Category: Top Story
Thailand’s Lab International/Bio Asia Pacific under one roof in September
This year, Thai shows, Lab International, Bio Asia Pacific, and FutureCHEM International, will be held under one roof from 14-16 September at BITEC, Bangkok. Organiser VNU Asia Pacific, together with Thailand Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS), the organising […]
Digital mobility in healthcare
Healthcare organisations are tapping into digital mobility to improve their patient care reach and ensure quality service, and more importantly to alleviate healthcare worker burnout and accompanying psychological distress. Healthcare worker burnout due to the ongoing battle with the global […]
Diversity and inclusion’s crucial role in shaping the healthcare industry
The current healthcare landscape means that adopting new approaches to ensure success for both patient and provider is paramount. As such, healthcare brands have opted for sustainable “Diversity and Inclusion” (D&I) initiatives to improve performance and encourage innovation within the […]
Monkeypox: the next pandemic?
Cases of monkeypox have been reported from European countries that are not endemic for the virus, prompting fears for yet another pandemic. Malaysian academics from the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at Taylor’s University, Dr. Punithavathy […]
Debunking five period myths for Menstrual Awareness Month
Menstruation is a natural bodily process but is yet looked down upon today – there are numerous ludicrous misconceptions surrounding menstruation in our society. In conjunction with Aurelius Healthcare Malaysia’s Menstrual Awareness Month, Dr. Azizah binti Rusly, Consultant Obstetrician & […]
CLEA can help businesses mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19
Malaysians need to get accustomed to new and ever-changing standard operating procedures (SOPs) as they try to live with COVID-19. Much like the rest of the world, this move includes a hefty amount of worry about the safety of travel […]
Improving patient experience through digital acceleration
The digitalisation of various systems needed in our day-to-day life has been transformative and will continue to do so: the adoption and implementation of digital healthcare, including convenient virtual consultations, is expected to be a gamechanger for the healthcare industry. […]
Columbia Asia Hospital (Klang) launches dialysis treatment service
The number of renal failure patients needing dialysis in Malaysia is expected to reach nearly 106,000 by 2040, according to the National Dialysis and Transplant Registry. To fulfil dialysis needs for this increasing number of people, Columbia Asia Group of […]
New finding to prevent plaque buildup and heart attack/stroke
The accumulation of damaged proteins contributes to ageing and disease – protecting against it requires boosting a cellular housekeeping process known as chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA). CMA keeps cells functioning normally by selectively degrading the damaged proteins contained in cells. The […]
How to live with COVID, as explained by a UCL professor
The truth is out: the world pre-2020 no longer exists. Although most of us want it to, for reasons of comfort, COVID-19 (COVID) has clearly upended the “normal” way of life. International governments are now attempting to introduce public health […]
