The recent death of Professor Stephen Hawking due to motor neuron disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has cast limelight on the rare disorder. Professor Dr Nortina Shahrizaila and Dr Loh Ee Chin share more about how the Motor Neurone Disease Clinic in University Malaya Medical Centre. They talk about the multidisciplinary approach to help patients.
Read MoreThe Malaysia Motor Neuron Disease (MND) Association is doing its bit to reach out to patients diagnosed with MND in the hope of creating awareness of the rare condition among the community. Fifty-one hospital doctors and staffers attended a one-day seminar which took place at Dewan Pesona of SGH, and they learned how to use the eye-tracker.
Read MorePenyakit saraf motor masih tiada rawatan mampu pulih keadaan pesakit.
Read MoreTwo consultant neurologists from University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Professor Dr Nortina Shahrizaila and Professor Dr Lydia Abdul Latif gave a talk on MND at Sri Pentas. Organised by Media Prima Bhd, the talk was held to create awareness and spread knowledge on MND among Malaysians.
Read MoreIn this podcast, Dr Nortina Shahrizaila, a neurologist from the University of Malaya, talks about her review regarding Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron syndromes in Asia. She discusses with Elizabeth Highton what is known of ALS in Asia from an epidemiological perspective through to disease characterisation and particular phenotypes which can be seen in Asian patients.
Read MoreBlock your diary on Sunday, 4 September 2016 @ 6.00pm for NTV 7 – Project CSR. MND Malaysia has been selected as one of the recipients for this Project.
Read MoreIn 2014, it would have been impossible to avoid seeing people pouring buckets of ice-cold water over themselves. The “Ice Bucket Challenge” campaign raise hundreds of millions of dollars for a disease that most of us knew little about—motor neurone disease. It’s a disease in which nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord break down, and the individual struggles to walk and speak. Even breathing becomes a challenge. We find out more about motor neuron disease from Prof. Dr Goh Khean Jin, consultant neurologist and Soo Cheong Futt, the Vice Chairman of MND Malaysia.
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