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Are you at risk of mouth cancer?

Ulcers, sore throat, a painful tongue and difficulty chewing - are these just your regular ailments or symptoms of something more like mouth cancer?

MP dismisses tobacco firm poll showing plain packaging ineffective

Klang MP Charles Santiago, noting that the WHO’s finding runs counter to that of Japan Tobacco International, asks what has happened to Malaysia’s plan for plain packaging.

A doctor’s family copes with three cancers in 10 months

Emergency physician Dr Azlan Kamalludin shares his story on coping and caring for three loved ones with cancer within the space of 10 months.

Obese man dies of breathing difficulties

KUALA NERUS: Mohamad Faisal Md Ali, who has been in and out of hospital battling with obesity, died at 5am.

MAC : don't blame LGBT

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Taking a combative and homophobic or transphobic attitude towards people with HIV or AIDS will not stop the...

RT @palmdoc: 42% drop in new HIV cases

PUTRAJAYA: The Health ministry recorded 95,470 cases of HIV in the country from 1986 to September this year with the number of new cases showing a decrease of 42 per cent, from 5,830 cases in 2006 to 3,397 cases last year.

A quarter of toddlers in Putrajaya stunted due to malnutrition, says report

MORE than a quarter of children aged one to nearly two in Putrajaya are stunted, a study has revealed. The Edge Markets in a report said the fact was revealed in the National…

The BP debate. Also hotly discussed in our doctors forums, DOBBS

From Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, Chairman, Malaysian Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension; Datin Chia Yock Chin, President, Malaysian Society of Hypertension and Feisul Idzwan Mustapha, Head of Non-Communicable Disease Sec…

16 medical students return from Bali

KUALA LUMPUR: Sixteen of the 155 Malaysian students in Bali have returned to Malaysia since the Mount Agung volcano on the Indonesian resort island showed signs of an imminent eruption, said the Ministry of Higher Education.

Children in urgent need of heart surgery

KUALA LUMPUR: A baby girl and a seven-year-old girl are desperately seeking donations from the public to help them undergo heart operation in Gleneagles Hospital here.

UAE daily rates Malaysia as among top 10 health tourism destination

The National says patients are made to feel very comfortable and Malaysian hospital rooms are luxurious.

Sarawak Foundation donates cardiac equipment to Sarawak Heart Centre

KUCHING: Sarawak Heart Foundation yesterday presented six units of cardiac equipment to Sarawak Heart Centre to boost its service. The equipment consists of five units of Cardiac Mobile Monitorin…

Medicine shortage discussed in Johor State assembly

State exco member says government has taken various proactive measures to ensure that all patients have an adequate supply of medicines.

New ambulances for old, in Perak

THE first batch of the 28 brand new ambulances has arrived in Perak.

Dr Hilmi Tables Dental Bill 2017

Alleged lack of facilities at Kulim hospital

Resident writes to ministry saying Kulim Hospital has inadequate number of ambulances and beds despite having dedicated staff.

Mammogram, HPV vaccination subsidy programme to continue

THE WOMEN, Family and Community Development Ministry will maintain the subsidy programme for mammogram and human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine even though there is no special allocation for it in B…

Dengue tops the list of infectious diseases in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Dengue recorded the highest number of infections in the country since 2015, totaling 71,641 cases as of September this year, said deputy Health

This heart doctor cycles for his own heart’s health

Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Jeswant Dillon, the head of IJN’s cardiothoracic surgery department, believes that almost everyone can benefit from taking up cycling.

Health Ministry bans Gozout for containing harmful substances

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has banned the unregistered ‘health product’ Gozout for containing ‘100 per cent harmful substances.’

KPJ Healthcare adopts IBM Watson for Oncology

The AI will use millions of data points to assist clinicians to make decisions on treatment and care of patients.

Malaysia's IHH Healthcare's 3Q net profit more-than halves

KUALA LUMPUR (Nikkei Markets) -- Malaysia's IHH Healthcare, Asia's largest hospital operator by market value, said Monday its net profit plunged 53% i

Malaysian field hospital expects influx of rape victims

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: The medical team from Malaysia that will operate a field hospital for Rohingya refugees here expects to receive a high number of maternity cases involving rape victims.

Malaysian medical students in Bali safe, ambassador says

JAKARTA, Nov 27 — All Malaysian students are reported to be safe in Bali where a volcano has been rumbling over the past week and...