Diabetes and Oral Health

Introduction

Too much glucose (also called sugar) in your blood from diabetes can cause infection and other problems in your mouth. Your mouth includes your teeth, your gums, your jaw, tissues such as your tongue, the roof and floor of your mouth, and the inside of your cheeks.

Glucose is present in your saliva-he liquid in your mouth that makes it wet. When diabetes is not controlled, high glucose levels in your saliva help harmful germs, called plaque, grow. Plaque also comes from eating foods that contain sugars or starches. Some types of plaque cause tooth decay or cavities. Other types of plaque cause gum disease.

Gum disease can happen more often, be more severe, and take longer to heal if you have diabetes. In turn, having gum disease can make your blood glucose hard to control. Some studies show that treating your gum disease makes it easier to control your blood glucose

Categories of diabetes: Type I, which results from an absolute insulin deficiency; Type II, which is the result of insulin resistance and an insulin secretory defect (Ship, 2003).

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Situasi Terkini Penyakit Tangan, Kaki dan Mulut (HFMD) di Malaysia

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Rokok Elektronik & Vape

Rokok Elektronik & Vape

Definisi Rokok Elektronik & Vape

Kementerian Kesihatan mendefinisikan peranti elektronik yang mengandungi nikotin adalah dirujuk sebagai ‘rokok elektronik’ (eCig), sementara yang tidak mengandungi nikotin, adalah dirujuk sebagai Vape.

Komponen utama Rokok Elektronik dan Vape adalah

Bateri
Atomiser
Katrij

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Health Advisory For Workplaces During Haze

HEALTH ADVISORY FOR WORKPLACES DURING HAZE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MALAYSIA



Introduction

Haze is a situation where there is pollution to the air by suspended particulate matter. The various determinants of air pollution are, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Carbon Monoxide and PM10. The fine particulate matter or PM10 (particulate of size 10 micron and below) is the main concern as it may lead to adverse health conditions.

Haze is caused when sunlight encounters tiny pollution particles in the air. Some light is absorbed by particles while other light is scattered away before it reaches an observer. The more the pollutants,  the more the absorption and scattering of light, which reduces the clarity and color of what we see. Air quality is determined by the Air Pollutant Index which is measured by the Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

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Combating Obesity: Societal and Environmental issues and challenges

MASO 2015 Scientific Conference on Obesity

“Combating Obesity: Societal and Environmental issues and challenges”

Date: 28-29 October, 2015

Venue: Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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%.

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Tuberculosis mortality nearly halved since 1990

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.

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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.

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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

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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.”

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WHO recommends 10 measurements for HIV epidemic

Staff from WHO and partner organizations at the launch of the guidelines in Bangkok, Thailand

Launch of the WHO Consolidated strategic information guidelines for HIV in the health sector

The new Consolidated strategic information guidelines for HIV in the health sector are being launched at the 3rd HIV surveillance consultation starting today in Bangkok, Thailand. The guidelines were developed in partnership with the Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNICEF and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).11 MAY 2015 | Bangkok, Thailand – The World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending simplified indicators to measure the reach of HIV services, and the impact achieved at both the national and global levels.

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KOSPEN

Program "Komuniti Sihat Perkasa Negara" (KOSPEN) adalah inisiatif yang telah dicetuskan oleh YB Menteri Kesihatan Malaysia, Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam pada Julai 2013 dalam usaha menangani masalah peningkatan bebanan Penyakit Tidak Berjangkit (Non Communicable Disease, NCD) di negara ini. Inisiatif ini merupakan satu transformasi perkhidmatan kesihatan awam dalam usaha meningkatkan mutu kesihatan rakyat Malaysia melalui pemerkasaan serta peluasan penglibatan masyarakat dalam program kesihatan awam dengan menggabungkan mekanisma kerajaan sedia ada terutamanya di peringkat akar-umbi. Pelaksanaan inisiatif ini adalah melalui pendekatan yang agresif dengan penubuhanfunctional units yang terdiri daripada sukarelawan dari kalangan masyarakat di seluruh Negara yang akan bertindak sebagaihealth agent of change. Kumpulan sukarelawan ini dikenali sebagai Pasukan Gerak Sihat Malaysia atau singkatannya GSiM.

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First Ebola vaccine to be tested in affected communities one year into outbreak

Ring vaccination starts in Coyah, Guinea

Conakry, 25 March, 2015 – The Guinean Government with the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated the very first efficacy trial of an Ebola vaccine this week in an affected community of the Basse-Guinée, one of the areas where most Ebola cases are found in the country. Ring vaccination tests of VSV-EBOV, a lead Ebola vaccine developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada, received an excellent response from the community in a small village in the Coyah prefecture, where the trial team arrived on 23 March.

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Preparedness and Response for MERS-CoV

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

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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.

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