A stroke can happen to anyone. Unfortunately, many still believe that they are only susceptible to it as they grow older. Of late, the number of stroke cases in Malaysia have been on the rise,
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What is Sarcoma and what causes it? Sarcoma is a rare cancer that affects connective tissues, which are cells that connect or support other kinds of tissues in your body. The tumours are most commonly
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Our eyes work like cameras, as they consist of three main components which are the glass mirror (cornea), film of the camera (retina) and the lens (also known as the lens in our eyes). When
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If we’ve been taking our lungs for granted all this while, the current pandemic and the fear it has generated would have surely set many of us straight, especially due to the way the lungs
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Q & A with Sia Ban Ian. CEO, Bactakleen Malaysia is one of the most popular destinations in Southeast Asia. We are known for many things, our picture-perfect sandy beaches, dazzling cityscapes, and disappointingly our
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Plant-based diets are trending these days. The good news is that not only is it a popular diet, but science actually supports a plant-based diet. A plant-based diet is based on foods derived from mainly
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Just as garlic and onion are capable of causing our breath to smell unpleasant, there are also foods you can eat to have the opposite effect, which is, to freshen your breath instead! So, what
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As Malaysians, we are no strangers to the exotic purple fruit called the mangosteen. Did you know, though, that they are pretty rare and hard to come by in many other parts of the world?
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Malaysia has recently seen a surge in COVID-19 cases contributed by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the disease. As the number of COVID-19 cases in the country continue to rise, vaccinations play a huge
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Diabetes remains one of the major non-communicable conditions in Malaysia, affecting up to 3.9 million of the Malaysian population with 16.8 per cent. According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019, seven million
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