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Malaysia's public hospital prescriptions are getting an overhaul. From 2027, they'll list your allergies, exact dosages, and full prescriber details — a long-overdue safety upgrade 📋

400 fentanyl-laced vape cartridges worth RM30mil seized in Malaysia. The zombie drug is here — smuggled from the Golden Triangle, sold through entertainment outlets, testing our market 🚨

Your workplace's digital tools might be making you mentally unwell. Malaysian academics warn "technostress" is rising — and most employers don't even recognise it 💻

Experts warn that constant connectivity and rapid digital change are quietly fuelling a rise in 'technostress' among employees.

Telling doctors to "be more patriotic" won't fix the brain drain. Malaysia's healthcare system needs structural reform — better pay, clear career paths, real respect for its workforce 🩺

Ex-MMA chief Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz points to structural gaps in career pathways, pay, and working conditions.

Telling doctors to "be more patriotic" won't fix the brain drain. Malaysia's healthcare system needs structural reform — better pay, clear career paths, real respect for its workforce 🩺

Ex-MMA chief Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz points to structural gaps in career pathways, pay, and working conditions.

The meningitis outbreak in Britain has a Malaysian angle too — we don't offer the same MenB vaccine on the national immunisation schedule. Know the symptoms. Know the risks. ⚠️

In meningitis, the tissues that are suppose to protect our brain and spinal cord become inflamed and start to put pressure on these organs instead.

The meningitis outbreak in Britain has a Malaysian angle too — we don't offer the same MenB vaccine on the national immunisation schedule. Know the symptoms. Know the risks. ⚠️

In meningitis, the tissues that are suppose to protect our brain and spinal cord become inflamed and start to put pressure on these organs instead.

A drop of sugar water can significantly reduce pain in newborns during blood draws. 29 clinical trials, 2,700+ babies — and the evidence is clear 🍼

Young ones who need to undergo painful medical procedures could be helped with some sucrose.

Malaysia could face a haemodialysis shortage — because plastic is getting expensive. MOH is now steering new kidney patients toward home-based peritoneal dialysis instead 🩺

MOH exhorts new dialysis patients to choose peritoneal dialysis (PD), amid potential shortages of haemodialysis (HD) components. MOH says local manufacturers highlighted rising prices of plastics and related products, but no supp…

IHH Healthcare CEO pushes back: blaming private healthcare for the trust crisis is "unfair, reductive, and irresponsible." Patients move between sectors for many reasons — and that complexity deserves honest discourse 💬

To suggest that distrust in private health care is driving patients to the public sector because private care is fundamentally transactional, or because doctors may be motivated by personal extravagance, is unfair, reductive, and…

More Malaysians are choosing government hospitals over private — not just for cost, but because they no longer trust private doctors’ recommendations. Private care visits dropped from 54% to 36% since 2011 📉

A growing trust deficit in private health care is driving patients to public facilities, adding strain to an already stretched system, says NCSM’s Dr Murallitharan, as concerns over costs, complexity, and insurer practices de...

A Malaysian doctor just doubled the survival rate for one of medicine's deadliest cancers. Dr M Devalingam's trial showed 44% of advanced pancreatic cancer patients survived 1 year — vs 22% with chemo alone 🔬

An experimental drug doubled the one-year survival rate for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, offering fresh hope against one of the deadliest cancers.

No, hot weather cannot melt your contact lenses. But it can dry them out and damage your eyes. Malaysian fact-checkers debunk another viral health myth 👓

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.

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.