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Dental grad has good reasons to smile

SUNGAI PETANI: Never skip classes and be disciplined. That’s the secret to success for Rachel Ng Sue Lyn, who won the Best Dental Student and Gold Medal awards at AIMST University’s 10th convocation ceremony.

World's first Cambridge-linked clinical research centre in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: The world's first Cambridge-linked clinical research centre will be set up in Malaysia in partnership with Sunway Group, Sunway Medical Centre and the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation.

Legislating exercise medicine

LANGKAWI, Nov 21 — Malaysian doctors want the government to legislate exercise as a form of treatment for chronic diseases to...

Health Minister rejects claims of antibiotic shortages

SUBANG JAYA: The Health Ministry has denied claims of an antibiotics shortage at government health clinics nationwide.

Students urged to pursue studies in medical colleges in the country

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian students intending to pursue their studies in medicine can choose to study in 33 recognised medical colleges throughout the country,

Medical graduate who wanted to become a chef

Kota Kinabalu: A 24-year-old University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) graduate who had aspired to be a chef made him and his parents proud when he was awarded the Chancellor Gold Medal for Academic Excellence during the UMS 19th Convocati…

Avoid "over exercise" expert advises

LANGKAWI, Nov 20 — Overtraining or performing rigorous exercise can be deadly for those with cardio-respiratory diseases, an expert...

Zecon delays disposal of medical subsidiary

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 20): Construction firm Zecon Bhd, which was supposed to sign a proposed disposal of a 49% stake in its wholly-owned subsidiary Zecon Medicare Sdn Bhd for RM155 million, said the signing has been delayed to a dat…

Mainstreaming genetic counselling for ovarian cancer could support screening, in Malaysia and beyond

A study that looked at mainstreaming genetic counselling for ovarian cancer to support screening programmes in Malaysia was presented at the ESMO Asia 2017 Congress. The preliminary results of the MaGiC ...

2,649 HIV cases in Sabah

PENAMPANG: There are 2,649 HIV cases detected in Sabah up to mid-2017, said State Health Department director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi. Dr Christina said 111,196 cases had been reported in Malaysia …

In Sarawak, lung cancer is the third most common cancer

IN Sarawak, lung cancer is our third most common cancer as statistics from the public Radiotherapy and Oncology Unit (RTU) at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) indicate it represents around 10 to 11 per cent of all new cancer ca…

27 unhygienic eateries in Seremban get clean-up order

SEREMBAN, Nov 20 — Twenty-seven eatery owners and operators have been ordered by Negri Sembilan Health Department to close for two...

More ethnic Chinese, Indian kids shortsighted

PETALING JAYA, Nov 20 — The prevalence of myopia or shortsightedness among Malaysians is said to have reached a “

Malaysia should focus on high-revenue medical tourists

BERLIN, Nov 20 — Malaysia, which has a well-developed healthcare infrastructure, should intensify its focus to attract the high...

Setting up a diagnostic company in Malaysia

For doctors, the ability to diagnose diseases quickly is crucial so adequate treatment can be provided in time, particularly for fatal and infectious diseases. But making diagnoses can be a long-drawn-out affair because of the te…

Couples struggling to conceive can try IVF Lite

SHAH ALAM: More young couples who want to conceive with the help of technology can now do so with the In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Lite that offers treatment for RM8,999.

Internet addiction a major problem among the young, expert says

PETALING JAYA, Nov 20 — The scenario of parents busy at work and children left to their own devices, often glued to a computer or...

Return of the white coat? "Doctors from University Malaya Medical Centre in Malaysia found that most patients preferred doctors to dress in white coats, be it during ward rounds, clinic duty, sexual examinations or psychological consultation."

At the turn of the 20th century, a time of progress in public health and medicine, white laboratory coats came to be associated with...

Molecular medicine and health

AS the founding president of the Genetics Society of Malaysia, which we launched in 1994, I remember the extraordinarily exciting journey represented by the human genome project many years ago, and how it has since transformed me…

Malaysian employees were overworked, stressed, led unhealthy lifestyles, and as a result, were at high risk of health problems and loss of productivity.

Medical tourism looks healthy in Malaysia

Malaysian tech company breaks into US Health sector

By MATT NAYLOR Three years operating in the US and Strateq is still quietly building its brand overseas, with their corner of the market largely flying under the radar. Yet, this is a company that is truly saving lives – at home…

Another fire

SIBU: About 1,000 people including patients, staff and members of the public had to be cleared from 18 wards of Sibu Hospital following a fire which broke out in the male medical ward.

Government health workers can vote by post

FIRE and Rescue Department personnel on duty during the 14th general election (GE14) are among the five categories that will be allowed to cast their votes by post. The matter was…