KUALA LUMPUR: Heart attack remains the leading cause of death in Malaysia for the 14th year. Ischaemic heart diseases, which occur when arteries of the heart cannot deliver enough oxygen-rich blood to the heart, continued to be the main cause of death in Malaysia last year with a total of 18,267 deaths or 15.6% of total deaths from various causes, the latest Statistics on Causes of Death in Malaysia released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) revealed Continue reading →

Bulimia Nervosa is one of the most common psychiatric disorders among women which is said to affect about 1.5% of the population. New research points out that women with this condition who are serious enough to be hospitalized have about four times higher risk for heart diseases and premature death. Continue reading →

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November is National Diabetes Month. However, for almost a half-million Oklahomans, every day is diabetes day. According to the American Diabetes Association, over 451,000 Oklahomans have diabetes and more than a million are pre-diabetic. Continue reading →

Pain between the naval region and the lower jaw, spreading till the hands, could signal heart trouble, said experts at a medical event -- Newer prospective in cardiac management -- organised here by a hospital on Saturday. Such a pain should not be taken lightly. In fact, if a person experiencing a heart attack reaches the hospital within the first 60 minutes -- also known as the golden hour -- and gets the required medical support, his / her life can return to complete normalcy, said Dr Kirtiman Singh, senior cardiologist, while addressing the media at on the sidelines of the continuing medical education (CME) programme organised by the Ajanta Hospital. Continue reading →

- Advertisement - Heart attack remains the leading cause of death in Malaysia for the 14th year and it was theprincipal cause of death for males in Malaysia with 12,510 deaths (17.8%) while for females, the principal cause of death was pneumonia with 6,033 deaths (12.8%). This was revealedin a report fromthe Department of Statistics Malaysia on the latest causes of death in the country. The report says last year, 172,031 total deaths from various causeswere recordedoran increase of 2.3% compared to 168,168 in 2017 Continue reading →

High blood pressure means a person's blood pressure is consistently too high and that their heart has to work harder to pump blood around their body. It is easy to ignore high blood pressure as the condition doesnt reveal any symptoms initially, but, if left untreated, it can lead to heart and circulatory diseases such as heart attack or stroke Continue reading →

Foods associated with better health also have the lowest impact on the environment, a new study finds. This suggests that a few key dietary changes could present a double win for humans, and the planet. The new analysis, led by the Oxford University, revealed several intriguing overlaps between diet, human, and environmental health. Continue reading →