DOCTORS cure but nurses care. And David Low remembers his mother, Tan Poh Siew, as a very caring nurse.
“My mother was a very independent and caring person. It was simply in her nature to care for other people around her,” said the 74-year-old during an interview with StarMetro.
Born in 1901 in Penang, Tan was [...]
Women who drink tea have an increased risk of developing Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) compared with those who drink none (p=0.04), according to results presented at EULAR 2010, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism in Rome, Italy. Further results from the same study showed no correlation between the amount of coffee consumption and [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s performance in healthcare has been exemplary and can be used as a benchmark by other developing countries, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday.
He said the salient features of Malaysia’s achievements in health were universal access to a comprehensive public health sector, safety net for catastrophic expenditure for chronic [...]
PETALING JAYA – Beginning Tuesday, Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors can withdraw money from their Account 2 for the treatment of 36 different critical illnesses, compared with 13 previously.
The list, which currently allows for the withdrawal for treatment of critical illnesses such as major organ transplant, multiple sclerosis, stroke and cancer, has now been expanded [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The emergence of a two-class health system is becoming more pronounced as the privatisation of healthcare becomes more rooted.
A Monash University Sunway Campus academic said the corporatisation of public hospitals as government-owned but profit-based entities in a market where private hospitals flourished would not bode well for the consumer.
“What is private and [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Healthcare in Malaysia can be used as a benchmark for developing nations, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
This, he said, was because people had access to comprehensive public healthcare with or without payments, and there was a significant reduction in mortality rate and increase in life expectancy.
He said the fact [...]
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region’s pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries will grow by an average of 12.9% a year to 2012, when they will be worth $260 billion and account for 28.5% of the S909 billion global market, says a new study.
Last year’s global recession left a deep impact on the healthcare industry in the US [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry still has a balance of 31,000 doses of influenza A (H1N1) vaccine left before they expire in October, the Dewan Rakyat was told Tuesday.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said of 400,000 doses acquired by the ministry, over 300,000 doses were administered to front-line staff and high-risk groups [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The upcoming conference slated on 1st & 2nd July 2010 at the Hotel Istana in Kuala Lumpur will be launched by Director General of Ministry of Health. The VVIPs are top management of KUIS, and other VIPs from Ministry of Health and nursing faculties from government and private Higher Education Institutions, will [...]
SHANGHAI, China – Malaysia plans to set up a centre of excellence for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the country in a joint venture with China.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the cooperation would be between Malaysian and Chinese institutions as part of Malaysia’s bid to raise its standard in TCM.
“That will move [...]
