Lurch is the gigantic butler of The Addams Family.  Besides his extreme height, his hands and feet are large, his skin is thick and he has pronounced brows and lower jaw protrusions. In medical terms, this gigantism is known as acromegaly, a result of excessive growth hormones.

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Hollywood blockbuster film The Fault in Our Stars tells the story of two lovestruck teenagers who met at a cancer support group going through all the ups and downs that teenagehood entails. What happens when cancer puts their lives on hold just as it is just about to begin? The film raised many questions about the struggle teens living with cancer go through. We speak to paediatric oncologist Dr Yap Hsiao Yi and teenage leukemia survivor Naomi Syahirah about paediatric cancer and how it affects teens and their loved ones.

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We discuss the latest in health news. This week we explore music as therapy and torture. From how sound shapes your brain to the psychology of sound torture, find out exactly what music does to your health and well-being.

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3:30 - How sound shapes your brain

13:14 - Pop music is ruining our brains

27:56 - The psychology of sound torture

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Dr Michael Washington, a senior health scientist and epidemiologist with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - or the CDC. We find out from him how data modelling is used during outbreaks to influence policy decisions.

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Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Today, Fifa Rahman joins him to discuss access to medicine and discrimination on the basis of HIV - the basis of her work for the past six years.

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With a society that is more health conscious and taking their recreational hobbies more seriously, there is also a higher chance of grave injuries. How do you decide if you should rest-ice-compress-elevate or be making a trip to the doctor?

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This World AIDS Day, find out how you can support HIV prevention.

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We discuss the latest in health news. Today, we explore some of the lesser discussed or just downright unusual stories: psycholinguistics, mental health in hip hop, and thunderstorm asthma. Also, a young boy who helped deliver his newborn sister.

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0:00 - Intro

3:36 - Boy delivered his newborn sister

8:40 - Thunderstorm asthma

13:57 - Arrival (2016 film) and language relativity

21:57 - Kanye West, mental health and hip hop

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On November 24th, Al Jazeera aired a documentary on 101 East about a baby-selling racket in Malaysia. After its broadcast, the country was left shock and shaken. The fact that there are adoption laws in the country means that there are legal means to adopt. But what are the gaps in the current law that some people would resort to unlawful means to adopt or give a child up for adoption? 

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The number of older persons in Asia-Pacific is expected to be more than 1.26 billion by 2050. Based on that, the burden of healthcare is expected to increase exponentially around the region. We discuss the policies and technologies needed to address the health concerns of an ageing population with Walter Van Kuijen of Royal Philips, the Netherlands, who was in Malaysia in June for the World Economic Forum on ASEAN.

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