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UMMC Performs Groundbreaking Kidney Transplant On Person Living With HIV https://t.co/ylfcwYcPkr — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 11, 2023

Last year, UMMC performed Malaysia's first kidney transplant on a man in his 50s who has been living with HIV for over two decades, hailed by the medical team as a "game changer" that paves the way for life-saving surgeries for H…

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Hartal Doktor Kontrak says Health Ministry agrees to hold more meetings to find solutions https://t.co/NwWF84RiQq — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 11, 2023

PUTRAJAYA, April 11 — More meetings between the Hartal Doktor Kontrak (HDK) movement and the Ministry of Health (MoH) will be held to discuss issues related to contract...

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Optimise Health Ministry’s Budget 2023 allocations, Dr Zaliha tells state govts https://t.co/61Y4gW1Dms — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 11, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 — Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa has reminded state governments to ensure Health Ministry (MoH) allocations under Budget 2023 are used optimally in...

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Another reason not to forget your flu shot: Flu Raises Heart Attack Risk By 6 Times https://t.co/tB5BD0m1Sh — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 11, 2023

Ref:https://m.economictimes.com/news/how-to/heres-why-you-should-be-extra-careful-about-your-heart-after-a-flu-study-reveals-scary-connection/amp_articleshow...

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Primary school children already vaping, anti-smoking activist claims https://t.co/sLr7qHYVrK — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

PETALING JAYA: Despite being dressed in their school uniforms, primary school children are no longer afraid of vaping and are buying them openly, says an anti-smoking advocate.

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Puffer Fish: Deadly and Illegal in Malaysia https://t.co/RZ6qdN7ZVn via @YouTube — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

Tragic news in Malaysia

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National Poison Centre Demands Suspension Of Liquid Nicotine Delisting Pending Tobacco Bill https://t.co/6bjZsBmRsx — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

Malaysia's National Poison Centre wants the declassification of liquid nicotine to be suspended pending passage of the tobacco bill, describing nicotine as a potent and harmful drug, besides highlighting the risk of abuse of vape…

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Jentayu’s hospital will appeal to health ministry over licence revocation https://t.co/ufOiNeVK0j — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

Jentayu Sustainables is ‘positive’ the specialist hospital can be reopened within this quarter.

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Malaysia approves additional indication for Astrazeneca’s Evusheld https://t.co/Y7gh298Slz via @PharmaTechFocus — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

Evusheld is intended to treat adult and adolescent Covid-19 patients aged 12 years and above.

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Puffer fish poisoning: Johor Health Dept says lab report expected to be ready in two to three weeks https://t.co/65HQwObHL8 — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

JOHOR BARU, April 10 — The Johor Health Department (JKNJ) is still waiting for the laboratory report regarding puffer fish poisoning that resulted in the death of two elderly...

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Public Owed Detailed Explanation On U-Turn With Nicotine Delisting -- Lung Cancer Network Malaysia https://t.co/q10izs5YSf — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

Lung Cancer Network Malaysia says the previous classification of nicotine as a Group C poison aptly reflects the dangers of the substance. "The public is owed a detailed explanation as to why there has been a complete U-turn on t…

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Well-earned rest for health chief https://t.co/NT9pohuWW6 — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

PETALING JAYA: Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah is ready to retire this month after having served the nation for 35 years, of which the last few have been among the most challenging in his illustrious caree…

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Kuala Langat MP: ‘This Is The Time For National Health Insurance’ https://t.co/9vE2ESE9zO — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

Kuala Langat MP Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi says now is the time to introduce social health insurance, suggesting its implementation for the M40 and T20, while the B40 should continue to be subsidised. He also suggests raising RM1/ RM5…

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Methotrexate and Flu Vaccine: One-Week Hiatus as Effective as Two-Week Pause for RA Patients https://t.co/w2Lhk34rUQ — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

Ref:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.42318

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MCTC Admits ‘Little Success’ In Getting Reversal Of Nicotine Delisting https://t.co/nBS3lSmqpx — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

MCTC, an umbrella anti-tobacco body of 41 organisations, says it had "little success" in getting the government, including Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, to reconsider the "poorly thought out move" of delisting liquid nicotin…

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Sabah needs large allocation to upgrade health facilities, says Hajji | Malay Mail https://t.co/OKld8xEse6 — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 10, 2023

KOTA KINABALU, April 9 — Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has asked the Ministry of Health (MOH) to give priority to Sabah in terms of the distribution of allocation for the...

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Limit exposure of children to vape, e-cigarettes, govt told https://t.co/kfYut1SGGi — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 8, 2023

The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control says this is necessary in the absence of health legislation.

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Finding Common Ground: A Compromise Solution for Contract Doctors workin... https://t.co/lI8Ia5UCIx via @YouTube — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 8, 2023

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Lee: Scale up mental health care services, train more personnel | New Straits Times https://t.co/V7vDFfXqhe — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 8, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has been urged to ramp up efforts in providing mental health and psychosocial services, as well as training more professionals in the field.

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MMA Dissatisfied With MOH’s Explanation On Nicotine Exemption https://t.co/rUPO0Vi0Tn — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 8, 2023

MMA says Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa told health groups that she had signed off on the delisting of liquid nicotine with a "heavy heart" for the vape tax. "We have heard the ministry's explanation and still do not find the…

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Covid-19: Increase in education cluster under control through intervention measures, says Fadhlina https://t.co/wLtfV1KPUU — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 7, 2023

SHAH ALAM, April 7 — The drastic increase in Covid-19 cases involving the education cluster recently is still under control through intervention measures taken by the Ministry...

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Putrajaya says permanently hiring 4,914 contract medical officers from 8,193 hopefuls https://t.co/ufwfKYdq5T — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 7, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 — The Public Services Commission (PSC) today said it interviewed a total of 8,193 contract staff for 4,914 vacancies this year for permanent government...

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Liquid Nicotine Delisting ‘Backward’ Step For Malaysia, Say UM Public Health Students https://t.co/qVwGNXHN9c — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 7, 2023

Universiti Malaya postgrad public health students condemn the declassification of liquid nicotine as a "backward" step for Malaysia, as Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and 34 other countries have banned vape to protect the young fro…

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Thanks for rejecting strike, health minister tells doctors https://t.co/saDj6QpUaB — Malaysian Medicine (@MyMedicalRsrc) Apr 7, 2023

Dr Zaliha Mustafa says Mogok Doktor Malaysia’s planned strike was provocative and had its own interests in mind.