31 August 2023
Achieving reversal requires substantial changes in both diet and lifestyle.
Tag: diabetes
28 July 2023
Insulin resistance, a precursor to type 2 diabetes, lurks silently within many individuals, posing serious health risks.
14 July 2023
WHO is not recommending the withdrawal of products containing aspartame, as a safety review classified the sweetener as possibly carcinogenic to humans, specifically for liver cancer, based on "limited evidence". Acceptable daily intake remains the same.
23 June 2023
Health analyst Chua Hong Teck writes that the Health White Paper (HWP) lacks clear targets, without specific numbers for lower prevalence of NCDs over the next 15 years. The HWP only has general statements. "There must be a clear and definite True North".
12 May 2023
Dr Kelvin Yii, the Health Minister’s advisor, highlights the gravity of NCDs and mental health; the Health White Paper will focus on preventive health and mental health to overcome the "ticking time bomb" of NCDs and the "silent pandemic" of mental health.
12 January 2023
Dr Zanariah Hussein highlights SGLT2-i, a new glucose-lowering drug that helps prevent cardiovascular and renal death, but usage is low due to MOH’s limited budget.
23 December 2022
Howard Lee wants to pilot a mobile wound care centre for those with bed sores or amputation wounds. One in five Malaysian adults have diabetes, which can cause foot wounds.
16 December 2022
Diabetes made up about 45% of Malaysia’s RM9.65 billion direct health care costs from three chronic conditions (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer) in 2017.
14 December 2022
“Diabetes doesn’t make you feel sick. You don’t feel like you’re going to die, you know? You don’t feel like you need medical help,” says Yeoh Phek Chin, a 47-year-old type 2 diabetic patient. “Until something drastic happens.”
9 December 2022
Reports of a diabetes tsunami are hiding a key part of the picture. There’s a good reason the numbers are increasing.