Prologue Though less has been mentioned of this particular infectious disease, there leaves a lot to be dwelled on when it comes to mind. Not many healthcare practitioners, especially the more junior ones would have come across it as it…
Sekiranya anda membaca akhbar baru-baru ini, saya yakin ramai yang tersentak dengan statistik tuberkulosis (tibi) yang menggemparkan, sebagaimana yang dilaporkan oleh Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Dr. S. Subramaniam. Tuberkulosis ialah penyakit kedua paling menular di dunia selepas HIV/AIDS. Tahun lepas,…
Have you ever felt like your heart is beating so fast that you cannot breathe? Have you ever felt so giddy that you feel like fainting? If yes – you should have it checked out. You could be having a…
25th August 2013 : A catch-and-kill attitude was encouraged to be adopted and instilled as the only way to exterminate rats in Kota Kinabalu. A holistic approach with cooperation from local governments and NGOs to tackle the rat problem nationwide…
Have you done the ice bucket challenge yet? By the time this article is published many people I know on my social media, including my friends and family have done it. Even children, elderly men and women join in the…
Having a tube down your throat is something people don’t take lightly. The nightmarish thought of inserting a long tube from the mouth down to the early portions of the small intestine is not only scary but utterly outrageous for…
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a common disease in Malaysia. However, the prevalence of this condition varies between less than 1% to about 10% depending on the ethnicity. It is higher among the Chinese population. Compared to people without hepatitis…
You don’t know what you have till you lose them. This common saying is true enough for most things, bits of the body included. We take our kidneys for granted; we believe that it will be the one organ that…
Apa itu penyakit berkaitan kepanasan (PBK)? PBK merangkumi pelbagai masalah kesihatan yang boleh timbul akibat terdedah kepada cuaca panas. Antaranya, masalah ringan seperti rasa tidak selesa atau penyakit kulit seperti ruam panas (heat rash), kelesuan dan pitam akibat panas…
Serangan jantung (Sindrom Akut Koronari atau myocardium infarction) adalah satu kecemasan perubatan yang boleh membawa kepada komplikasi yang serius dan juga maut. Ia disebabkan oleh kekurangan bekalan darah ke jantung, saluran darah yang sempit disebabkan oleh plak kolestrol. Plak-plak yang…