Update: Mobile blogging enabled
I have added the Wphone plugin for WordPress. This allows MMR bloggers who are equipped with an iPhone (none at the moment haha)to blog on the go. All one has to do is to check the ‘Use mobile admin...
View ArticleBlack eye for the medical profession (III)
The press statement by the MMA President. : The conflict in the two autopsy reports related to Kugan Ananthan has caused all Malaysians to speculate on the reasons for the contrasting differences...
View ArticleHelp – missing doctors!!
I was asked to post this by Dr. SC Ng: “Two well known doctors from Ampang Putri Hospital have been missing for past two days. If anyone see the doctors’ car Nissan Latio, hatchback, black Reg No: BKF...
View ArticleWHO raises pandemic alert level to 4
Reuters reports The World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert level over the deadly swine flu virus to phase 4 on Monday, indicating the infection could spread between humans to cause...
View ArticleMedical misinformation in Malaysiakini: the Live Blood Analysis hocus pocus
I thought they got it right when Malaysiakini ran an article Blood tests a big scam? but unfortunately quite a fair bit of it was about an “explanation” from an alleged Klang Valley doctor who touted...
View ArticleDoctor dies after catching H1N1
A British GP has recently been reported to have died after catching H1N1 Dr Michael Day, from Bedfordshire, north of London, died on Saturday at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, local NHS officials said....
View ArticleGenetic basis for the Placebo effect
“Feeling good” after any particular treatment does not mean the treatment worked. It could well be the Placebo effect. This is the reason why treatments should be tested using randomised controlled...
View ArticleAnti-viral drugs at early stage of the flu for practically all?
The Star reported today Anyone with flu-like symptoms and with high fever that persists for more than 48 hours should now be treated with anti-viral drugs, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said. The Health...
View ArticleH1N1 – the testing confusion
I think there are mixed signals about testing coming out from the MOH especially when there were earlier media reports about the Health Minister encouraging doctors to use the “rapid test”. The Star...
View ArticleBig Think: Swine Flu and the next Pandemic
Andrew Seidler wrote in: Dear Malaysian Medical Resources, In response to the growing global concern over the H1N1 virus, Big Think, an online interactive think tank featuring video interviews with...
View ArticleWHO releases new guidelines for the treatment of malaria
The WHO has updated their Guidelines for the treatment of malaria. The main changes from the first edition of the guidelines, which was originally published in 2006, are the emphasis on testing before...
View ArticleIt’s Bersih Day!
On May 5, it’s time to ensure your hands are Bersih. Save lives – CLEAN YOUR HANDS. Clean Care is Safer care The goal of Clean Care is Safer Care is to ensure that infection control is acknowledged...
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