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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Traditional Medicine or Complementary Medicine. What is it?

Traditional Medicine or Complementary Medicine. What is it?

What is traditional medicine?

“Traditional medicine as define as diverse health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal, and/or mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises applied singularly or in combination to maintain well-being, as well as to treat, diagnose or prevent illness.”

Monday, December 28, 2015

Weight-loss surgery outcomes affected by vitamin D status, study suggests

Outcomes for patients who undergo weight-loss surgery may be influenced by vitamin D levels, according to a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine.Exposure to sunlight is a key factor in vitaminD levels; ultraviolet radiation from the sun triggers vitamin D synthesis in the body. As such, people with low sun exposure often have lower vitamin D levels, which has been linked to numerous health problems.Vitamin D plays a number of important roles in the body; it helps maintain bone health, aids immune system function and supports lung and heart health, among numerous other functions.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

Hepatitis C may raise risk for Parkinson's

While some people with hepatitis C may experience short-term illness that occurs within 6 months of exposure to HCV, around 70-85% of infected individuals experience chronic illness, which can lead to severe liver problems such as liver cancer or cirrhosis.Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is most commonly transmitted through contact with blood from an infected person, primarily through the sharing of needles.

Move of the Week: Cross-Leg Diagonal Crunches

To achieve a cinched waist, it’s important to target all of your core muscles. This move in particular is fantastic for working out your obliques (those ab muscles on the side of your body.) Learn how to do Cross-Leg Diagonal Crunches with the help of Health‘s contributing fitness editor, Kristin McGee.

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

E-CIGARETTE & VAPE - PRESS

PRESS STATEMENT
MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH WILL ACT ON ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CONTAINING
NICOTINE USING THE POISON ACT 1952

Recently, there were a number of references on Vaping made in the social
media as well as the newspapers. The Ministry of Health (MOH) would like to clarify
its stand in this matter.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Ice Cubes issues Viral Causes Typhoid Be in Kuala Lumpur

Ministry sources viral on social media about allegations that typhoid fever in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur due to the ice cubes produced by factories operating illegally.

The Ministry of Health would like to stress that under Rule 394A, the Food Regulations 1985, the Food Act 1983 all ice factory must be licensed by the Ministry of Health and any unlicensed ice plant will be subject to enforcement action. In this case, the owner of an ice factory operating without a valid license from the Ministry of Health shall be liable to a fine not exceeding RM5,000.00 or to imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years.

Reduced Fat Creamy Skippy® issues Peanut Butter Spread Called Back For Reliable Contaminated With Metal Fragments

The Ministry of Health took note of a report from the website of the US Food and Drug Administation (FDA) in www.fda.gov.my about me recall voluntarily and is limited by the company Hormel Foods Sales LLC, United States (US) against a batch of peanut butter product SKIPPY® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread is distributed in Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware and Arkansas, the US feared contaminated with fine metal fragments. Batch involved are packing 16.3 ounce jars, "Best If Used By" the DEC1416LR1 with the UPC code 37600-10500.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Tuberculosis mortality nearly halved since 1990

A field worker interviews a woman holding her infant, writing notes in a book.

28 OCTOBER 2015 ¦ GENEVA - The fight against tuberculosis is paying off, with this year’s death rate nearly half of what it was in 1990. Nevertheless, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2014. Most of these deaths could have been prevented, according to WHO’s Global tuberculosis report 2015, which was released today in Washington.

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Prostate cancer: should PSA screening be routine?

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men behind skin cancer. There are expected to be 220,800 new cases diagnosed in the US this year. Although this number is high, death rates from prostate cancer are relatively low. Almost 100% of men diagnosed with the disease will survive 5 years or more - a rate many medical professionals attribute to prostate-specific antigen testing.

Many medical professionals believe the improvement in death rates from prostate cancer since the 1990s is down to the introduction of PSA testing.

The US Food And Drug Administration (FDA) first approved prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing to screen asymptomatic men for prostate cancer in the early 1990s. In the decade prior to this approval, 5-year survival rates from the cancer stood at around 70-75%. By 1998, it had increased to 98.2%.

