While it’s inevitable for women of a certain age that menopause will strike - there are ways in which one could be better prepared for it. Dr. Premitha Damodaran discusses the roles of fire, fat and fate in menopause.

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We’ve now hit a point where we can accumulate plenty of information about a child before he or she is even born. What abnormalities can these tests detect and what help does it provide parents? Professor Mahesh Choolani takes us through the process.

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Often confused with physiotherapists, occupational therapists actually play an important role in any health setting, but especially so when it comes to periods of adjustment or rehabilitation. Marilyn Pattison, president of the World Federation of Occupational Therapy tells us more.

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Diabetes is a growing health problem in Malaysia, causing woes to the diabetic patients who must strictly manage their diets to control diabetes. We follow Yann Ling, a nurse who takes care of diabetic patients, as she tends to a diabetic patient who hopes to recuperate in time to travel overseas. Both Yann Ling and the patient offer advice to prevent diabetes and to live with it.

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A decision as to how to pass the closing days and moments of one's life and how one manages one's death touches in the most immediate and obvious way a patient's personal autonomy, integrity, dignity and quality of life.

The family of a woman who died in one of Britain's best-known hospitals have won their claim that her rights were violated when an order not to attempt resuscitation was put on her medical records without her consulted.

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Described by some as the second worst pain one can experience (after childbirth), facial pain can be a difficult condition to understand and treat. Dr. Syed Abdullah Al-Haddad, consultant neurosurgeon and Dr. Shailendra Sivalingam, consultant ENT surgeon both from Sunway Medical Centre, take us through this condition. Our phone lines will be open at 03 7710 9000.

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Dengue isn’t the only vector-based disease frightening the world - malaria, especially drug-resistant strains, is a major cause for concern. Professor Brendan Crabb, among other researchers, may have made a major breakthrough in future drugs for this disease. He tells us more.

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The month of fasting is over, and the month of feasting has begun. Helping us keep fit is Noel Chelliah, body transformation specialist.

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Up to 75% of those infected with hepatitis C don’t know they are infected as the disease is asymptomatic for years, only finding out when they have already progressed to liver failure or liver cancer. On the 25th year anniversary of its identification, Professor Goh Khean Lee give us more details on this disease.

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Rates of allergies continue to go up year on year, yet no one seems to know why. Discussing how to manage common childhood allergies and keeping parents sane is Dr. Kent Woo, consultant allergist and immunologist.

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