, or that women have more emotional [...]
The SunMed Suite
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The SunMed Suite - Sunway Medical Centre Level 7 Tower C Enter a new way to experience healthcare— designed and built for the most serenely secluded time with your loved ones. The SunMed Suite is where enveloping peace, spectacular elegance, and immersive [...]
The Unravelling Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Pain in the hands can be caused by a variety of conditions, each with its own set of unique characteristics. The term ‘carpal tunnel syndrome’ refers to one of the conditions that frequently impacts the hands. Carpal tunnel syndrome affects many people around the world, and people who [...]
The Women Who Make a Difference: Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City’s Healthcare Professionals Beyond the Hospital Walls
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The women in our lives deserve to be celebrated at any time, irrespective of age or circumstance. From the mothers who provide us with endless love and dedication, to the daughters who inspire us with their compassion, and the friends who support us through every challenge, they all play [...]
The World's Few Female Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeons
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It is estimated that there are only about 500 bone tumour surgeons in the world today and about 10 in Malaysia. Orthopaedic has the lowest percentage of women in a surgical specialty and continues to be a male-dominated discipline. In fact, orthopaedic surgery is notoriously demanding in terms [...]
These Malaysian companies are on the road to robotics
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Early this year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Malaysia is working on the National Robotics Roadmap (NRR) to boost national productivity by widening the use of robotics technology. The objective, according to Ismail Sabri, is to lessen reliance on foreign [...]
This is not a phone booth, it is a 'Cov-shield'.
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Timely and Better Quality Care with Sunway Stroke Centre
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It is a little-known fact that stroke care is one of the costliest healthcare conditions globally. Experiencing a stroke is a leading precursor of serious, long-term disability, the effects of which may be prolonged with physical, emotional, social, and financial consequences not only for [...]
Timely Interventions Increase Children with Congenital Heart Disease Survival Rate
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The survival rate of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) has seen a dramatic increase in the past 50 years and they are more likely to survive into adulthood following surgery with timely interventions due to advancements in diagnostic techniques. Consultant paediatric cardiologist at [...]
