THERE has been an increasing incidence of unemployment among nursing graduates, revealed Malaysian …
WHAT:15th Southeast Asian Healthcare & Pharma Show 2012
WHEN:17-19 April 2012
WHERE: KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
If you are looking for fresh …
OBSTETRICIANS and gynecologists should screen all patients for intimate partner violence, including during prenatal visits, …
SINGAPORE – With Chinese New Year round the corner, doctors are expecting a dry spell in house …
INDONESIAN-based American midwife Robin Lim has been named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year. Lim, known to many as Ibu …
DISEASES and the lack of proper hygiene, healthcare and clean drinking water are …
KUALA LUMPUR – The Drug Control Authority (DCA) has cancelled the registration of the traditional product “Pao Ni Kang” because it contains the scheduled poison “Repaglinide”, Director-General of Health Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said on Friday.
He said Repaglinide is a scheduled poison used in the treatment of diabetes and is not permitted to [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has among the highest incidence of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) in the world but early detection is hampered by poor awareness of its symptoms.
Malaysian Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgeons president Dr Yap Yoke Yeow said NPC was one of the most treatable cancers.
“If they come to us at [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The Ministry of Health will ensure that orange juice imported from Brazil is not contaminated with carbendazim residue, a type of fungicide.
Its deputy minister, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin based on Schedule 16, Rule 41 of the Food Regulations 1985, carbendazim is not allowed in orange juice in the country.
“However, according to [...]
WHILE about 10 per cent of Malaysians over 60 years old would have suffered from osteoarthritis, recent trends suggest the younger ones are not spared either.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Wong Chya Wei revealed such trends were quite glaring worldwide, sparking debates in the medical fraternity on whether regular exercise was among the causative factors.
Dr Wong, who [...]
EXPOSURE to high levels of a group of common household chemicals may impair children’s immunity, a new study suggests.
The team of researchers, from the United States and Denmark, showed that elevated exposures to perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in early childhood was associated with a reduced immune response to two routine immunizations.
“We found that PFC pollution is [...]
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