Malaysian Medical Resources
14,332 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Malaysia demands that a biased and unscholarly article titled “The Palm Oil Industry and Non-Communicable Diseases” published in the World Health Organisation (WHO) Bulletin, to be retracted. “We view the ar…
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Religious argument used by non-medical professional groups as well as vendors of alternative products on the harm of vaccine is the primary reason why parents reject vaccine for the health of their children,…
FEBRUARY 1 — Baby girls: To circumcise or not to circumcise — that is the question. One of the most enduring arguments to perpetuate female circumcision in Malaysia is that the way girls are circumcised in Malaysia is a far cry f…
All the victims were reportedly serviced by the same masseuse before experiencing symptoms.
KOTA KINABALU: Police will continue to act against anyone selling marijuana for medical purposes as it is against the current laws, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh.
IPOH, Feb 1 — Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye walked into a perfect storm when he announced the smoking ban in all restaurants, coffee shops and hawker centres starting January 1. Since the announcement, the Gopeng MP has…
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 — Cash assistance from the federal health insurance scheme for the poor will be given directly to patients and not hospitals, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today when rejecting concerns that the mySalam pro…
IPOH: The Health Ministry is recommending that a zero stray dog policy be implemented at all rabies gazetted areas in efforts to control the disease from spreading.
PETALING Jaya City Council has recorded a 214% increase in dengue cases compared with the same period last year.
SEREMBAN: Mawar Haemodialysis Centre (MHC), which ranks among the country’s largest non-profit private dialysis centres, will be forced to stop treating its patients in two weeks as it does not have the funds to operate.
LETTER | We strongly believe the views and insights of pharmacists should have been taken into account.
JANUARY 31 — The government just launched two huge health care schemes for the poor: a RM2 billion health insurance funded by an insurance company and a RM100 million health screening programme. But the mySalam critical illness i…
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 ― General practitioners have refused to join the Health Ministry’s (MOH) health screening programme for the poor because the rate offered by the government is too low. Federation of Private Medical Practition…
LETTER | Emergency Medicine should be a compulsory posting for all house-officers rather than an elective posting it currently is.
The High Court however refused to issue a stay order on the ban.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) launched today a programme to counter non-communicable diseases (NCDs), where the poor will get free health screenings,...
PUTRAJAYA: The Peduli Kesihatan scheme for B40 (PeKa B40) health protection plan will be implemented in stages starting March, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
KUALA LUMPUR: While most operators and patrons of eateries are abiding by the Health Ministry’s no-smoking ruling that came into effect on Jan 1, there is still confusion over the three-metre-radius within which smoking is prohib…
Contrary to what is being claimed, female circumcision isn’t required under Islam.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar today said that harm reduction programme should take more precedence over punitive measures against drug abusers. The PKR lawmaker said harm reduction programmes are more…