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The Killer Can Be Stopped: Breast Cancer
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Cancer Loves Inactivity, Reveals New Study
PETALING JAYA: Regular physical exercise and a plant-based diet reduces the risk of cancer even at old age, a study by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) revealed.
You’ve Got Your Whole Heart In Your Hands
Life stops when the heart stops. Beating 100,000 times a day, the heart keeps a person alive for about 75 years in Malaysia; for some, a little longer. Yet the heart is stopping sooner. Heart attacks are Malaysia’s No. 1 killer accounting for 16% of deaths in hospitals. In Sabah, about 338 or 6.1% of the 5,549 medically certified deaths in 2007 were caused by heart attacks.more...
Scientists Give Hope To Palm Oil Industry
Palm oil producers are elated. A discovery by scientists in Singapore that a palm oil compound, gamma-tocotrienol, can kill breast cancer cells may boost edible palm oil sales. But new European carbon emission targets next year may cut palm bio-diesel feedstock exports.more...
Women Are Unaware Of Heart Diseases
KUCHING: Heart disease awareness among women in the state is still low despite women being twice as likely to have heart attacks compared to cancer.more...
Health Guru To Reveal Secret Of Long Life
A well-known health guru is to lead a group of healing enthusiasts into the depths of the misty Borneo jungle to unveil the secret of long life.more...
Treating Aches And Pains
Electro-Qigong therapy is a kind of medical treatment that passes electricity through the body to bring relief to discomforts and pains caused by a wide range of ailments.
Spa With Fairyland Setting
THE former pulsating hub of entertainment of the 90’s — Tribes Music Restaurant and Bar of the then Holiday Inn Kuching — is now a relaxation centre for travellers and business people.more...
Kuching: Bone Health Check Roadshow
KUCHING: Anlene, the leading adult milk for optimal bone health, is taking Anlene Bone Health Check, its ongoing bone health education programme to East Malaysia.more...
Feeding Bottles With Bisphenol A Banned
PUTRAJAYA: The government has decided to ban the polycarbonate feeding bottle containing the organic compound Bisphenol A or BPAfrom March 1 next year, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said yesterday.more...
1 Billion People Worldwide Undernourished
KUCHING: An estimated one billion people from around the world are experiencing malnutrition and another billion are said to be over-nourished, said biotechnology food science expert Professor Chau Chi-Fai.more...
Protect Your Kidney, Save Your Heart
YOU wake up in the morning, rush to the loo to take a pee, then brush your teeth be fore taking a shower. You get dressed, have your breakfast and you are now ready to face yet another day.more...
When The Heart Is Willing, But.....
He bent forward, almost pulling me across. With his lips almost touching my right ear he whispered, "Doc, I can't get it up lah."more...
Calcium - Good Or Bad?
This is very confusing. First, calcium is good for you and now, calcium is suddenly a bad thing!I had been meaning to write about this issue ever since it became public at the end of last month. I thought to just ignore it initially but when my patients, some of whom are quite internet-savvy, came up to me asking about it, I felt the need to share my viewpoints as a prac ticing cardiologist.
The End Of The Road For The Rat Poison?
For over half a century, it has been the most effective oral drug to prevent blood clot in the circulatory system. For a little longer, it has been a very good rat poison too. What...a rat poison used as medical treatment? The drug I am referring to is none other than warfarin.more...
See A Doctor When You Are Healthy
"Doc, it is all your fault. If you hadn't done all these tests on me, I would still be healthy!"I came across this cartoon of a man lying on the examination bed looking at a bewildered doctor and saying it to his face, blaming him for all the things which were not right found after a medical assessment.
Don’t Sit Too Long
YOU know how some people take for ever to do anything? Well, that's me. I am the supreme procrastinator.
Fruits & Vegetables For Your Heart
I used to hate eating vegetables. Well, I still do, but please don't tell my mum. I've always wondered as a kid why I had to be force-fed with a mountain of veges on the plate each time because they were apparently good for me. I didn't mind fruits though, especially the local ones.more...
Diet Soft Drinks - Healthier Option?
I WAS a sucker for soft drinks until 7 years ago when I completely stopped indulging in any form of sweetened carbonated beverages.
The Benefits Of Fish Oil: Fact Or Just Fat?
IF you were to fly out to anywhere in the world to ‘purify’ the heart and ‘unclog’ the arteries, where would you go?
No Shortcuts To Losing Weight
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Now Is The Time To Stop Smoking!
"DO you smoke, doctor?" I went speechless for a moment when this question was thrown at me by TV host Will Quah. In fact, it was the first question of the interview during NTV7's The Breakfast Show last Friday.
Why Smokers Just Can’t Stop Tobacco
"HERE we go again!" I hear people grumbling. "He is back to writing about smoking again. When will he ever stop?"Well, what do you expect? I am a doctor, I preach a smoke-free life, and I am on a mission!
The Current Dance Craze
LOOSEN your body and relax. Now put the music on and get ready to:
• Step one: Arch your back slightly and with your chin up walk under the bar. Your bad LDL-cholesterol is down to normal levels.
• Step two: As the beat goes on, your doctor lowers the bar because he says your cholesterol level is still too high.
• Step three: Arch your back further and get lower down. Your body is now almost touching the floor and your knees are starting to ache. You barely scrape through!
- •Step four: As new research evidence emerges and a new beat is playing, the bar is lowered even more. Now you scream foul!
Hearts Of The Elderly
Nenek passed away Friday. She had survived two heart attacks but the third, all in a space of three months, proved too much for her. She was 93 years old.
