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.
Tag: non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
15 December 2022
MMA says including private GPs in NCD prevention and management will help spread patients out across clinics. Dr Milton Lum tells MPs to push Peka B40 screenings in their service centres.
13 December 2022
Through holistic health screening solutions, both parties hope to boost personalised preventive health care and thereby address this growing concern.
8 December 2022
Viatris and MMA jointly launch a campaign to screen above-40s for diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol in participating GP clinics.
5 December 2022
The Malaysian Medical Association cites contract doctors, health care financing, health care access in East Malaysia, ageing care, and NCDs as among the main issues for Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa to resolve.
25 November 2022
Rekod Hayat Selangor incorporates electronic medical records and lifetime health records under Selangkah, allowing users access to their personal health information and prescriptions – “in your pocket, when it’s needed, where it’s needed”.
18 November 2022
Howard Lee says elected reps need to drive public health campaigns as community leaders, citing Kinta Valley in Perak that saw high participation in the Peka B40 health screening programme.
8 November 2022
Taxes on sugary drinks can often improve a nation’s economy, rather than having the devastating impact industry has claimed.
1 November 2022
The Asia-Oceania Association for the Study of Obesity points to a genetic code designed for famine and the discovery of processed food that makes excess body weight “very hard to reverse”.
26 October 2022
The programme provides structure to help build healthy habits like good nutrition, exercise, and continuous glucose monitoring, which are important to help control type 2 diabetes and glucose management.