I am a semester 5 medical student preparing for my final exam before I end my first phase of medical school. It is late and I am preparing to go to bed. Suddenly, my phone rang. It’s dad. Dad. He…
Breaking Bad (News) – Aziza Aini
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Is Your Child A Thumb Sucker? – Dr Husna Razak
Thumb sucking is a natural habit in young children that may develop in utero (in the womb). This is a normal process of child development whereby a baby first develops sucking reflex instinctively when any object is placed in the…
Ubat-Ubatan Dan Kosmetik Berdaftar Dengan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia – Khairul Naim Zainal Abidin (Pegawai Farmasi)
Senario 1: Cik Jemah membeli sejenis jamu yang berjenama Jamu Ajaib yang dijual di kedai jamu. Jamu tersebut dipromosikan oleh saudaranya iaitu Cik Jenab, yang beria-ia menceritakan tentang keberkesanan majun tersebut mengurangkan bengkak-bengkak dan sakit sendi akibat penyakit gout yang…
Outbreak? It’s Just Common Sense, Really – Dr Helmy Hazmi
We have seen a series of disease outbreaks in Malaysia. SARS, Nipah virus, Japanese encephalitis, H1N1, to name a few. The effects from those outbreaks are shattering. Fathers lose their sons, daughters lose their mothers, and the basic family unit…
“Help! My Nose Is Bleeding!”- Dr Ahmad Nordin
You were lying peacefully in bed, when you wake up- you notice your pillow has a small pool of blood. Only then you realized your nose is bleeding. Your kid was out of your sight for a minute, you then…
How To Survive Medical School – Dr. Faiz Rashdi
One of the initial criteria to apply to a medical school is that you need to have good grades in your exams. There is no doubt that the course is challenging academically and it requires one to be smart to…
MERS-CoV – Should We Worry? – Dr Dhesi BR
There are raising alarms on the recent MERS cases in Malaysia and the United States. We have seen a sudden jump of cases since the disease was known to mankind since 2012. Allow me to introduce you to this creepy virus…
Peranan Aktif Komuniti Boleh Mencegah Denggi – KKM
Dari bulan Januari hingga 26 April 2014, sejumlah 29,788 kes telah dilaporkan berbanding dengan hanya 7,912 kes bagi tempoh yang sama tahun 2013, peningkatan sebanyak 277 peratus. Untuk tempoh sama, jumlah keseluruhan kematian akibat denggi adalah sebanyak 66 kematian berbanding…
Kidneys: To Love Them Is To Know Them – Dr Ayu Akida
You don’t know what you have till you lose them. This common saying is true enough for most things, bits of the body included. We take our kidneys for granted; we believe that it will be the one organ that…
Making Informed Birth Choices – Dr Nur Hidayati
A good friend shared a disturbing news to me recently. It broke my heart and I wept for the child in heaven. Sadly, it did not surprise me though. If anyone read my article on this issue previously, I have…