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KUALA LUMPUR: Orang ramai tidak harus memandang ringan gejala Artritis (penyakit radang sendi) dengan tanggapan bahawa penyakit itu hanya dialami oleh golongan tua, walhal ia juga boleh berlaku kepada golongan muda jika tidak dikesan dan

KUALA LUMPUR: It happened suddenly. One morning in 2006, Lokasundari Vijaya Sankar, a former lecturer from Petaling Jaya, woke up with her whole body feeling stiff. She could hardly move. Of course, it took her

Oleh : Prof Madya Dr Sakthiswary A/P Rajalingham Pakar Perunding Rheumatologi Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Penyakit Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) merupakan penyakit radang sendi yang dapat menyerang sesiapa sahaja tidak kira muda ataupun tua. Secara amnya, pesakit

Affecting more men than women, the autoimmune disease is a debilitating condition that needs proper management, writes Nadia Badarudin HAVE you wondered what it feels like when your finger joints are so stiff and painful that

World Arthritis Day: 20 October 2012 Theme for this year: Move To Improve Website: www.worldarthritisday.com Waving for world arthritis day 2012 Picture 1 : Malaysian Society of Rheumatology Picture 2 : Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban “Move

Walk-a-Payung 2012 aims to raise funds for lupus patients and raise awareness of the challenges they face. SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus for short, is a life-long, life-threatening disease that occurs when the body’s

A big part of living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is accepting and overcoming the pain. THE magazine on the floor was just one centimetre away from the tips of my outstretched fingers. I couldn’t reach

You can get arthritis at any age. But if it starts before you turn 16 and doctors don’t know why, it’s called Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). AS it does not happen often, it is understandibly

PETALING JAYA: Most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers are not receiving proper treatment as they are unaware of their condition. Malaysian Society of Rheumatology president Dr Gun Suk Chyn estimated that about 140,000 Malaysians suffer from

PETALING JAYA: Many rheumatoid arthritis sufferers seek treatment too late, resulting in them losing their jobs. Arthritis Foundation Malaysia president Dr Amir Azlan Zain said at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, for instance, most of the

KUALA LUMPUR: Rheumatoid arthritis, a common disease throughout the world, affects about five in 1,000, or nearly 135,000 people in Malaysia. But what is not well known is that it strikes more women than men,

Gout is one of the more common forms of arthritis, and it can be easily managed with medications and diet modifications. EVEN without national statistics, I do not find it difficult to believe consultant rheumatologist