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KKM sasar kadar penyusuan susu ibu sebanyak 70 peratus menjelang 2025

Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) menyasarkan kadar penyusuan susu ibu eksklusif dalam kalangan bayi bawah umur enam bulan mencecah sebanyak 70 peratus menjelang 2025.

HLA sasar 12,000 polisi insurans 'HLA Fit CI' dilanggan menjelang hujung tahun

Hong Leong Assurance Bhd (HLA) menyasarkan 12,000 polisi dilanggan menjelang hujung tahun ini untuk pelan insurans ‘HLA Fit CI (Critical Illnesses)’ yang dilancarkan awal tahun ini.

HL Assurance targets 12,000 "HLA FiT CI" policies by year-end

PETALING JAYA, Feb 19 (Bernama) -- Hong Leong Assurance Bhd is optimistic it will have 12,000 policy holders by year-end for its HLA Fit CI (critical illness) insurance plan launched earlier this year.

KPJ Healthcare aims to attract medical tourists from Indonesia

JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 19 (Bernama) -- KPJ Healthcare Bhd will continue to focus on Indonesia’s Riau Islands in attracting more foreign medical tourists to its newest hospital, KPJ Bandar Dato’ Onn.

Perlu ambil kira beberapa faktor sebelum bina Hospital Semenyih

Kementerian Kesihatan perlu mengambil kira beberapa faktor termasuk keperluan dan kepadatan penduduk sebelum merancang untuk membina hospital di Semenyih, Selangor, kata Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. 

Cadangan naiktaraf HGM dapat sambutan baik ramai - Kae Chyau

Orang ramai terutama penduduk Jajahan Gua Musang menyambut baik cadangan Kerajaan Persekutuan menaiktaraf Hospital Gua Musang (HGM).

Inisiatif atasi masalah parkir Hospital Melaka

Kerajaan Negeri Melaka mengambil inisiatif tertentu bagi mengatasi masalah kesesakan tempat letak kenderaan  yang kritikal dan berlarutan sejak sekian lama di Hospital Melaka, Jalan Mufti Haji Khalil di sini.

Australian research paves way for one-shot flu vaccine

SYDNEY, Feb 19 (Bernama) -- Australian researchers have paved the way for a universal flu vaccine by identifying immune cells, called killer T cells, which can fight all variants of the influenza virus, reported Xinhua News Agency.

Dapur Kolej Vokasional Kuala Kangsar ditutup sementara

IPOH, 19 Feb (Bernama) -- Premis dapur asrama Kolej Vokasional Kuala Kangsar ditutup sementara di bawah Akta Pencegahan dan Pengawalan Penyakit Berjangkit 1988 bagi tujuan siasatan lanjut dan pembersihan.

Diabetes Medications -- Insulin and Other Injectables

By Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr. Mustaffa Embong, Consultant Diabetologist

The writer Emeritus Professor Datuk Dr Mustaffa Embong is consultant diabetologist at the National Diabetes Institute (NADI). This is the second of his series of articles on medications for people with diabetes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- In the previous write-up on medications for people with diabetes, we talked about the use of oral medications (tablets) for the treatment of diabetes as an addition (not a replacement) to a healthy diet and regular physical activity.

In this article, we will discuss briefly the use of insulin and other injectables in the treatment of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We will also touch on other medications usually prescribed for people with diabetes.