Introduction: 15% of our children have special needs with the majority of them having learning disorders. It is important to enable inclusive education at all levels as this benefits all children, not just the disabled. Inclusion is not about success but about acceptance. It is important that we work together to achieve the National Education…
The medical community has much to learn about probiotics and their effects on individual patients before the supplements can be broadly prescribed to achieve uniform effects, results of two new studies show. The randomized, controlled studies, which relied on serial biopsies rather than stool samples, show that whereas some patients appear to benefit of probiotics,…
TITAH DULI YANG MAHA MULIA RAJA PERMAISURI PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN TUANKU ZARA SALIM UPACARA PERASMIAN KONGRES KE EMPAT PULUH PERSATUAN PEDIATRIK MALAYSIA TARIKH: 25 ZULHIJJAH 1439 / 6 SEPTEMBER 2018 (KHAMIS) MASA: 9.30 PAGI TEMPAT: PUSAT KONVENSYEN IPOH. ‘MATLAMAT PEMBANGUNAN LESTARI; MENANGANI MASALAH MASYARAKAT DAN KANAK-KANAK TERPINGGIR’ …
The following letter is signed by 30 Malaysian medical organisations. We represent the majority of the medical fraternity in Malaysia. We are writing to express our support for the Ministry of Health’s recent announcement by the Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye that the Ministry intends to gazette alfresco restaurants as no-smoking zones under…
This first-ever joint global report from World Health Organization (WHO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank Group makes clear that poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels. Key findings in the report include: • Health care workers in seven low-…
Download the August 2018 edition of the Protocol for Management of Hand Food and Mouth Disease and Herpangina at Clinics and Hospitals in Sarawak. PROTOCOL FOR MANAGEMENT OF HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (HFMD) AND HERPANGINA AT CLINICS AND HOSPITALS IN SARAWAK
Download the Integrated Plan for Detection & Management of Neonatal Jaundice here. This current guideline for has been reviewed in line with the 2015 Ministry of Health’s Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Neonatal Jaundice (second edition) and is meant for use as reference by staff from both hospital and health clinics.
In newborn babies, jaundice is so common as to be termed physiological. It affects around 60% of term babies and around 80% of preterm babies in the first week of their lives. Clinicians need to monitor it carefully and sometimes treat it, since it can lead to conditions like acute bilirubin encephalopathy and kernicterus that can damage the infant’s…
TORONTO — In pediatric medicine, unnecessary testing can be eliminated without compromising outcomes if every physician simply asks how the test will benefit the patient, new data show. Overtesting and overdiagnosis is prevalent in pediatrics, said Eric Coon, MD, from the University of Utah School of Medicine Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. And…
