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Project Blue Dot Offers 3,000 Free Prostate Cancer Screening

BIG CARiNG Group in collaboration with Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja (RCKL DiRaja) and the National Cancer Society of Malaysia (NCSM) to roll out Project Blue Dot, a nationwide...

Survivor to driver: Why mindset matters After cancer

As the curtains close for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Cancer Edu-care: A Forum on Life After Treatment, organised by Yayasan Budi Penyayang (PENYAYANG), looked beyond awareness and focused on...

Experts at KL media workshop urge sustained action on chronic lung diseases

Malaysia is intensifying its efforts to curb chronic respiratory diseases through stronger public health campaigns, tighter tobacco control, and broader partnerships that bridge government, civil...

Project Blue Dot launches 3,000 free prostate cancer screenings in Malaysia

BIG CARiNG Group, Malaysia’s largest pharmacy chain, has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja (RCKL DiRaja) and the National Cancer...

Pink October 2025 Damansara Specialist Hospital: Breast cancer has a high survival rate if detected and treated early

By Associate Professor Dr Aminudin Rahman Mohd Mydin, Head of Oncology and Senior Consultant Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at Damansara Specialist Hospital. However, half of Malaysian women with...

The part of breast cancer treatment we’re not talking about

By Liz Chong, It’s breast cancer awareness month. It’s hard not to be reminded of the journey I began since 2022. For just a moment, I had actually forgotten that…...

NCSM Partners with MCIS Life to Launch NCSM LungShield

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men and the third most common cancer among women in Malaysia, as highlighted in the Malaysia National Cancer Registry Report 2017…...

Hospital Picaso Hosts PROMISE 2025: A Milestone Event in Robotic & Minimally Invasive Surgery

Hospital Picaso successfully hosted its second Picaso Robotic & MIS Exchange 2025 (PROMISE), a three-day international conference that gathered over 100 participants daily. The event brought...

Think Pink with Hospital Picaso x Hilton PJ

Hospital Picaso is pleased to share their first-ever exclusive collaboration with Hilton Petaling Jaya – a special package that combines health and indulgence! From 24th September to 13th November...

Let’s talk about oral cancer 

By Dr. Nurul Izyan Zainuddin , Oral Cancer Research and Coordinating Centre,  Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya  Oral cancer continues to be a devastating disease, yet it does not receive the...