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American researchers introduce healthy salt blend
The US Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has noted that the consumption of salt is much more than necessary in typical American diets – the maximum recommendation per day should be less than 2,300 mg. The average American adult female consumes 2,980 mg per day, while males average a whopping 4,000 mg per […]
Controversial ‘three-person’ baby born in Greece
In “medical history” which could help infertile couples around the world, Spanish and Greek fertility doctors have genetically engineered a baby from three people bar a woman’s infertility. The baby boy was born a healthy 2.9kg (6lbs). The 32-year-old Greek woman had endured four unsuccessful cycles of IVF previously, but her son now has a […]
Horrific discovery of live bees in woman’s eye
He, a 29 year-old Taiwanese woman, was tending to a family member’s grave on tomb-sweeping day when she felt something enter her eye. Suspecting soil, she washed it out with water, but by night felt a sharp stinging pain under her eyelid, which had begun to water profusely and swell. A subsequent check at Fooyin […]
New bat-borne virus discovered in China
Bats are particularly well-known carriers of viruses which can be fatal to humans – the recent discovery of an Ebola-like virus by Chinese and Singaporean scientists in the liver of fruit bats in Yunnan Province, China, is therefore potentially dangerous. Named after Mengla County, the ‘Mengla’ virus belongs to the small but deadly family of […]
Women in Malaysia more prone to kidney disease
Kidney or renal function is typically measured by the glomerular filtration rate, with kidney failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD) staged accordingly: stages 1-3 do not show any symptoms; stages 4-5 requires maintenance of remaining kidney function; and patients at late stage 5 normally cannot survive without dialysis. The latest data from World Health Organisation […]
Knee surgery is best for ailing knees, regardless of age
Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is an operation for the treatment of degenerative knee conditions– increasing TKRs are performed annually, after which most patients are relieved of their chronic pain and enjoy an improved quality of life. A Malaysian consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Gandhi Nathan Solayar, does not believe age should be adeterrent. Dr. Solayar […]
Singapore ‘Wheelchair Brigade’ ropes in seniors
Wheelchairs are a key mobility device for frail seniors, who regularly need some help with their wheelchairs – sometimes dirt and hair is trapped in the wheel with regular use, or the tyres deflate, or the nuts and bolts loosen, or the wheelchair just doesn’t move well. Hence, a pilot programme that enables active seniors […]
School children suffer in toxic waste dumping case in Malaysia
An easy discharge of chemical waste believed to contain heavy metals into a river has escalated into a respiratory hazard for residents along the Straits of Johor, Malaysia. There have been three consecutive waves of air pollution as the chemicals got washed along Sungai Kim Kim, where at least seven schools are located. A local […]
New technologies for low-cost treatment
Communicable illnesses thrive in tropical conditions, where people who live in poverty, without adequate sanitation and in close contact with infectious vectors are most affected. Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) to affect over a billion people and is very costly to developing economies. But new medical technologies have […]
Vaccinate children vs measles and diphtheria, Malaysian doctors urge
Reports of recent diphtheria cases in the Malaysia, and the spate of measles cases in its neighbouring country, the Philippines, and has prompted Malaysian doctors to call for urgent vaccination against these two diseases for all Malaysian children. The Health Ministry has reported that previous misinformation about vaccination led to a sharp increase in the […]
