Viruses are the smallest infectious agent known to men. Like they say size does not matter, as small is it may be, diseases from viruses can be extremely devastating. The first virus was discovered in 1892, tobacco mosaic virus. By...
- February 16, 2021
- 3 Min Read
Rapid COVID testing is seen as a necessary method to ramp up testing nationwide. Rapid antigen testing is available however the main method I would like to talk about today is Saliva based. As testing continues the tried and true...
- February 5, 2021
- 2 Min Read
Coronavirus or better known as Covid19 has taken the world by storm, causing a pandemic as never experienced by any of us before. It being a novel disease unknown to all of us leaves healthcare providers floundering for answers. The...
- February 4, 2021
- 3 Min Read
Recent development in the handling of Covid patients in Malaysia
- January 29, 2021
- 3 Min Read
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) not only brings an abrupt end to one’s life, worse it can be extremely traumatic to the family, friends and eye witnesses. SCD is defined as death occurring after 1-2 hours of onset of symptoms. To...
- January 24, 2021
- 4 Min Read
Poison or Medicine, Can they be both? In August of 2020 a member of the Russian opposition party, Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a toxic substance in an attempt to take his life. Navalny however survived and is currently...
- January 20, 2021
- 2 Min Read
The world is rushing in its effort to vaccinations its people, so why is Malaysia lagging behind?
- January 15, 2021
- 3 Min Read
It is unfortunate that all effort to contain our country’s situation in March has come to naught. It truly saddened most of us the MCO which managed to curb the spread has come to nothing. Let’s not go into what...
- January 11, 2021
- 4 Min Read
VIRUSES mutate all the time. New strain of viruses can differ geographically. New strain was first found in the UK but is now seen in a few countries. There are 23 genetic changes in this new strain. In South...
- January 7, 2021
- 2 Min Read