The theme of World Health Day 2014 is vector-borne diseases, under the slogan “Small bite: big threat”. Vectors are small organisms that carry diseases and spread them from person to person and place to place. They can put our health…
Is your life worth living? No, it is not meant to be rhetorical. I have seen poor people begging for food, while others couldn’t even remember the last time they were hungry. There are people who live in empty mansions, while…
Kanser terjadi apabila struktur genetik (DNA) yang mengawal pertumbuhan sel-sel badan anda mengalami perubahan dan mutasi. Akibatnya, pertumbuhan sel-sel itu tidak lagi dapat dikawal oleh badan menyebabkan kemunculan sel-sel kanser. Sel-sel kanser ini kemudiannya akan membesar dengan cepat untuk membentuk…
Medical school can be long and challenging. Sometimes when you hit rock bottom, you start to question yourself, “Why did I decide to take up medicine?” For some of us, we know that the sky is not always grey and…
I couldn’t believe my ears. Mom had just told me my sister had bought a pair of blue contact lenses. “But she doesn’t even need glasses!” I spurted. “It’s the trend now. It’s what the kids are doing nowadays,” was…
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…