Health & Living

Get fit, stay healthy. That's probably one of the most common New Year's Resolutions. After almost a month into the new year, consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Harjeet Singh answers some of the most pressing questions about exercise and sports, and your fears and expectations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other wearable technology are the number one fitness trend for 2019, according to an annual survey of health and fitness professionals published in the November issue of American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal. This month, Dr Harjeet Singh examines how this trend will affect the future of sports science and orthopaedic practice....

Combat sports such as boxing, karate and taekwondo are the only types of sports that require athletes to strike their opponents to win the match. With more people dabbling in mixed martial arts, find out what is the physician's role in fighting sports when athletes often end matches with injuries from these direct strikes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Combat sports such as boxing, karate and taekwondo are the only types of sports that require athletes to strike their opponents to win the match. With more people dabbling in mixed martial arts, find out what is the physician's role in fighting sports when athletes often end matches with injuries from these direct strikes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fitness trackers, smartwatches, and other wearable technology are the number one fitness trend for 2019, according to an annual survey of health and fitness professionals published in the November issue of American College of Sports Medicine’s Health & Fitness Journal. This month, Dr Harjeet Singh examines how this trend will affect the future of sports science and orthopaedic practice....

Combat sports such as boxing, karate and taekwondo are the only types of sports that require athletes to strike their opponents to win the match. With more people dabbling in mixed martial arts, find out what is the physician's role in fighting sports when athletes often end matches with injuries from these direct strikes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every month, Dr Harjeet Singh explores injury management and prevention in sports and exercise. The Asian Games in Indonesia just ended and Malaysia retained its 14th placing in the medals tally, with 7 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze medals. We praise our athletes, and their coaches, and the sports ministry for a job well done but let’s turn our attention to the unsung heroes in their scrubs:...

Being a professional athlete is something that many people aspire towards. It takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice to play at the highest level of any sport, but it can be quite rewarding. However, after the glitz and glamour, what’s life like upon retirement? Former national hockey player I Vikneswaran joins Dr Harjeet Singh for his monthly sports medicine segment to share his experience....

Ask around among your family and friends, and chances are, you’ll hit upon several of them who have hypertension. Exactly how common is hypertension today and are we making any progress in managing the condition? Consultant cardiologist Dr Zubin Othman Ibrahim from Ara Damansara Medical Centre shares the latest updates on hypertension. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roger Federer is 36 years old and still dominates the world rankings in tennis, but he’s an anomaly in the tennis world. Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Garbiñe Muguruza who all used to occupy the top spots in the sport are facing a series of troubling injuries and mid-match retirements. Is the long tennis season to blame as the injuries continue to mount? Or could it be...

A pregnant woman is often given great care and protection. She is often told she can’t do this, that or the other. But what can she actually do when it comes to her health and fitness? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will kick off on June 14th. The month-long tournament is the most prestigious football event and the most widely viewed sporting event in the world. A sports medicine specialist and a football coach square off on their idea of a complete footballer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the rise in bike-sharing services and the opening of more bike lanes in Klang Valley, more people can cycle to nearby locations without much hassle. But does one size fit all? Professional cyclists will tell you that you need the right bike setup for your physique, so, does the bike sharing model create healthier commuters, or will it create future injuries? Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr...

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Did you know that taking steroids for bodybuilding will also affect men’s fertility? But what about having your laptop on your lap? Or that certain foods can reverse infertility in men? Find out what is fact and myth, and whether there’s still a stigma when it comes to male fe...

Brain cell formation or neurogenesis is said to continue to happen throughout life. It is on this basis that we are encouraged to exercise to make new brain cells. However, a couple of papers were published a few months ago that have challenged this belief, claiming that we stop producing new brain cells in our early teenage years. To weigh on this controversy, Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar is joined by...

Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar returns with the latest on peripheral neuropathies, which affect the motor and sensory nerves. Joining her in this month’s episode of Brain Waves are two of her longtime collaborators to look at recent developments in this field. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May is Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month. Joining neurogeneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar on her monthly Brain Waves segment is Noraini Manan, who is an actuarial science lecturer who lives with this condition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Researchers in Stanford have shown that introducing young blood from young mice into old mice increases the cognitive abilities and synaptic connectivity of the latter. What's in the young blood? And will this help with neurodegenerative diseases in humans? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The gut is often considered the second brain. Fresh off the panel session about gut health in BFM's Health & Living Live event, neurogeneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar returns to the studio to elaborate on the brain-gut connection. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

International Rare Disease Day falls on the last day of February each year. So, joining resident neuroscientist and geneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar on her show this month is Muha Aziz, who shares his story about living with a rare disease. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the most common New Year's resolutions is to get more sleep. For the first show of the new year, neuroscientist and geneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar returns with the latest on sleep study so we can all get a good night’s worth of rest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Resident neuroscientist and geneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar wraps up the year with the latest in brain science by introducing us to yet another newly discovered body part – the endorestiform nucleus . She also describes the latest study that explains how babies create a map of their bodies by kicking in the womb. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Studies with animals to look at learning and memory have led to Nobel Prizes. One of the more recent ones was the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of our "inner GPS" based on studies on rats, which we have discussed on Episode 3 of Brain Waves . How has studying animal behaviour helped us learn more about ourselves? Resident neuroscientist and geneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad...

All humans experience some cognitive decline as they age but how is it that some people in their 80s and beyond still have memory capacity of those 30 or more years younger? A study on super-agers offers genetic clues to resilient memory performance, which, researchers say, may be inherited. Consultant Geriatrician Prof Dr Tan Maw Pin joins neurogeneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar for her monthly Br...

On Brain Waves this month, Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar is joined by Dr Maziah Mat Rosly to discuss exergaming. Dr Maziah been working on the exergaming study for her PhD, on patients with spinal cord injury and is keen to share the exergaming approach for rehabilitation not just for spinal cord injury but how it can be applied across the board for many other physical conditions. See omnystudio.com/list...