Diabetes and blindness

3 May 2011 KUALA LUMPUR: One in four patients with severe diabetic-related retina damage end up blind because they come in too late. The national Diabetic Eye Registry principal investigator Dr Nor Fariza Ngah said that out of 13,973 patients with diabetic retinopathy, 3,311 suffered severe reti...

I’m big

3 May 2011 While acromegaly usually does not make adults tall giants as gigantism do in children, it comes with a host of other health problems. THE changes were so gradual, it took former accountant Ling Poh Hwa and his doctors five years to figure out he had acromegaly – a condition where the...

Health: Dishes for diabetics

26 April 2011 With a little thought and care, you can make delicious meals, including dessert, for a diabetic. MEERA MURUGESAN finds out how. MENTION “diabetic diet” and most of us will think of bland, tasteless dishes making their way to the dinner table. But how about oven grilled sambal fi...

Striking the right balance to keep fit

26 April 2011 A Liverpool legend shares the importance of fitness and nutrition in playing football at the top level. THE black hair and moustache of his heyday may have gone, but about 10 years after retiring from professional football, Ian Rush’s physique is still pretty much intact. At 49 ye...

Top picks: Danger food for diabetics

18 April 2011 NO matter what type of diabetes you have, a proper balanced meal plan is vital. Poor food choices will work against your efforts to stay healthy. Although having diabetes does not mean you should be deprived of any food item, some are best left out of your meal plan. These include f...

Don’t lose sight of this disease

12 April 2011 BEWARE the sneak thief of sight! This is glaucoma which is now occurring in teenagers and increasingly among those in their early 20s and 30s. Previously the disease was only prevalent among those above 45 but today’s lifestyle has put a severe strain on the people’s eyesight and th...

Controlling diabetes

17 March 2011 For those with pre-diabetes and diabetes, there are various nutrients the body needs in larger amounts. WORLD Diabetes Day falls on November 14 this year. The first such world diabetes event was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health O...