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Malaysia's disabled still marginalised, says Suhakam

KUALA LUMPUR: Persons with disabilities (PWD) in Malaysia continue to be marginalised, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) said today.

Minister: Pharmaniaga's halal vaccine push will win over anti-vaxxers

Health minister says anti-vaccine movement attributable to doubts over halal status of vaccines.

Crafting a uniquely Malaysian massage

The nation’s diverse wellness and healing traditions are being explored to create a signature massage, writes Aznim Ruhana Md Yusup

Medic team at Umno assembly ready to carry out duties

PETALING JAYA, Dec 5 — With this year’s Umno assembly being the last one before the 14th general election, the medical team from the...

Workers have rights to protective equipment at work

BINTULU: Workers need to be more aware of their rights to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) especially at high-risk workplaces, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye.

Taiwan Healthcare Experts Share Medical Excellence on Malaysian Patients

Dr Kuan-Wen Wu, the director of the Division of Neuro-Trauma and Neuro Critical Care Neurosurgery from Chang Gung Hospital, Dr Chieh-Tsai Wu, a bariatric specialist from E-DA Hospital, Meng-Xi Lin, Dean of Aphrodite Medical Clini…

MoU signed to manufacture cost-effective vaccinations in M'sia (Updated)

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is set to manufacture cost effective vaccinations, including halal vaccinations through a MoU signed between Pharmaniaga Berhad,

Pharmaniaga to invest in Puchong vaccine plant

Pharmaniaga Bhd is investing RM100mil over the next two to three years to manufacture halal and cost-effective vaccines at its existing life science plant in Puchong, Selangor.

The Merdeka Award –Honouring Borneo’s role in Malaria Medical Research

All of the comforts which we enjoy today were built on someone else’s hopes, dreams and efforts. They are a testament to the fact that a single person can make a difference and change the world. Ov…

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.