Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) demonstration and interhospital meeting

Posted on September 7, 2016May 14, 2019 by MEMS

7 September 2016 An AVS Demonstration and seminar was recently held in Institut Kanser Negara, jointly organised by the Endocrinology Department of Hospital Putrajaya and the Radiology department of Institut Kanser Negara. The objevtive of the event was to examine how we can improve our AVS suc...

UMMC Diabetes Camp 2016

Posted on September 1, 2016June 27, 2019 by MEMS

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...

Pioglitazone Bladder Cancer Link Seen Again

Posted on April 5, 2016June 27, 2019 by MEMS

5 April 2016 But absolute risk remains low overall, finds large British study. by Parker Brown Staff Writer, MedPage Today Pioglitazone (Actos) was associated with a higher risk of bladder cancer than other diabetes drugs in a large population-based cohort study. Researchers looked at about...

Report on Tribute to Arwah Professor Hajjah Dr Fatimah Harun

Posted on January 21, 2016June 27, 2019 by MEMS

21 January 2016 The Faculty of Medicine (FOM) University of Malaya with the help of Department of Paediatrics, held a memoir session to honour Arwah Professor Dr Fatimah Harun. The event was held on the 12th of January 2016 at 3pm in TJ Danaraj Auditorium. Families, colleagues, classmates, ex-...

Children’s Annual Diabetic Camp Universiti Sains Malaysia 2015 Report

Posted on January 8, 2016June 27, 2019 by MEMS

8 January 2016 The Children’s Annual Diabetes Camp Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was held on the 13th-14th of March 2015 at Perdana Resort, Kota Bharu Kelantan. The main objective of the camp is to educate and help children and adolescents with diabetes to familiarize with the practical manag...

UMMC Annual Diabetes Camp 2015 Report

Posted on June 15, 2015June 27, 2019 by MEMS

15 June 2015 UMMC (previously known as University Hospital) has been organizing Diabetes Camp since a very long time ago. The event backdated to 1980’s when diabetes camp was held annually involving both adult and children with diabetes. The numbers of children with type 1 diabetes were minim...

DiabCare Malaysia 2013 Action Plan Workshop

Posted on March 26, 2015June 27, 2019 by MEMS

26 March 2015 13th November 2014, Putrajaya Diabetes in Malaysia The most recent National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) conducted by the Malaysian Ministry of Health in 2011 (NHMS IV) demonstrated a 31% rise in prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among adults aged 18 or older in the spac...

PPUKM Diabetes Camp 2014

Posted on August 27, 2014June 27, 2019 by MEMS

27 August 2014 28 May 2014 marked the beginning of most Malaysian children’s favourite time of the year – school holidays! For a special group of children and adolescents, there was something extra to look forward to. It was time once again, for the Young Diabetic Support Group (YDSG) of PPU...

Children’s Annual Diabetes Camp University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) 2013

Posted on July 8, 2014June 27, 2019 by MEMS

8 July 2014 The Children’s Annual Diabetes Camp University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) was held on the 19th-21st of December 2013 at Avillion Admiral Cove, Port Dickson Negeri Sembilan. The camp was organised by the Paediatric Endocrine Unit UMMC and this year we invited children and young p...

Surgery for Diabetes?

Posted on March 18, 2012June 27, 2019 by MEMS

18 April 2012 Recently, two studies were published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEMJ) providing compelling evidence that surgical methods of achieving weight loss can lead to better control of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). It is well established that weight loss in an obese per...

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