Category: Top Story
Taiwan-Malaysia cooperation: bridging the gap for medical professionals
With its excellent ICT and world-class medical standards, Taiwan has developed further on AI, big data, mobile healthcare and telemedicine with the data foundation built by the national health insurance. Aimed at building closer networking between the Taiwanese and Malaysian […]
Managing the strain on healthcare through digitalisation
The healthcare systems in many Southeast Asian countries have been stretched to their limit with the COVID-19 pandemic: hospitals have to deal with an overwhelming shortage of medical resources which has driven up healthcare costs; medical frontliners meanwhile, are faced […]
Obituary: Remembering Winston Fernandez
Winston Fernandez, co-founder of Tara Media & Communications (www.taramedia.com.my), passed away peacefully on 5 May 2021 at the age of 63. Under Winston’s forward-thinking approach and guidance, from the company’s humble beginnings 20 years ago of providing businesses with complementary media […]
Accelerating digitalisation in healthcare, services and consumers sectors is imperative – Deloitte Malaysia
Covid-19 has changed the way we live, transforming business models and consumer behaviours. It might be the main catalyst governments need to drive innovation. Many sectors that once resisted digitilisation are now compelled to turn to it for survival, according […]
New experimental gene therapy may aid sickle cell disease
Researchers in the US have designed a new gene therapy strategy for sickle cell disease (SCD), a complex and sometimes deadly heritable blood disorder that dramatically affects the structure and function of oxygen-transporting red blood cells (RBCs). The new and […]
US scientists design novel “trap” for COVID-19
Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago have come up with a novel way to trap SARS-CoV-2 viruses, the virus that causes COVID-19, within the body and then use the body’s own immune […]
Medical Fair Thailand postponed to 2022 due to pandemic
As a result of the pandemic restrictions on travel and quarantine requirements of countries, the upcoming edition of Medical Fair Thailand, which was to have been held in September 2021, will be rescheduled to February 2022, with the physical trade […]
Healthy eating tips during Ramadan
The Holy month of Ramadan is a time of fasting, sacrifice and prayer: healthy adult Muslims traditionally practice daily fasting from dawn until sunset, by breaking fast at sunset with iftar followed by a pre-dawn meal called suhoor. Ramadan fasting, […]
Telehealth systems can be models of future healthcare
Telehealth, or telemedicine, began as a means to treat patients in rural areas, those who were situated too far away from healthcare facilities or professionals. It has since become a tool for convenience, as patients today turn to telehealth for […]
