KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — A total of RM9.65 billion was spent to treat non-communicable diseases (NCD), which is 16.8 per cent of the country's health expenditure, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 19 – The public, especially those living in areas at risk of flooding, have been advised to be vigilant by keeping the environment clean, to avoid the spread of dengue fever.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) and International Medical University (IMU) recently launched the first large-scale cohort study on diabetes to explore factors involved in the development of diabetes and complications which patients experience.

SEREMBAN, July 8 – The government has to spend RM4.9 billion a year to implement efforts to deal with problems related to diabetes in the country, which is seen as worrying, and it is estimated that 3.9 million adults currently suffer from the disease.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, June 9 – Some 68 per cent of 22,767 individuals who participated in the state government’s free health screening programme Selangor Saring last year were identified to have suffered from diabetes, high cholesterol, or both. According to an infographic...

PETALING JAYA, April 4 — On average, Muslims in Malaysia fast for 13 hours a day during Ramadan.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — The prevalence of diabetes is still showing an alarmingly increasing trend every year despite globally agreed on targets to control the rise of diabetes by 2025.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has said it has never certified any product or food that can replace medicine as a substitute.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has never endorsed any product or food which can replace medicines including insulin to treat diabetes and control blood sugar.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has never endorsed any product or food that can replace medicines including insulin to treat diabetes and control blood sugar levels.

SHAH ALAM, April 6 — Diabetics are three to four times more likely than others to have severe Covid-19 symptoms, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 — A recent study by researchers in the United States showing that Covid-19 may raise the risk of diabetes in children has set the alarm bells ringing in medical circles.

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini DIABETES mellitus, or commonly known as diabetes, remains one of the major non-communicable diseases in Malaysia.  According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2019 conducted by the Health Ministry, the prevalence rate of diabetes in adults in Malaysia...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Cheese-coated banana fritters, boba or bubble iced teas and Milo ais kepal (a concoction of ice cubes, Milo and sweetened creamer sprinkled with crushed peanuts) are among the ‘hipster’ snacks and beverages sought after by youngsters in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Having grappled with the Covid-19 pandemic for a year now, vaccines that promise to curb the transmission of the deadly coronavirus are finally available in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — One in two patients did not know they had diabetes until a blood sugar screening was performed, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer, cost the Malaysian economy upwards of RM8.91 billion, equivalent to about 0.65 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.