The Salt Factor & Hypertension
DID you know that hypertension causes 64 per cent of strokes and 49 per cent of coronary heart disease? Some believe that it is the biggest single risk factor for death worldwide and globally, 1.5 billion people suffer from hypertension and seven million people die each year because of it.
The Heart & The Environment
AS I strolled down the footpath, I admired the magnificence of everything that I saw — the trees, the flowers and ferns of the woodland floor, and I smelled the fresh smell of the majestic rainforest.more...
Size Does Matter
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Coffee Lowers The Risk Of Stroke In Women
Women who enjoy a daily dose of coffee may like this perk: It might lower their risk of stroke.Women in a Swedish study who drank at least a cup of coffee every day had a 22 to 25 percent lower risk of stroke, compared to those who drank less coffee or none at all.
Growing Old Gracefully: Another Kind Of Beauty
MOST of us share the same notion; we tend to excuse and spoil people who are better endowed physically; one of the reasons why pretty girls are often rude, vain, among other things, as they think it their right, they can afford to.more...
Cutting-Edge Of Beauty Care
WHEN it comes to cutting-edge cosmetics, innovative, high-performing skincare and elegantly crafted quality tools that fuse simplicity and elegance, no other brand does it better than shu uemura.
Billings Ovulation Method (BOM) Is Natural, Reliable & Safe
FAMILY planning has been a necessity for years, particularly for married couples not ready to start a family.There are countless of preventive methods available today, developed through scientific research, which have proven effective and foolproof. However, contraceptive measures such as the pill may also be a hindrance to women because of the side effects.
Wear Citrine For Wealth & Health
PEOPLE, obsessed with wealth, have made citrine – a crystal symbolising abundance and largess – a cornerstone of their endeavour to get rich.more...
Cautions Against Taking Potassium Iodide
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has advised the public not to consume potassium iodide pills as a protection against radiation poisoning.
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Shedding Light On Kidney Disease
An individual will not experience any symptoms of kidney problems until the disease has already reached the serious or end stage. By then, he may experience swollen legs, reduced appetite, difficulty breathing, back pains and even feel weak or nauseous.At the last stage, patients will discharge less urine and eventually pass out.
Generic Medicine Is Not Fake
The Minister of Health, YB Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Adanan bin Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Mohd Yusof yesterday assured that the quality of generic medicine is comparable to well-known, or branded, medication.The minister said this in response to a query made on Saturday during the Seventh Legislative Council Meeting.
Throwing Light On Migraines
A discovery among blind people has helped scientists resolve a mystery why light can make a migraine go from headache to head-splitter, according to a study published.The problem appears to lie with a newly-discovered bunch of cells in the retina, its authors say.
Coping With Hypertension
Blood pressure is the force in the blood vessel that transports blood to every part of our body. Blood pressure is described by two numbers: the systolic and the diastolic.
Kidney Cancer Meets Its Match
PETALING JAYA (Dec 7, 2010): It is silent, sinister and sneaky. It creeps up into your kidney and remains there – only revealing itself with a gush of hematuria (blood in the urine) at an advanced stage in most cases.
Tips For Stronger Teeth
THE quality of your teeth is often used as a measurement of your general health. Keeping your teeth strong and healthy not only gives you a pearly white smile, it protects your mouth and other parts of your body.Cavities and infections in the mouth can cause a range of other ailments such as ear infections and mouth pain.
Orang Juice Bad For Teeth
ACIDIC fruit juice such as orange juice could be worse for your teeth than whitening, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Dentistry.more...
Breast Cancer Meets Its Match
AN aggressive form of breast cancer, known in medical circles as HER2-positive metastatic tumour can now be stopped in its tracks – and its progression delayed or even “starved”, say researchers.
Oestrogen: It’s A Hormone Thing
FEELING hot, flush and your temper on edge all the time? Your once flawless skin beginning to feel dry and showing signs of wrinkles? Millions of women around the world would be able to identify with these symptoms.more...
Goodbye To Painful Prostate
THE agony of a prostatic condition such as the pain of an enlarged prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which is also known to cause hesitant urination or urination that comes in drips, is only understood by sufferers of BPH.Its symptoms vary from obstruction of the urethra to the gradual loss of bladder function, which results in incomplete emptying of the bladder.
Zinc Reduces Common Cold Symptoms
ZINC acetate lozenges taken within 24 hours of developing symptoms of the common cold reduce the duration and severity of symptoms, according to a report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
ED Offers Warning Sign Of Heart Problems
PROBLEMS with maintaining an erection may foretell heart trouble ahead for men with type 2 diabetes, two new studies show.more...
Managing Diabetes With Tai Chi
The ANCIENT art of tai chi may help in controlling or lowering the risk of type 2 diabetes, two small studies suggest.
A New Approach In Wellness Industry
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Rise In Chronic Kidney Patients
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of chronic kidney patients in the country who have to undergo dialysis has increased from 79 per million populations in 2000 to 146 per million in 2009, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said yesterday.more...
Traditional Chinese Medicine
PROMOTING traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has always been an uphill task. I hope all TCM doctors will cooperate to develop TCM as a profession in the country. more...
What Berries Can Do To You
Berries are nutritional powerhouses whether they're eaten fresh, frozen, dried, freeze-dried or powdered. But can they protect our brain and memory, melt fat and prevent urinary tract infections?more...
Health: Wayang Kulit Way To Well-Being
The aim is to promote better health. INTAN MAIZURA AHMAD KAMAL finds out how two NGOs are getting rural folk to participate whole-heartedly.more...
