Effects of Smoking and Drinking on Oral Hygiene

Smoking and drinking are two of the most discussed issues in the present times. Smoking and drinking have their own ill effects. According to a recent survey, nearly 43000 Americans would be victims to oral cancer this year. 93% of these are caused because of excessive smoking and drinking. Smoking There is a very famous…

Smoking and Teeth

We all have habits; some habits are good, however others are not so good and can even affect our health. If we grew up between 1960 – 1970 it was common to see and hear in tv the importance of smoking. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in the 1960 – 1970 the average…

Ukuran sistem penjagaan kesihatan: Kita bakal gagal?

ANAS ALAM FAIZLI memegang ijazah kedoktoran dalam pentadbiran perniagaan. Beliau adalah seorang profesional bidang pembinaan dan minyak dan gas, seorang warganegara Malaysia yang prihatin dan pengarang Rich Malaysia, Poor Malaysians. Cuba bayangkan 10 pesawat jumbo terhempas setiap minggu selama satu tahun atau keseluruhan penduduk Petaling Jaya meninggal dunia. Jumlah ini adalah antara 210,000-400,000 kematian di…

Susu ibu tiada tandingan

Hakikat yang tidak akan dapat disangkal mengenai kebaikan susu ibu yang pastinya adalah keperluan terbaik kepada setiap bayi sejak dilahirkan sehingga menjangkau usia dua tahun. Kelahiran seorang bayi sehingga menjangkau usia dua tahun ternyata satu tempoh yang kritikal bagi menggalakkan pertumbuhan optimum, kesihatan terbaik dan perkembangan tingkah laku. Ia puncak usia apabila tumbesaran yang terbantut,…

‘Don’t work as locums’

PUTRAJAYA: Medical graduates should have patience and refrain from taking up temporary jobs in clinics while waiting for their housemanship posting. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam warned them against taking up such jobs following reports that such graduates have started working in private clinics. “I strongly advised them against working as locums because…

Enam lagi positif difteria di Negeri Sembilan

SEREMBAN – Enam lagi pesakit di Negeri Sembilan didapati positif difteria termasuk dua kanak-kanak berusia lapan dan 12 tahun. Pengarah Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri, Dr Abdul Rahim Abdullah berkata empat pesakit merupakan anak kepada pesakit kes pertama iaitu seorang suri rumah berusia 41 tahun dari Kg Durian Daun, Rembau. “Anak pesakit yang berusia 15 tahun dimasukkan…

Malaysian recognised by Harvard University for health innovation

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Integrated Medical Association (Mimpa) president Dr. Dhesi Baha Raja has been recognised as among the top young health innovators by Harvard University. Dr. Dhesi who was given the award for his work on artificial intelligence in medical epidemiology had been recognised as among the top eight young innovators globally in the field…

IIUM Medical Centre, Kuantan officially launched today

IIUM Kuantan, 20 July 2016 – The Constitutional Head of IIUM, His Royal Highness the Sultan of Pahang, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta’in Billah today officiated the opening of IIUM Medical Centre (IIUMMC) located in the IIUM medical campus in Kuantan, Pahang. The IIUMC was built in July 2012 and completed in May 2016. The…

Status Terkini Kes Difteria di Malaysia

Sehingga 2 Julai 2016, pertambahan satu (1) kes difteria telah dilaporkan menjadikan 14 kes disahkan difteria dengan lima (5) kematian. Kes terbaru ini merupakan seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berumur 6 tahun mula mengalami demam pada 26 Jun 2016. Tiga (3) hari kemudian pesakit mengalami sawan dan dirujuk ke sebuah hospital di Kedah. Pesakit disyaki difteria dan…

Good oral hygiene linked to reduced risk of head and neck cancers

The findings are not new, but this does seem to be the largest and most comprehensive epidemiologic study to link poor oral hygiene to head and neck cancers.   Daily tooth brushing and annual dentist visits may reduce the risk of some head and neck cancers by a small margin, according to a recent, large…

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Malaysia Raih Anugerah Pelancongan Perubatan Terbaik IMTJ Dua Tahun Berturut-turut

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Mei — Malaysia dinobatkan sebagai ‘Destinasi Pelancongan Perubatan Terbaik’ pada Anugerah Pelancongan Perubatan International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) 2016 yang diadakan di Madrid, Sepanyol pada 24 Mei. Malaysia juga memenangi anugerah yang sama pada majlis anugerah tersebut tahun lepas, kata Majlis Pelancongan Penjagaan Kesihatan Malaysia (MHTC) dalam satu kenyataan di sini, hari…