New Australian Coin for International Nurses’ Day

The Royal Australian Mint will launch the first coin in their new series titled Australia Remembers at the Royal College of Nursing, Australia’s International Nurses Day celebrations in Canberra tonight.
The series pays tribute to past and present Australians who played important roles during times of war, conflict and peacekeeping. The first coin in [...]

Three skincare products banned

PETALING JAYA – The Health Ministry has banned three skincare products found to contain the scheduled poisons tretinoin and hydroquinone.
The public should avoid buying or using Zara Rejuvenation as well as Beauty Line Beautitude Multi-Purpose Cream and Pigmentation Recovery Complex.
Department senior director Eisah A. Rahman said the product notifications had been cancelled following the detection [...]

Guts on fire!

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic condition, but with proper care and treatment, sufferers can enjoy a productive, normal life.
INFLAMMATORY bowel disease (IBD) comprises a group of disorders characterised by inflammation in the digestive tract. When this happens over a period of time, the intestinal lining is damaged and develops ulcers, which may bleed or [...]

Drinking wine or eating chocolate gives no health benefits

According to the Heart Foundation, chocolate consumption or wine drinking does not offer any real cardiovascular health benefit.
The national director of healthy weight for the Heart Foundation, Susan Anderson said, the analytical study of more than 100 scientific studies has revealed that no such benefits existed.
She said for many chocolate and wine enthusiasts, the presumed [...]

SDMC Nurses: Proud to take up a noble calling

Becoming a nurse has been her ambition ever since she was 12 and pursuing her interest in the line has never been more rewarding for Pamela Ho.
“Florence Nightingale has been my biggest inspiration. I love caring for people,” said the nurse manager at the Sime Darby Medical Centre in Subang.
Ho, who studied nursing in Perth, [...]

Nurses’ Day celebration

The nurses at Pantai Hospital Ipoh are a lucky lot. They were pampered with foot reflexology, cooking and food carving demonstrations, and a makeup demonstration in conjunction with Nurses Day on May 12.
Nurses usually spend the good part of their working day on their feet, and so the hospital rewarded them by having this one [...]

Would you choose nursing home?

There will come a time in our lives when siblings may have to decide whether to send their eldest unmarried sister to a nursing home.This is the case of three siblings who are faced with the decision of sending their eldest sister to a nursing home. The three of them who are younger than her [...]

Give more focus to healthcare

KUCHING – Greater emphasis should be given to Sarawak’s healthcare for steady and healthy development of the state, said Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin.
He said better healthcare signified the prosperity and growth of Sarawak, with enough hospitals and clinics in the urban and rural areas.
“I hope to see the issue of lack of [...]

Great demand for IMU-trained nurses

KUALA LUMPUR – The next intake for the Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) at International Medical University is in July. Applications are now open and the IMU welcomes students with pre-university qualifications to join the university in the pursuit of a bright future in nursing.
“These four years of studying nursing at IMU has provided me with [...]

Mara campus, nursing college

KOTA KINABALU – A Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) campus and a nursing college will be proposed under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) as part of a rural education hub in Sabah.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said the Uitm campus would cost several hundred million ringgit and would be built in Sook, Keningau.
The long-term plan [...]


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