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When your child needs to stay at home from school
While it may seem obvious, the decision can be difficult for it requires juggling the family schedule: Chicago pediatrician Hanna Chow-Johnson, MD lays out guidelines to help parents do what’s best for their child and his classmates. Beginning with obvious […]
Three deaths linked to tainted ice-cream
Three Kansas hospital patients have died and two have been sickened by listeriosis linked to single-serve Blue Bell Creameries ice cream products since last year, health officials said on Friday. The five adults became ill from January 2014 to January […]
New drug for diabetes
Improving glycaemic control for people with diabetes can be a convenient, once-a-day routine with the recent launch of a drug in Malaysia. Developed by MSD, the drug in question is an oral type 2 diabetes medication that combines sitagliptin phosphate […]
What you should know about epilepsy
The Malaysian Society of Epilepsy aims to ‘bring epilepsy out of the shadows’ and educate the public about this often misunderstood disease. Sixty-five million people around the world live with epilepsy, and nearly 80% are found in developing countries, including […]
How to avoid diabetes during pregnancy
Ask any pregnant woman about her health concerns during those nine months and somewhere on the list, weight gain is likely to feature. After all, gaining weight is an inevitable part of the process for every mum-to-be. However; excessive weight […]
Female North Korean defectors prone to HPV
Female defectors from North Korea are at a higher-than-average risk of infection by human papillomavirus, or HPV, which can lead to cervical cancer, a recent study found. Almost 30 % of the women in the study, whose ages ranged from […]
The basics of sleep
“I feel like an astronaut,” says Mr Joshua Lye, a home tutor. Streaks of fine colourful wires, attached to his scalp and bunched up behind the 57-year-old, are plugged into a white box that looks like a Mastermind board game. […]
The psychology behind emoticons
When typing in a language other than their mother tongue, participants in a study used emoticons more often than they would normally, says research. Emoticons have become increasingly used – and increasingly accepted – in written correspondence and could have […]
HRT poses some risk of stroke
Women on HRT pills should be aware that there is a small chance of an increased risk of blood clots and possibly stroke, according to a study. The link was made by the international Cochrane group, which looked at medical […]
Raise legal age to 21 to reduce smoking: institute
If people could not get cigarettes until the age of 21, lives would be saved because fewer people would start smoking, said a report by the Institute of Medicine on Thursday. Most smokers begin their habit when they are young. […]
