29 August 2018 Working Together to Tackle Diabetes   Prepared by: Paediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)   The Diabetes Education Workshop was held on 11th August 2018 in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sungai Buloh Campus. This workshop was organized by the...

22 July 2018 BFM interview with Dr Zanariah Hussein, Consultant Endocrinologist. Aired on 17 July 2018.   Please watch the interview at https://www.bfm.my/damaged-nerves-diabetic-complication   A painful nerve damage can be caused by chronically high blood sugar and diabetes. Diabetic neuropathy ...

22 July 2018 Pfizer Malaysia together with Diabetes Malaysia, Malaysian Endocrine & Metabolic Society and Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur launched the Blue Socks campaign, a disease awareness campaign designed to build understanding of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) for patients, healt...

9 June 2018 The main congress was preceded by a pre-congress workshop “Masterclass in Adolescent Endocrinology” held on 3 May 2018 attended by 62 participants. Case studies presented by local faculty were interspersed with lectures presented by Professor Dr. Michelle Jack from Australia, Prof...

4 June 2018 In conjunction to the International Thyroid Awareness Week, Merck has partnered MEMS in organizing a series of thyroid evening lectures consecutively at three cities: 21st May at KL (chaired by Dr. Zanariah Hussein), 22nd May at Penang (chaired by Dr. Ang Hock Aun) and 23rd May at...

23 May 2018  The launch of “The Malaysian Atlas of Paediatric Endocrinology” was held on the 5th May 2018 during the recent MEMS Annual Congress (MAC) 9 at Hilton, Kuala Lumpur. The ceremony started with a speech given by Prof Dr Wu Loo Ling, representing the Paediatric Endocrine Group. ...

4 April 2018  Programme: PATh 2018 Location: Le Meridien Hotel, Kuala Lumpur A media briefing and diabetes symposium were organised under PATh Malaysia (Patient Algorithm Therapy for Metabolic Control) to promote structured lifestyle intervention for better diabetes management in line with the...

20 December 2016  The Children’s Annual Diabetes Camp “Universiti Sains Malaysia” (USM) was held on the 25th-26th of November 2016 at Grand Riverview Hotel, Kota Bharu Kelantan. The main objective of the camp is to re-educate and help children and adolescents with diabetes to familiarize with ...

1 September 2016  Date: 16 – 18 March 2016 Venue: Eight Acres, Raub, Pahang We are proud to report our annual children’s diabetes camp UMMC 2016. We decided to embrace the nature and brought the children into the woods this year. We found Eight Acres deep in the palm plantation away from the...