With this being the season of festivities and family, Dr. Arif discusses the traits and qualities we get from our families, revealing that the line of inheritance really isn’t that straight or uncomplicated.

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Malaysia is ranked sixth in the Asia-Pacific region for obesity and tops the list in South-East Asia for both obesity and diabetes. With that in mind, it's become a cause for concern for both the medical fraternity and the population at large. One option to solve this is bariatric surgery, and helping us understand the benefits as well as side effects of this procedure is Dr. Andrea Ooi, consultant bariatric surgeon.

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For many of us, the idea of losing our sight is almost impossible to imagine, coming as it does with the follow-through effects on our work and our daily lives. Yet, blindness can happen in adulthood, and two people who've experienced that are with us today, Mr. Kushna Prabaskar and Mr. Yam Tong Woo, as well as caregiver, Ooi Phak Hong, all of whom are part of the Adult Blind Association of Selangor. 

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If health is indeed wealth, many of us may find ourselves starting the year with a deficit. How can we get back up to pace? Discussing general wellbeing today is Dr. Lim Pek Yean, health screening doctor, Lucy Lim, physiotherapist manager and Dr. Khoo Yee Laim, psychiatrist, all from Sunway Medical Centre. 

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Hypertension, with its high prevalence and links to other illnesses, is one of the great concerns in medicine. With new guidelines on the disease being released, we speak to Associate Professor Dr. Sazzli Kasim, consultant cardiologist, on hypertension statistics in the country.

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With this still being the first month of the year and with Malaysians still in full blown festive swing, it seems fitting to discuss our immune system since nobody wants to fall ill. Telling us more about how to boost our immune systems is Dr. Benedict Sim, Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician.

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This Wednesday, it was announced that New York City governor Andrew Cuomo has unveiled a plan allowing for medical marijuana for people suffering from debilitating illnesses such as cancer, making New York the 21st state to allow for medical cannabis. What exactly does the use of medical cannabis entail and what might its repercussions be? Dr. George Lee, our doctor in the house, is examining this with Chris Sekar, addiction therapist. 

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Continuing the Know Thy Cancer series, Dr. Sri Ganesh Kalimuthu, consultant histopathologist, is taking us from the past to the present today, examining what we can learn from Kangri cancer, a disease endemic to the Kashmir valley, first described in 1881.

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It is impossible to overstate the importance of anatomy to medicine. Without it, one would not know what anything was, much less how to identify what's wrong. Going beyond Gray's Anatomy with us for his first show of the year is Dr. Rajesh Singh, consultant orthopedic surgeon. 

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3D printing has been making headlines recently, with the man on the street now seemingly capable of manufacturing anything from Yoda figurines to plastic guns. But its usage in medicine is one that is deeply intriguing. Telling us more about recent work in which realistic models for students to train on have been created by the latest generation of 3D printers is Professor Dr. Vicknes Waran, one of the authors of the study and consultant neurosurgeon. 

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