Ebola transmission in Liberia over. Nation enters 90-day intensive surveillance period

Today, 3 September 2015, WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission in the human population. Forty-two days have passed since the second negative test on 22 July 2015 of the last laboratory-confirmed case. Liberia now enters a 90-day period of heightened surveillance.

Considerations for mass gathering events and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS - CoV) Interim guidance

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Editors: WHO
Publication date: 5 August 2015
Languages: English

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WHO statement on the tenth meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding MERS

WHO statement
3 September 2015

The tenth meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR 2005) regarding the Middle East respiratory syndrome 1 was held by teleconference on 2 September 2015, from 1300 to 1620 Central European Summer Time (UTC +2). During the meeting the WHO Secretariat provided an update to the Committee on epidemiological and scientific developments, including recent cases and transmission patterns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The Secretariat also provided current risk assessments with regard to these events, and information on control and prevention measures.

IHR Emergency Committee concerning MERS-CoV

World Hepatitis Summit harnesses global momentum to eliminate viral hepatitis

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2 SEPTEMBER 2015 ¦ GLASGOW - Participants at the first-ever World Hepatitis Summit will urge countries to develop national programmes that can ultimately eliminate viral hepatitis as a problem of public health concern.

“We know how to prevent viral hepatitis, we have a safe and effective vaccine for hepatitis B, and we now have medicines that can cure people with hepatitis C and control hepatitis B infection,” said Dr Gottfried Hirnschall, Director of the WHO’s Global Hepatitis Programme. “Yet access to diagnosis and treatment is still lacking or inaccessible in many parts of the world. This summit is a wake-up call to build momentum to prevent, diagnose, treat - and eventually eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health problem.”

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)

Introduction

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the world. Tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year worldwide, and current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 8 million deaths annually by 2030. In Malaysia, smoking remains one of the top 10 reasons for hospitalization and causes of death. The Global Tobacco Survey 2011 reported 4.75 million smokers aged 15 and above in Malaysia. Tobacco cessation can significantly reduce the risk of smoking-related disease. One of the common smoking cessation treatments available is Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT). According to Cochrane Study 2008, NRT increases the rate of quitting by 50% to 70%.

Liberia conducts first polio, measles immunizations since Ebola outbreak.

Joint statement from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia; the Centers for Disease Control (CDC); the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Monrovia, 8 May 2015 – A week-long campaign to vaccinate more than 600,000 children against polio and measles kicks off today in Liberia, led by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and supported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Preparedness and Response for MERS-CoV

Common symptoms are acute, serious respiratory illness with fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Reducing sugars intake among adults and children

4 MARCH 2015 ¦ GENEVA - A new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health benefits.

Guideline on sugars intake for adult and children

Free sugars refer to monosaccharides (such as glucose, fructose) and disaccharides (such as sucrose or table sugar) added to foods and drinks by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit juice concentrates.

Ebola vaccine efficacy trial ready to launch in Guinea

Ebola response in Koinadugu District, Sierra Leone.

Joint news release WHO/MSF/NIPH

5 MARCH 2015 ¦ GENEVA - Based on promising data from initial clinical trials in late 2014, WHO with the Health Ministry of Guinea, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Epicentre and The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), will launch a Phase III trial in Guinea on 7 March to test the VSV-EBOV vaccine for efficacy and effectiveness to prevent Ebola. The vaccine was developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. A second vaccine will be tested in a sequential study, as supply becomes available.

Coffee intake linked to reduced risk of MS

A new study set to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 67th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, suggests yet another potential health benefit of coffee consumption: it could reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis.

MS is thought to be an autoimmune disease, whereby immune-system induced inflammation damages the protective coating of nerve fibers, called myelin. Symptoms of MS vary but commonly include loss of balance and coordination, blurred vision, extremefatigue, tremors and numbness.It is estimated that more than 2.3 million people worldwide have multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic disease of the central nervous system - the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.

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