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Digestive Health Centre

Category: excellence

Digestive problems happen to all of us from time to time—an upset stomach, indigestion, gas, heartburn, constipation, or diarrhea. These can be caused by certain types of food, food contaminated with harmful bacteria, or flu or other short-term illness. Many digestive problems are [...]

Digestive Health Symposium 2025

Category: community-happenings

Stay ahead with the latest insights and cutting-edge surgical solutions in digestive health at our Digestive Health Symposium 2025. Join us on the 1st of March 2025 for talks and panel discussions by top digestive health consultants from Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway [...]

Digital Mammography

Category: page

Mammography is a specific type of imaging that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. Both digital and conventional mammography use x-rays to produce an image of the breast. However, in digital mammography, the image is stored as a computer file (instead of a piece of film) [...]

Digital X-Ray

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Do I Need Surgery For Knee Pain or Hip Pain?

Category: news

Experiencing pain on knee and hip joint are no longer relevant to only older people. Much younger people are also at the risk of getting hip strain and injury as they are more into sports like a marathon. But does knee or hip pain always require surgery? Or are there other solution or [...]

Does Avoiding Screenings Mean You're Safe? Your "Ostrich" Mentality Lets Cancer Get Ahead

Category: news

Cancer is quite common and its lethality cannot be underestimated, so it is an issue that no one should take lightly. However, many people delay seeking medical treatment because they avoid screening for various reasons, resulting in irreparable deficiencies. In fact, early detection of [...]

Does Consuming Ultra-Processed Food Increase Your Risk of Obesity, Diabetes or Cancer?

Category: blogpost

According to the World Health Organisation, 70% of deaths worldwide today are due to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). These include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes; which are caused mainly by unhealthy diets and lifestyles. This is why on World Health Day, [...]

Doktor, Saya Banyak Sedih (I’m Sad, Doctor.)

Category: blogpost

“Doktor, Saya Banyak Sedih.” (I’m Sad, Doctor.) By Dr Samuel Ong, cardiologist P sees me for his cardio check-up once a year. He always comes unaccompanied. In between these annual visits, he does his regular check-ups at a government clinic in his hometown. He is 69 [...]

Don't Keep Quiet About Breast Cancer

Category: news

Cancer treatment is often perceived as painful, making many willing to keep quiet than seek treatment. Some even believe in alternative methods, thinking that the disease can be cured that way. This causes patients to only seek medical advice when cancer cells have spread. Sunway [...]

Don’t delay cancer screening

Category: news

In June, the US government’s top cancer doctor Norman Sharpless estimated in his article in Science magazine that pandemic-caused delays in cancer screenings and treatment are likely to cause devastating results in the coming years, citing that there may be “10,000 more breast and [...]

Double Up FDG PET/CT Scan

Category: promotion

Faster, More Accurate Cancer Detection at Sunway Medical Centre with Dual FDG PET/CT Scanners Our Nuclear Medicine Centre at Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City is the first in the country to house two FDG PET/CT scanners on-site, reducing patient waiting times. FDG PET/CT is a powerful [...]