As we mourn the senseless loss of the innocent lives taken, in addition, the medical community appears to have also suffered an unexpected blow. When my colleague wrote on his Facebook status that many doctors were on the ill fated…
The government has a responsibility to protect the health of its population, some difficult decisions will have to be made, and we need a strong-willed government to make the necessary changes in the country to enable behavioural change and shift…
As you browse the newspaper recently, I am sure many are alarmed by the staggering tuberculosis (TB) health statistics reported by the Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. Tuberculosis is the second most contagious disease after HIV/ AIDS worldwide.…
Hari Kesihatan Sedunia disambut pada 7 April setiap tahun bagi memperingati penubuhan Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) pada tahun 1948. Setiap tahun, tema yang berbeza dipilih bagi memberi penekanan kepada usaha untuk meningkatkan kesedaran masyarakat mengenai isu-isu kesihatan global semasa yang…
Throughout the centuries, the timeline of events in the history of drugs can be traced back as early as in the year 5000 B.C when the Sumerian people in the Middle East first used opium as recreational drug. The development…
Our prayers take flight – Dr Hidayatul Radziah Ismawi Where were you that fateful day? When all that was left to do was pray When our hearts sank at news so sad For hope and faith were all…
Orang awam dinasihatkan untuk mengelakkan daripada membeli dan mengguna produk kosmetik berikut: Produk kosmetik di atas telah diuji dan dikesan mengandungi logam berat merkuri yang tidak dibenarkan di dalam produk kosmetik. Oleh itu, produk tersebut tidak lagi dibenarkan untuk dijual…
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) sentiasa memantau penyakit berkaitan jerebu melalui klinik “sentinel” dengan bacaan Indeks Pencemar Udara (IPU) dari 52 buah stesen pengawasan kualiti udara Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) seluruh negara. Pada 14 Mac 2014 jam 3 petang Indeks Pencemar…
With the current dengue outbreak being the worst since 2010, deaths from this dangerous disease have reached 25 from more than 12,000 people infected. The four fold increase in rates from last year shows this years outbreak reaching worrying heights.…
Isn’t life ironic? Imagine, something so small, minuscule and irrelevant to our lives can kill us. Weighing less than 0.01% of our average weight, and length less than 0.001% of our average height, they kill us with just one kiss.…