Category: Features
Malaysia’s medical tourism surpassed target, says Health Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry announced that the country’s medical tourism surpassed the expected target. In his opening speech at the APHM International Healthcare Conference and Exhibition yesterday, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the revenue last […]
HSA warns public of illegal drugs
SINGAPORE – The Health Sciences Authority has alerted members of the public to illegal and adulterated capsules that are being sold as herbal or traditional medicines. Recently, three people ended up in trouble, while one landing himself in the intensive […]
Reducing harmful chemicals in Hospitals
Chemicals continue to invade our daily lives – it is usually present in construction and manufacturing industries, agriculture, personal cosmetics and even in households. In the confines of hospitals and clinics, chemicals are also present. “The health sector is definitely […]
Singapore’s advocate of palliative care
Palliative care expert Cynthia Goh is familiar with the word “No”. She has had her fair share of rebuffs, brush-offs and cold shoulders in the 20-something years of setting up hospice and palliative care in Singapore. But that did not […]
2 Filipino women scientists bag L’Oreal-UNESCO awards
PHILIPPINES –Two young Filipino women scientists, Dr. Ma. Cecilia Conaco and Dr. Aletta Yniguez are the recipients of the 2011 For Women in Science (FWIS) L’Oreal-UNESCO awards. As the 2011 FWIS National Fellows, Conaco and Yniguez will use their prize […]
RH Bill: silver bullet to rising maternal deaths
PHILIPPINES – Sen. Pia Cayetano believes the passage of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill would give priority to the plight and burden of Filipino mothers. In a statement on World Population Day on Wednesday, Cayetano said this year’s theme of […]
APHM International Healthcare Conference & Exhibition 2012 tackles issues in human capital
MALAYSIA – Hospitals are not about the latest medical technologies; they are about people – skilled, committed individuals. The war for skilled talent is a global phenomenon. With Malaysia pushing its way towards ‘developed nation status’, this war has become […]
Nanyang Polytechnic students develop Win 8 App for Dementia patients
SINGAPORE – A group of Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) students has developed an early prototype of a Windows 8 app to streamline therapy process for patients suffering dimentia. Called Dementia Assistance and Recall Engine (DARE), the app functions as a digital […]
More Euro 2012 fans falling victim to Facial paralysis
CHINA – Hospitals in Beijing are receiving more patients since the beginning of the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship. According to a facial nerve hospital in Beijing, the number of patients with facial paralysis is 20 percent higher than usual, […]
Major killers of Asia
Heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung diseases, and diabetes – they are the leading causes of illness and death today. And they have a lot in common. They are expensive – Economic burden caused by these illnesses in the national economy in […]
