Compared with traditional open surgery, a minimally invasive surgery called eXtreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF®) confers more positive surgical experiences for patients who underwent spinal surgery. Presenting at a press conference, spine surgeons Dr Appasamy Velu and Dr Siow Yew Siong from the Sri Kota Specialist Medical Centre (SKSMC) in Klang, Malaysia, highlighted the advantages [...]
Sep 28 2011 | Posted in
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries in the Western Pacific Region to make greater efforts to curb smoking among their populations by having graphic health warnings placed on cigarette packs. In a statement marking the release of the latest WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, Dr Shin Young-Soo, WHO’s Regional Director for [...]
Emerging data is suggesting a declining trend in invasive pneumococcal disease rates, following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) 10 years ago. “The data we are beginning to see since the introduction of the 13-valent PCV (PCV-13) into our national immunisation programme is also encouraging,” said Dr Catalina Pírez at the press conference of [...]
Sep 8 2011 | Posted in
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APHM International Healthcare Conference and Exhibition 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 06-08 July 20 Malaysia is a hidden jewel that has much to offer to the growing healthcare travel industry, but needs to define its ‘customer value proposition’ and make itself more visible to the world. In her presentation at the APHM International Healthcare Conference and [...]
Aug 18 2011 | Posted in
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APHM International Healthcare Conference and Exhibition 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 06-08 July 2011 Unlike Malaysia and Singapore that has a neighbour country, Indonesia, that provides 60,000 to 70,000 patients a year, the majority of international patients in Thailand today are from non-Thai Asia Pacific countries and the Middle East. According to Mr Raymond Chong, CEO [...]
APHM International Healthcare Conference and Exhibition 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 06-08 July 2011 Malaysia will soon introduce its Medical Devices Act by the end of 2011. The act is expected to be established when the current Medical Devices Bill 2010 is presented to the Malaysian parliament this September. Under the new Medical Devices Act, both [...]
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Translating policies into practice in Malaysian primary care Authors: Krishnapillai S Ambigga, Anis S Ramli, Ariaratnam Suthahar, Norlaili Tauhid, Lyn Clearihan and Colette Browning Population ageing remains a global phenomenon in this new millennium and is poised to become a major issue in developing countries. Malaysia, an upper middle income country, with a population of [...]
Urgent coordinated action is needed to avoid millions of preventable strokes, according to a new report ‘How Can We Avoid a Stroke Crisis in the Asia-Pacific Region?’ launched during the 18th Asian Pacific Congress of Cardiology (APCC) held in Kuala Lumpur on May 5-8. The report, launched during the congress by Action for Stroke Prevention, [...]
