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13,924 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
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Cool your cooked rice before eating it and you've just boosted its gut health benefits. Resistant starch feeds your gut bacteria and steadies blood sugar — and it's already in your everyday meals 🍚
This type of starch ‘resists’ digestion, travelling straight to the large intestine instead, where it becomes food for beneficial gut bacteria.
Most colour-blind people don't see in black and white — they just can't tell red from green. Millions live with this misunderstood condition, often without knowing it 👁️
This genetic condition that affects millions - especially men - can shape daily life and career choices.
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Malaysian researchers turned mangrove wood into a bacteria killer — 99.9% effective against harmful bacteria, while leaving beneficial ones unharmed. Universiti Malaya's Sateera could change how we treat infections 🌿
Up to 90% of Malaysians with rare immune disorders are never diagnosed. They suffer repeated life-threatening infections — all potentially preventable with early screening. This is a silent crisis ⚠️
By integrating clinical expertise with genetic insights and expanded screening, Malaysia can ensure that every child’s genetic blueprint leads to a healthy future.
Malaysia's response to doctor brain drain? "Be more patriotic." The MMA disagrees — and so do the 529 doctors who accepted housemanship out of 5,000 slots 🩺
Public Service DG Wan Ahmad Dahlan says doctor brain drain can be curbed if doctors have a "sense of nationalism to help the country", amid very low housemen intake. MMA says doctors leave because "the system and policy don't rec…
Malaysia's response to doctor brain drain? "Be more patriotic." The MMA disagrees — and so do the 529 doctors who accepted housemanship out of 5,000 slots 🩺
Public Service DG Wan Ahmad Dahlan says doctor brain drain can be curbed if doctors have a "sense of nationalism to help the country", amid very low housemen intake. MMA says doctors leave because "the system and policy don't rec…
Malaysia's obesity crisis costs RM64 billion a year — and now KPJ Healthcare & Novo Nordisk are partnering to fix it with a structured hospital-based programme. 1 in 2 Malaysian adults is overweight. It's about time 🏥
KUALA LUMPUR: KPJ Healthcare Bhd has partnered with Novo Nordisk Malaysia to help tackle the country's estimated RM64 billion obesity crisis with structured hospital care.
From 10 months down to 2 months — Malaysia slashes the wait for medical graduate placements in a long-overdue fix for new doctors entering the public system 🏥
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry (MOH) has reduced the waiting period for medical graduate placements to two months from an average of 10 months.
Free health screening in a Sarawak longhouse — and 40% of residents had high blood sugar. Silent diseases, invisible communities. Rural health inequity in Malaysia is a real crisis 🩺
SIBU (April 13): The outcome of a free health screening carried out at Rumah Luat in Kemuyang here on Sunday revealed some worrying health concerns. The community programme was organised by the Sibu Parliamentary Service Centre,…
Malaysia's medical insurance claims hit RM9.4 billion in 2025 — up 5.3%. Disability claims nearly doubled. Medical inflation is real and it's accelerating 📈
Disability benefits recorded the sharpest jump, rising 77.4% to RM157.9 million, according to the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia’s 2025 annual report.
90% of potential organ donations in Malaysia are rejected — by the patient’s own family. Misconceptions about brain death and cultural taboos are costing lives 💔
Misconceptions, family consent and cultural beliefs continue to limit donations, even as patients wait years for transplants.
Why do chronic wounds refuse to heal? Bacteria release lactic acid that effectively "switches off" the immune system — new research explains how simple infections turn into a persistent nightmare 🦠
⚠️ Malaysia's 55,000 dialysis patients face a growing risk — dialysers and haemodialysis components are in short supply due to the West Asia conflict disrupting petrochemical supply chains
Malaysia is facing an emerging shortage of dialysers (artificial kidney) and canister/bottle packaging for haemodialysis (HD) concentrate solution. A dialyser is necessary for HD. Nephrologists say kidney failure patients can't s…
At 98, Tun Dr Mahathir reveals he fractured his hip and suffered a head injury after suddenly losing control of his legs — spent months at IJN, still struggling to walk 🏥
SHAH ALAM, April 14 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has recounted the moment he fell during a walking exercise earlier this year, an incident that left him with...
8-year-old Vimala needs RM55,000 for a lifesaving heart procedure at IJN — her family can't afford it. Help is urgently needed ❤️
Born with a rare genetic condition, Vimala Shasidran has a heart defect that requires surgery costing RM55,000.
Your home could be making you ill. Asbestos, mould, ageing pipes — older buildings in Malaysia are a hidden health hazard 🏚️
From mould and asbestos to poor ventilation, older buildings may be harming your health, experts caution.
Beyond chemo: Malaysia now offers stem cell transplants and CAR-T therapy for blood cancers — success rates up to 70% for relapsed patients 💉
A haematologist at Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City, says stem cell transplant can be curative in many instances, while CAR-T cell therapy is lifesaving in Refractory B cell lymphoma, B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and mul…
Beyond chemo: Malaysia now offers stem cell transplants and CAR-T therapy for blood cancers — success rates up to 70% for relapsed patients 💉
A haematologist at Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City, says stem cell transplant can be curative in many instances, while CAR-T cell therapy is lifesaving in Refractory B cell lymphoma, B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and mul…
A 13-year-old girl nearly died from a thyroid storm — a risk when childhood hyperthyroidism goes undiagnosed. Know the warning signs 🩺
New Covid variant alert 🦠 "Cicada" (BA.3.2) has hit 23 countries — vaccines less effective, and young people are 5x more likely to catch it
This new viral variant appears to target children, but causes milder disease than other variants.
From 10 months down to 2 months — Malaysia slashes the wait for medical graduate placements in a long-overdue fix for new doctors entering the public system 🏥
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry (MOH) has reduced the waiting period for medical graduate placements to two months from an average of 10 months.