Malaysian Medical Resources
14,016 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
PUTRAJAYA, April 2 — The Health Ministry today expressed plans to regulate drug prices by this year, but did not specify how exactly it would do so. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad held a closed-door town hall meeting…
Breast cancer has an excellent survival rate if caught early enough and given the optimal treatment, but we still have a high proportion of avoidable deaths from this cancer.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — The Social Welfare Department (JKM) channelled over RM600 million to help 166,028 disabled people, chronic patients and senior citizens last year. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Ha…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — The public should avoid buying and using two cosmetics products — the Bao Fu Ling Snow Lotus and the Bao Fu Ling Skincare creams which have been found...
PETALING JAYA: The Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia lauds the move to allow doctors in private and public hospitals to access medical reports on a single platform.
SEREMBAN, March 31 — Upgrading the infrastructure and facilities of the Rantau Health Clinic is the focus of Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Dr S. Streram. The Rembau PKR branch deputy chief said the service provided by the health…
Health minister pinpoints reason behind average lifespan remaining the same for a decade.
Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad blames this on prevalence of non-communicable sicknesses like hypertension and diabetes.
Dr Lee Bon Chye says medications with losartan can be returned and replaced with alternatives.
MELAKA, March 31 — The Health Ministry is committed to enacting a stand-alone Tobacco Control Act in the near future that will designate all public places as no-smoking areas, with a limited list of places where smokers can light…
MELAKA: The Health Ministry will not neglect the needs of smokers when implementing tobacco-free zones.
IPOH: Those who still have in their possession any of the seven types of high-blood pressure medication containing Losartan recalled by the Health Ministry must return them to the supplier, says Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon…
Dzulkefly Ahmad says there are some 500 practitioners in public and private facilities but that more are needed.
MIRI: Diabetes management at government clinics in Sarawak is still not very satisfactory and remedial measures must be taken, for a much healthy society. In stating this, state Health director Dr Jamilah Hashim challenged her st…
This has paved the way for USM to plan for its postgraduate medical degree programme in India.
JOHOR BARU: All victims of the Sungai Kim Kim toxic waste dumping case who were hospitalised for inhaling toxic fumes have been discharged.
PETALING JAYA: The Health Advisory Council has been set up with seven members on its panel.
GEORGE TOWN: Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital and Roche Malaysia today launched the Mount Miriam-Roche Cares Programme aimed at reducing the financial bur...
Former health ministry official and a think-tank say heat-not-burn refills need to be treated like cigarettes.
The second edition of the Clinical Practice Guideline has been launched to address the rise of chronic kidney disease writes Meera Murugesan
Mental health authorities have weighed in on the manner in which unstable individuals are treated in police custody, recommending that those charged with “bizarre public behavior” be held in psychiatric care while their cases are…