Malaysian Medical Resources
14,205 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
Second Booster or Bivalent Covid-19 vaccine. We summarize it for you, but this is only general health advice. If you have specific queries please check with your doctor. Links https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/01/mal…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 4,621 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday (Nov 5), says the Health Ministry.
Khairy, SOP, GE15, EC, votes, sungai buloh, COVID-19
Scientists work our the mechanism whereby late night eating increases risk of diabetes and obesityRef https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36264811/
Premature ventricular contractions are common but should not be disregarded, especially if they interfere with heart function or cause significant issues.
Update on the Covid situation for 5.11.22
MIRI (Nov 4): The Miri Field Hospital project is set to reach completion by Feb 28 next year. Funded by the state government, the RM2.5 million facility would augment the services provided by the main Miri Hospital, said Minister…
20 seniors at St. Mary’s Aged Home in Taman Halimahton in Seputeh, KL, find it near impossible to vote in GE15 due to crowded polling stations and needing family and friends to get them there.
While Malaysia companies are more likely to tap on insurance providers for their employee medical benefits, those in Singapore tend to use self-managed reimbursement.
PETALING JAYA: There are no plans to introduce Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) for the 15th General Election (GE15), says the Election Commission (EC).
PETALING JAYA: People should keep their face masks on in crowded and enclosed areas as a new Covid-19 wave sweeps the nation, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin
Pakatan Harapan’s GE15 manifesto should be welcomed as a recognition of the real (but often ignored) problems that Malaysians are facing now with health, and social and aged care.
Malaysia’s 2021 maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 68.2 per 100,000 live births is a 170% increase from 2020 figures, and a 220% increase from 2019. The last time Malaysia recorded MMR over 60 was in the 1980s.
New research shows possible linkRef:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06749-9
The public are encouraged to continue wearing face masks in crowded and closed areas.
A long-term partnership between public and private health care providers will benefit all Malaysians.
PH’s plans for aged care includes an agency or department for older persons and an elderly protection scheme under Socso.
PH pledges to raise public health care spending to 5% of GDP in 5 years, as well as to introduce a National Health Services Commission to manage health care professionals’ human resources and a Health Commission to monitor a Nati…
It says it has taken 115 samples and found 11 to contain cyclamate, with those involved fined a total of RM8,500.
The Malaysian government has extended a goodwill gesture by donating a consignment of urgently required medical supplies to Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says
The Asia-Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity points to a genetic code designed for famine and the discovery of processed food that makes excess body weight “very hard to reverse”.
Obesity in women can be attributed to childbirth, vulnerability to certain diseases, and household roles, experts say.
ReferencesHermida RC et al. Bedtime hypertension treatment improves cardiovascular risk reduction: The Hygia Chronotherapy Trial. Eur Heart J 2019 Oct 22; [e...