21 October 2013 KUALA LUMPUR: An alarming 3.6 million adults are estimated to be affected by diabetes in Malaysia, according to Obesity Prevention Council president Jong Koi Chong. Jong said this makes Malaysia the country with the highest number of diabetics in Asean and sixth in the western pac...

21 October 2013 Malaysians are at great risk of a disease that is preventable by lifestyle change WHEN the existence of a dangerous stretch or bend in a road is known, good and careful drivers will slow down and take every precaution  to not  add themselves to the accident statistics. Drivers w...

14 October 2013 PARIS, France: A DNA flaw may explain why people with Type 2 diabetes are more prone to blood cancers than the rest of the population, a study said Sunday. Doctors have long known that Type 2 diabetes is associated with leukaemia  and lymphoma, but the reasons for this have been ...

14 October 2013 PARIS: Older adults with diabetes are between 50 and 80 per cent likelier to have a disability compared to people without the disease, according to a review published on Wednesday. Researchers at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne,  Australia, trawled through...

14 October 2013 SUBANG JAYA: About one in every seven Malaysian has diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic disease that can lead to complications such as heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure, among others. In Malaysia, heart disease is the first leading cause of death, but the World Health Organisa...

7 October 2013 PHARMACEUTICAL firm MSD has launched a mobile app called Ramadhan, Diabetes And Me to help diabetics manage their blood sugar levels while fasting. Its managing director, Ewe Kheng Huat, says the app is part of its Ramadan Hypoglycaemia campaign 2012. The company has also launched ...

7 October 2013 IF you’re a diabetic and planning to fast during Ramadan, you probably would like to download the Ramadan, Diabetes And Me app to help monitor your blood sugar level. Developed by local company MSD Malaysia for type 2 diabetes patients, this free mobile app offers a blood sugar t...

7 October 2013 WORRYING STATISTICS: Malaysia has the highest incidence of end-stage renal failure attributed to diabetes MUAR: THE Health Ministry has urged the public to take care of their kidneys as the number of patients suffering from kidney disease is on the rise. Datuk Dr Azmi Shapie, the f...

28 September 2013 Over 1,000 people turned up at Putrajaya Wetland for the Putrajaya Global Diabetes Walk, which aimed at raising awareness on the disease. The 5km walkathon was organised by Putrajaya Hospital, Perbadanan Putrajaya and Novo Nordisk Pharma (M) Sdn Bhd in conjunction with World Dia...

28 September 2013 For acromegaly patients, rude stares are the smallest problem, writes Tengku Sofiah Aishah MOST people aspire to stand out, especially in work or study, but for an acromegaly patient, he or she just wants to blend in. “Acromegaly is a disease of growth hormone (GH) hypersecret...