Tulang ‘clavicle’ atau disebut juga sebagai tulang selangka dalam Bahasa Malaysia adalah antara tulang yang paling kerap patah apabila berlaku kemalangan jalanraya. Ini adalah disebabkan kedudukannnya yang begitu menonjol dan dekat di permukaan (‘superficial’). Tulang clavicle ini mempunyai 2 fungsi…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Stay young! The most important step in avoiding sickness is to get your immunity working in tip-top condition. This is so important that the next six steps in avoiding sickness are all somehow related to boosting immune system too! When…
Kelahiran cahaya mata adalah kemuncak penantian sebuah kehamilan; pertama kali melihat wajah cahaya mata maka terasa kesemua kesakitan ketika bersalin lenyap. Walau bagaimanapun, sejurus selepas itu, merupakan saat-saat yang paling ditakuti oleh kebanyakan ibu-ibu; saat apabila anda ditentukan oleh amalan…
Things have come a long way in dentistry. We no longer clean teeth with fingers, getting filling done with manually operated dental equipment or wearing dentures made of animal or dead people’s teeth. Thank goodness for that. We also have…
Pengenalan Jika anda membaca artikel ini, saya merumuskan yang anda sebenarnya berhasrat untuk memulakan hidup baru tanpa rokok. Kebanyakan kita beranggapan bahawa cara yang terbaik untuk berhenti merokok adalah dengan berhenti menghisapnya dengan serta merta. Itu adalah tidak benar. Kajian…
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.…