You might see normally clean-shaven men growing facial hair in November to highlight Men's Health Month. Today's show marks the start of our Movember series. Professor Dr. Teo Soo Hwang joins Dr. George Lee to talk about the ability to grow facial hair and cancer.

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Probably best known as ‘that disease Michael Jackson said he had’, vitiligo remains villified and misunderstood, with many of its sufferers feeling left out by society. Providing views from both sides, are Dr. Ruban Nathan, consultant dermatologist and S. Kumaran, patient.

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It can sometimes feel like medicine is constantly racing ahead, outdoing itself and moving forward. So today, Dr. Rajesh Singh, consultant orthopaedic surgeon is giving his perspective on advances in orthopaedics.

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A common and highly contagious disease, Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease is one that troubles infants, young children and their parents alike. Dr. Chan Yoke Fun of University Malaya is involved in finding a preventive cure for it. She tells us all about her research.

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Botox, used in aesthetics medicine to push back the years, has been implicated by experts to also affect emotional growth in young people. Dr. George Lee joins Lim Ting Song, aesthetic physician, to learn more.

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Incorporating the wisdom of centuries, yoga has been practiced around the world as exercise for both the mind and the body and as a tool for wellness. However, have we truly explored its potentials as therapy and cure? Telling us more today is Dr Fharzana Siraj, consultant in therapeutic yoga and Dr Krishna Raman, consultant physician.

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Health experts have been shouting from the hills for quite some time now - depending on who you speak to, we are either in the midst or on the verge of an obesity epidemic. Today, explaining the links between health, physical activity and obesity is Steven Blair, a specialist in the area.

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Much of our care in hospitals runs through the pathways of machines and devices. From monitoring our heartbeat to administering medication. Which is why it's more important than ever that those devices be safe and secure. Research has suggested, however, that is not the case. Billy Rios, a specialist in this area, tells us why and how security needs to improve.

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The Big C. Cancer remains a frightening word to many and worst still, an assumed death sentence. On this episode of A Day in the Life, meet a doctor partly responsible for keeping this disease at bay - Dr. Christina Ng, a medical oncologist. Follow her as she consults with her patients, tailors treatments and fights cancer.

Listen in to A Day in the Life of a Medical Oncologist. Brought to you, by Sunway Medical Centre.

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Most of us will be familiar from childhood with the rash, the starch baths and maybe even the lasting scars it’s left on our bodies. However, some people make it through to adulthood never having contracted chickenpox. If you’re one of them, count yourself both lucky and unlucky. Explaining why is Dr. Chuah Siew Kee, physician.

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