Health & Living
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Health & Living
Wander and be enlightened by the endlessly fascinating inner universe that is the human body. We speak with experts, Nobel laureates, cancer survivors and healthcare workers who share their unique perspectives on wellness and living and the latest medical research.
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Ask A Doctor: Vaccination For Older Adults
In our open clinic session, two consultant geriatricians - Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin and Dr Kejal Hasmukharay - join us to answer questions about vaccinatio...
Palliative Care Can Change A Child’s Life
Palliative care is still taboo to speak about, because of how it’s associated with a dying patient. Then, picture a doctor telling parents that their...
Public Health: Does Budget 2026 Answer Our Healthcare Needs
The Ministry of Finance had promised that Budget 2026 would tackle healthcare reform, address rising medical costs, and strengthen health security. Do...
Humans of Healthcare: The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
Caring for patients with serious or terminal illnesses is not an easy feat. On this episode of Humans of Healthcare, and in conjunction with World Hos...
Mind, Body, Years: A Lifelong Health Journey
Getting old isn’t a diagnosis. Whether it’s hearing and memory, or vision and mobility, you don’t have to lose what makes life joyful. At BFM’s recent...
Why Are Women Still Refusing Mammograms?
Over the years, we’ve improved leaps and bounds when it comes to awareness of breast cancer and the data on women diagnosed early with breast cancer s...
How Budget 2026 Should Address Mental Health Needs
Mental health is one of the most urgent public health issues in our population, yet often the funding for mental health services falls far behind comp...
What Healthcare Reforms Should Be Prioritised in Budget 2026
Malaysia’s health system is under strain—public hospitals face long waits and staff shortages, while private healthcare costs and medical insurance po...
Counsellor’s Corner: Is Imposter Syndrome Real?
Licensed counsellor Lee Kah Seng joins us on Counsellor’s Corner to answer questions about imposter syndrome. Is it real? Why do we feel so much self-...
Alternative Funding For Breast Cancer Care in Southeast Asia
As public resources and mainstream funding for cancer care become increasingly scarce, how can patient groups explore alternative financing strategies...
Patient Navigation for Breast Cancer Care in Southeast Asia
How does patient navigation accelerate access to breast cancer care and support? At a recent roundtable discussion on ‘Navigating Access to Improve Br...
Boldly Facing The ‘M’ 2025 Panel 2: Power, Purpose, Planning
Midlife isn’t the end of your purpose - it’s the start of your next, most intentional chapter. Discover how legacy planning can help you define what m...
Boldly Facing The ‘M’ 2025 Panel 1: Your Body & Mind During Menopause
Do you feel like your body and mind were taken over by aliens the moment you turned 40? You’re not alone. Hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog and anx...
Beyond The Diagnosis #32: “I Couldn’t Give Up”
When illness strikes suddenly, it can turn your world upside down in an instant. For Gabriel Wong, a brain infection spread to his spine, leaving him...
Rehab in Palliative Care
When someone is diagnosed with a life-limiting disease, palliative care is important to help patients live with good quality of life. Rehab therapy ca...
Will Budget 2026 Include the Needs of Neurodivergent Children
Every child deserves the chance to thrive — but not every child has the same start or opportunities. For some families, that means navigating the chal...
Ask A Doctor: Your Eyes and Vision
In our monthly Ask A Doctor segment, we speak to consultant ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon Dr Kenneth Fong about common questions you have...
Because Feelings Matter #45: When A Dream Job Turned Into Workplace Bullying
Imagine being bullied at the workplace, where you’re shouted at, and humiliated by, your boss on a daily basis. Cheryl tolerated this for several mont...
Sport Climbing & Bouldering - Is It For Everyone?
The popularity of indoor climbing and bouldering has surged in recent years, and gyms are popping up across our capital city. But how much of it is a...
Ouch! Kidney Stones Again?
Did you know that you could have stones in your kidneys for years without knowing it? Is this dangerous and how do we identify them? We find out more...
Mind Matters: When Vulnerable Children Are Bullied
Malaysia has one of the highest rates of bullying in schools, compared with 44 other countries worldwide. We explore how bullying affects children in...
Finally, A National Rare Disease Policy - So What’s Next?
The Ministry of Health recently unveiled the long-awaited National Rare Disease Policy, which is aimed at improving access to care for people living w...
When Companion Chatbots Become Therapists
People - adults and children - are turning to AI chatbots to talk about their mental health and how they’re feeling. But is this as harmless as it see...
Public Health: The Neglect of Fungal Infections
You may brush off having thrush or ringworm as just a simple fungal infection. However, fungal infections are on the rise as a serious public health c...
Healthy Ageing: Substance Use Disorders Among Older Adults
Substance use disorders are often already challenging to manage, so what happens when the person who needs help is an older adult, potentially with co...
Humans of Healthcare: The (Female) Urologist
Does a urologist only treat urinary problems or male sexual health issues? On this episode of Humans of Healthcare, we guide you through the type of c...
Best For Moms 2025 Panel 2: How To Raise Financially-Savvy Kids
As parents, your No. 1 focus is probably your child’s education. But don’t forget that teaching children about financial literacy is also an important...
Best For Moms 2025 Panel 1: Health, Hormones & Holding It Together
Anxiety, brain fog, depression, stress, overstimulation - sound familiar, mummies? We got you - this is a safe space to share all the mental health is...
Counsellor’s Corner: Bullying
With more reports of bullying in schools, universities and even workplaces surfacing, we open up our Counsellor’s Corner to answer questions about the...
Cancer Research: Highs and Lows
Over the past decade, cancer research has delivered remarkable advances — from precision therapies and immunotherapy breakthroughs to improved surviva...
Hospice Care Supports Patients and Caregivers
Death is a difficult topic for most of us, yet it is an inevitable part of human life. For those diagnosed with terminal or life-limiting diseases, pa...
NCD Chronicles #31: A Senior Caring For Another Senior (The Caregiver Burden)
With a population that is ageing and increasingly burdened with non-communicable diseases, what happens when an older adult needs a full-time caregive...
How Newborn Screening Helps SCID Families (And Other Rare Disorders)
You’ve probably heard of “bubble boy” or “bubble baby” disease, where a child diagnosed with it has to live in a germ-free, sterile and contained envi...
How Global Clinical Trials Began In Malaysia
If you have diabetes, high blood pressure or heart failure, some of the drugs you’re taking for treatment may have been tested right here in Malaysia....
Because Feelings Matter #44: Behind The Call With A Befriender
The volunteers of Befrienders KL provide emotional support 24 hours, every day, for people who are lonely, in distress, in despair or having suicidal...
Why Won’t My Baby Eat? Breaking Down Paediatric Feeding Problems
Good nutrition, especially in the first year of life, is especially important for a child to grow and develop healthily. So what happens when babies a...
A Chikungunya Outbreak in China - Should We Be Worried?
China is currently seeing an outbreak of chikungunya - a mosquito-borne illness - in Guangdong province with more than 7,000 cases reported earlier th...
Ask A Doctor: How To Eat Better (And Healthier)
The recently published National Health and Morbidity Survey 2024 focussing on nutrition revealed just how bad Malaysians’ diets are. Now that’s probab...
Brain Waves: How Hearing Loss Changes The Brain
Hearing loss is often brought up as a risk factor for dementia, especially later on in life but what exactly explains that link? On this episode of Br...
Why Kids Are Turning to AI Chatbots
Kids today use AI for homework, research, to answer their curious questions, and increasingly, for companionship. As we hear of extreme cases of child...