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  1. Demographic study of brain tumour in a neurosurgical department in Terengganu, Malaysia
    Othman AK, Udin N, Shab MS, Hamzah NA, Mat Azmi IS, Naing NN
    Med J Malaysia, 2020 11;75(6):705-709.
    PMID: 33219181
    INTRODUCTION: Brain tumour (BT) is a tremendous burden on patients, families as well as the surrounding communities, especially the healthcare services. It can be classified into either a benign slow growing tumour (non-cancerous) and malignant tumour (cancerous). The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and pattern of brain tumour admitted to the Neurosurgery Department in Hospital Sultanah Nurzahirah (HSNZ), Terengganu, Malaysia.

    METHODS: This is a retrospective study of incidence and pattern of BT admitted to the Neurosurgery Department in HSNZ. Data was collected from the yearly census of BT registered from 2013 to 2018.

    RESULTS: A total number of 386 new cases of primary BT were registered. The number of cases of BT was found to be lowest among children (0 to 10 years old) with only 4.4% but at peak among elderly aged between 51 to 60 years old (26.2%). As for gender, males constituted about 44.5% (n=172) whereas females accounted for 55.5% (n= 214) of the cases. In total, meningioma was found to have the highest incidence (27.2%) followed by metastases brain tumour (18.1%) and glioma (17.4%).

    CONCLUSIONS: This study has shown that the incidence of BT was led by meningioma which had a high prevalence among the elderly population, followed by metastasis BT and gliomas.

  2. Fulltext A review of the holy Quran listening and its neural correlation for its potential as a psycho-spiritual therapy
    Kannan MA, Ab Aziz NA, Ab Rani NS, Abdullah MW, Mohd Rashid MH, Shab MS, et al.
    Heliyon, 2022 Dec;8(12):e12308.
    PMID: 36578419 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12308
    Since its revelation over 14 centuries ago, the Holy Quran is considered as scriptural divine words of Islam, and it is believed to promote psycho-spiritual therapeutic benefits to its reciter and/or listener. In this context, the listening of rhythmic Quranic verses among Muslims is often viewed as a form of unconventional melodic vocals, with accompanied anecdotal claims of the 'Quranic chills' pleasing effect. However, compared to music, rhythm, and meditation therapy, information on the neural basis of the anecdotal healing effects of the Quran remain largely unexplored. Current studies in this area took the leads from the low-frequency neuronal oscillations (i.e., alpha and theta) as the neural correlates, mainly using electroencephalography (EEG) and/or magnetoencephalography (MEG). In this narrative review, we present and discuss recent work related to these neural correlates and highlight several methodical issues and propose recommendations to progress this emerging transdisciplinary research. Collectively, evidence suggests that listening to rhythmic Quranic verses activates similar brain regions and elicits comparable therapeutic effects reported in music and rhythmic therapy. Notwithstanding, further research are warranted with more concise and standardized study designs to substantiate these findings, and opens avenue for the listening to Quranic verses as an effective complementary psycho-spiritual therapy.
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