Category: Health/Nutrition/Fitness

Putrajaya, 28 April 2013 – More than 4,000 people which included the general public, kidney patients and their family members participated in the recent ‘World Kidney Day Run and Carnival 2013’ at Dataran Putrajaya. The event, held in conjunction with World Kidney Day 2013, was jointly organized by the Malaysian Society of Nephrology (MSN) and National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia (NKF) in collaboration with the Medical Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia.  

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Do you know the difference between CMPA (cow’s milk protein allergy) and lactose intolerance? Don’t feel bad if you don’t because you are among the 67.2% of parents who are either unsure or do not know the difference. Only 32.8% of about 350 parents in Malaysia who participated in a recent survey were sure that they knew the difference. 

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A 3-month-old baby died just 50 hours after being admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of a Malaysian hospital. The cause of death? Invasive meningococcal disease or IMD. [Editor’s note: For more information about IMD, please read our other article titled, “The Unexpected, Underrated Killer: Understanding Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD)”. 

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When I was a little girl, my mum used to play a Chinese song by a famous lady singer on our old record player. She told me that the Taiwanese songstress had died of a brain infection. Today I can neither recall the name of the singer nor the song, but I remember the name of the deceased’s affliction – meningitis. What is meningitis?

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Hi, I’m Chris, and I am the author of Cancer Uncensored, a step-by-step guide to cancer prevention, early detection and cancer survival. 

In this article, I want to give you an overview of cancer. I’m going to briefly go over what cancer is, what causes it, what the symptoms are, what you can do to actively prevent it. I will also go over current treatment options and alternative medicine. I will also show you where you can go to get the most up-to-date news and advancements. 

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How to stay healthy is one thing you as parents should be teaching your child. As often said, everything starts at home. Everything, either bad or good, exists because you taught your child those things. And, it can be a shame, if people would see undesirable manifestation from your child especially if it is with regards to their health. 

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Kuala Lumpur, 13 December 2012 – Young Malaysians have created a new wave of voices against smoking in the recently concluded “Unlike Cigarette” contest organised by National Cancer Society of Malaysia (NCSM) and Courts Malaysia.

Youths aged 13-24 were invited to share their views on why smoking was not cool and among the reasons cited in their creative video entries were aesthetic factors such as stained teeth and bad breath to more serious consequences such as cancer and harming loved ones with second hand smoke. 

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