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thestar.com.my23 Sep, 9:02 am

"What happens to my child when I'm gone?" Minister urges Malaysia to plan long-term care for neurodivergent adults as their parents age. 🧩

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thestar.com.my23 Sep

"Build their confidence, rather than simply punish them." Sabah minister urges families to guide youths away from drugs, starting with phone-free dinners together…

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A 3D AI scanner at govt clinics now maps your spine, shoulders & pelvis alignment. Penang physio demand has doubled in 10 years, and sessions cost just RM1–RM5. 🦴

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thestar.com.my23 Sep

Parit Buntar Hospital officially opened: RM173.3mil, 76 beds, maternity, HDU, dialysis & 2 OTs, 8 years after construction began on tricky padi-field soil. 🏥

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nst.com.my23 Sep

Haze illnesses easing: MOH says asthma cases at sentinel clinics fell 35% last week, with conjunctivitis and URTI also down. But 16 stations were still 'unhealthy…

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"What happens to my child when I'm gone?" Minister urges Malaysia to plan long-term care for neurodivergent adults as their parents age. 🧩

"Build their confidence, rather than simply punish them." Sabah minister urges families to guide youths away from drugs, starting with phone-free dinners together…

A 3D AI scanner at govt clinics now maps your spine, shoulders & pelvis alignment. Penang physio demand has doubled in 10 years, and sessions cost just RM1–RM5. 🦴

Parit Buntar Hospital officially opened: RM173.3mil, 76 beds, maternity, HDU, dialysis & 2 OTs, 8 years after construction began on tricky padi-field soil. 🏥

Haze illnesses easing: MOH says asthma cases at sentinel clinics fell 35% last week, with conjunctivitis and URTI also down. But 16 stations were still 'unhealthy…

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Type 2 diabetes now shows up in M'sian kids as young as 14, says MOH. Early onset raises risk of kidney failure, vision loss & heart disease by their 30s — childh…

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"What happens to my child when I'm gone?" Minister urges Malaysia to plan long-term care for neurodivergent adults as their parents age. 🧩

"Build their confidence, rather than simply punish them." Sabah minister urges families to guide youths away from drugs, starting with phone-free dinners together…

A 3D AI scanner at govt clinics now maps your spine, shoulders & pelvis alignment. Penang physio demand has doubled in 10 years, and sessions cost just RM1–RM5. 🦴

Parit Buntar Hospital officially opened: RM173.3mil, 76 beds, maternity, HDU, dialysis & 2 OTs, 8 years after construction began on tricky padi-field soil. 🏥

Haze illnesses easing: MOH says asthma cases at sentinel clinics fell 35% last week, with conjunctivitis and URTI also down. But 16 stations were still 'unhealthy…

More from the health desk

Asean health ministers met in KL on transboundary haze but left without a health protocol, body, or deadline. Families still just told: stay indoors, wait. 😷

43,019 secondary schoolkids & 341 primary pupils (some just 9) smoke in M'sia. CAP wants Budget 2027 to hike cigarette tax to price teens out. 🚬

Type 2 diabetes now shows up in M'sian kids as young as 14, says MOH. Early onset raises risk of kidney failure, vision loss & heart disease by their 30s — childh…

Serdang's Heart Centre logged 69 cardiac cases in a day — 45% of M'sia's MOH caseload. 🫀

Life of a young doctor #anime #burnout youtu.be/0MtnbXGiSck

Misleading online health ads will now be referred to MCMC for review, says Comms Minister Fahmi Fadzil after meeting medical groups. 📱

Shocked by a clinic bill? An academic argues patients deserve to see medicine costs before they're dispensed, court stay or not. 💊

Cloud seeding begins over Selangor, KL & Putrajaya after API readings stayed above 150 for 24+ hrs, using an RMAF C-130. ☁️

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