Health Today Malaysia Magazine - December 2018

In this issue

The HealthToday team would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Do take a breather and spend time with your family and friends. If you’re throwing a party, check out the fancy drink recipes our contributing dietitian-cum-chef provided. This is also a good time to reflect on your life in 2018. We are all works in progress, just inching along trying to make life better for ourselves as well as others. Our Cendol story this month is about a group of healthcare professionals who headed for the remote kampungs of Sabah to conduct medical camps for the villagers. Year-end is also a good time to get health check-ups done especially for elderly parents as a geriatrician tells us. As it’s also the school holidays, read our paediatrician’s tips on how to keep our children safe when at play and while traveling. All this and lots more, so subscribe now!

Skip The Sugar

There’s no denying that sugar makes food yummy (and makes us happy). Unfortunately, too much of it also brings a whole host of health problems.

4 mins

Budget Talk: Improving Cancer Care In The Public Sector

Before Malaysia’s Budget 2019 was announced, leaders in cancer care and support discussed the current shortcomings and presented recommendations for improvement. HealthToday was at the front row to bring you the updates.

5 mins

As We Grow Older, Which Of Our Five Senses Will Be The First To Go?

“There is no clear-cut answer to that question,” consultant geriatrician Professor Dr Tan Maw Pin says when we ask her this question. “There are many factors to consider.”

4 mins

Healing A Hurt Heel

For the second article in our new series on sports injuries, a sports medicine physician takes us through the causes and treatments for plantar fasciitis, commonly experienced as pain in the heel.

5 mins

Enable The Disabled Understanding Down Syndrome

In conjunction with International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, we look at how we can support those who are “differently abled” and take a closer look at Down syndrome.

4 mins

Safety Tips For Children

The school holidays are upon us! Here’s a timely reminder from a paediatrician about keeping kids safe at home, at play or while travelling.

5 mins

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald Review By Hannah May-lee Wong

Dive Into the World of Wizardry Once Again

2 mins

The Superhero Of The Sea

Get to know the handsome hunk in the big, splashing year-end movie, Aquaman. Say hi to Jason Momoa.

6 mins

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