Amend Act 586 Before Launching Base MHIT, Says Gopeng MP
Gopeng MP Tan Kar Hing wants the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act to be amended first to control private hospital charges beyond doctor fees (facilities, drugs and consumables) and prevent "over-servicing" before launching the Base MHIT plan. The post Amend Act 586 Before Launching Bas
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Is it true that … you can never eat too much fibre?
Fibremaxxing is everywhere, and most of us should eat more roughage, but your gut won’t thank you for overloadingFibre has replaced protein as TikTok health influencers’ macronutrient du jour, with “fibremaxxers” urging followers to pack as much roughage into their diets as possible. But is the sky
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The pet I’ll never forget: Merlin the therapy sheep
When Merlin came to live with me, his only job was to clear the weeds from my fields. But his calm, affectionate nature has made him a vital part of my therapy practiceMerlin the sheep came to me by chance four years ago. A friend of mine had a lamb she was bottle-feeding, but she couldn’t look afte
Consider Hiring Foreign Doctors As Mitigation Strategy: Kota Melaka MP
Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong says the prospect of hiring foreign doctors may need to be considered as a short-term mitigation strategy to address dire shortages of housemen and specialists, but standards can't be compromised. Remuneration must be fair. The post Consider Hiring Foreign Doctors As M
SPM BM, History Requirements Worsening Housemen Shortage: PMPS
The Penang Medical Practitioners Society wants a re-evaluation of SPM BM and History requirements for medical practice in the public sector, saying this obstacle is preventing students from non-mainstream education pathways from joining housemanship. The post SPM BM, History Requirements Worsening H
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Monday briefing: Has the single-use vape ban made any difference to our health or our environment?
In today’s newsletter: Nearly a year after disposable vapes were outlawed, new figures suggest the policy has delivered only modest gains while creating new challengesGood morning. They seemed to come from nowhere: millions of multicoloured plastic contraptions, each producing a plume of sweet-sme
WFH For Civil Servants: Don’t Forget Those Who Can’t Stay Home — Concerned Doctor
As health workers, policemen, military personnel, and emergency responders can't work from home, frontline civil servants should get targeted financial incentives and child care support. When flexibility is given to some, fairness must be extended to all. The post WFH For Civil Servants: Don’t Forge
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Man fears stroke or heart attack due to aspirin shortage
David Slater, 72, says ministers need to step up and sort out issues with the medication.
JanaVeteran Project Empowers ATM Veterans Through Ginger Farming
Boustead Plantations' JanaVeteran project enables Malaysian Armed Forces veterans to cultivate ginger, a high-value cash crop. Participants receive a guaranteed monthly income of RM2,000. Malaysia has low self-sufficiency for ginger at 15%. The post JanaVeteran Project Empowers ATM Veterans Through
Johor Government Pays For Locum Doctors At Public Emergency Departments
The Johor state government is paying for locum doctor services at the green zone of the emergency departments of HSAJB and HSI to cut congestion and waiting times. Johor exco Ling Tian Soon says most of these locum doctors are existing government doctors. The post Johor Government Pays For Locum Doc
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'I nearly broke trying to help my partner with addiction issues'
Claire Harkin believes the experiences of people who are supporting loved ones with an addiction can be overlooked.
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NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service
Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’NHS to miss targets for cutting A&E wait times and performance in EnglandIn the Great Hall at the University of East London last Wednesday, the perennially upbeat Wes Streeting was exudin
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NHS to miss targets for cutting A&E wait times and performance in England
Exclusive: Health secretary’s pledges in doubt as analysis shows health service will not deliver key improvementsThe NHS is set to miss key targets to shorten waiting times for help at A&E, cancer care and planned hospital treatment, leaving millions of patients facing persistently long delays.The h
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The Guardian view on peptides: Robert F Kennedy Jr would leave public health policy to the hucksters | Editorial
The US health secretary says he is a big fan of peptides. Many are promising drugs, but the only way to know their utility is proper clinical trialsRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, is a chaotic person, but his Make America Healthy Again (Maha) agenda tends to follow a predictable logic.
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A Secret History of Psychosis
Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions.
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Table tennis can help manage Parkinson’s | Brief letters
Benefits of ping-pong | The Waterboys | Ode to the moon | A puckle of gravel | John Moore-BrabazonRegarding your article (A moment that changed me: I thought my Parkinson’s was the end of my life, but dancing changed everything, 25 March), people with Parkinson’s might like to take up table tennis.
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US abortion rate holds steady largely due to travel and telehealth availability – report
Shift seen away from from traveling to states with legal abortion in favor of telehealth and mail-order pillsThe abortion rate is holding steady in the US despite total and partial bans in some states – largely because of travel across state lines and a significant increase in telehealth appointment
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Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time
Anatomy of one of least studied human organs could improve outcomes for women who have pelvic surgeryAlmost 30 years after the intricate web of nerves inside the penis was plotted out, the same mapping has finally been completed for one of the least-studied organs in the human body – the clitoris.As
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‘I thought, what the hell have I done?’: the people who moved abroad for love – and regretted it
Emigrating to be with your partner sounds wildly romantic, but what happens when the person is right and the place very much isn’t?I met my wife in Queensland in 2001. She’s from Bern, but was in Australia to study marine science. She needed help collecting fish for her project, and had heard that I
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Our skin is falling off and no-one can tell us why
People sharing pictures and accounts on socials of red, inflamed skin have triggered the first UK research into TSW.