KUALA LUMPUR: Diabetes is among the most feared non-communicable diseases due to its potential to trigger complications that can lead to kidney disease, heart disease and stroke.

SEOUL: Ryu Ok Hada always wanted to help people, but now the South Korean trainee doctor has walked off the job and stands outside the hospital where he worked, holding his medical gown in his hand.

SEOUL: The emergency departments at three of South Korea’s biggest hospitals were on red alert on Thursday as trainee doctors vowed to stay off the job in protest at government plans to increase medical school admissions to boost the healthcare sector.

SEOUL: Thousands of trainee doctors at South Korea’s biggest hospitals joined a walkout on Wednesday to protest a plan to admit more students to medical school, disrupting treatment for scores of patients, health authorities said.

SEOUL: Trainee doctors at South Korea’s major hospitals pledged to stage a walkout on Tuesday to protest against a government plan to admit more students into medical schools, stoking fears of delays to surgical operations and patient treatment.

SEOUL: South Korea's prime minister pleaded on Sunday with doctors not to take people's lives hostage, a day before scores of trainee doctors are expected to quit to protest a plan to increase medical school admissions and the number of physicians.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank officer Siti Suriani Ahmad tends to have an asthma flare-up whenever she travels long distances by road.

CHILDHOOD cavities are not harmless – studies show that children who have cavities at a young age are three times more likely to have them as adults.

WHEN Ignasi Biosca-Reig heard there were shortages of amoxicillin in Spain, he quickly added shifts at his drug company's factories to boost production of the popular antibiotic.

Since March this year, as life seemed to make its way back to normality, children started to attend school, classes, and sports activities again.

ONCE a medical college professor said to his students: “If you want to make good money as a physician, choose paediatrics as a career.”

KUALA LUMPUR: As Malaysians continue to spend a bulk of their time indoors amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have cautioned against serious health risks that could stem from indoor air pollutants (IAP) if adequate measures are not taken.

LETTERS: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, we the undersigned view with much apprehension and concern the current status of the Covid-19 outbreak in the country. Our national metrics paint a very bleak picture of Covid-19 pandemic management.

JAKARTA: A worrying number of doctors has admitted to experiencing depression and burnout at work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

PARIS: Every week, it seems, the list of coronavirus symptoms -- ranging from disagreeable to deadly, from "Covid toes" to toxic shock -- grows longer.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has to be prepared for any eventuality that the Wuhan coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of six people in the capital Chinese city, may spread here.

Three Malaysian researchers recently received the prestigious Australian Endeavour Leadership Programme Awards 2019 that gave them the opportunity to undertake post-doctoral research with leading universities and research institutes in Australia.

KUALA LUMPUR: Farhan (not his real name) was taken to a private hospital by his parents to seek treatment for an infection on his right leg.

Short stature in children should not be disregarded because it may indicate an underlying health problem writes Meera Murugesan

SINGAPORE: When her son was two months old, Anna Tan (not her real name) had him circumcised, mainly for hygiene reasons.