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 dirawat sejak awal. Pengarah Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM) Prof Dr Tunku Kamarul Zaman Tunku Zainol Abidin berkata penyakit ituRead more
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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 a very long time to get to the bathroom that day. She somehow was able to guess what was happeningRead more
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 RA mengalami nyeri dan kaku pada sendi terutamanya pada sebelah pagi dan gerakan sendi terbatas. Gejala penyakit –penyakit yang dinamakanRead more
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 even turning a door knob becomes a huge challenge? Can you imagine enduring the throbbing pain of swollen knees thatRead more
Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health World Spine Day (WSD)- October 16- is just over a week away! In an effort to “keep people moving”, WSD encourages you to share a photo of you, your colleagues, friends and family’s spines as you “Straighten Up and Move” for WSD. Tag photos with #spineselfie and #worldspineday and shareRead more
This Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) invites applications from science and medical graduates from APLAR member societies of developing countries for its APLAR FELLOWSHIP. The grant of US$12,000 is to assist graduates to undertake intensive or advanced study in the research or clinical aspects of either adult or paediatric rheumatology in aRead more