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An update on obesity research pattern among adults in Malaysia: a scoping review
Background Obesity is a global health burden in the non-communicable diseases and much efforts have been implemented in the past decade in response to the rise of obesity... -
Cranial neural tube defect after trimethoprim exposure
Objectives The Neural Tube Defects Research Group of University of Malaya was approached to analyze a tablet named TELSE, which may have resulted in a baby born with central... -
How to fund your research in Malaysia
This material presented as workshop speech in 1st ICESE 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -
A survey of health problems of Nepalese female migrants workers in the Middle...
Background Nepal is a key supplier of labour for countries in the Middle East, India and Malaysia. As many more men than women leave Nepal to work abroad, female migrant workers... -
Waist to Height Ratio: An alternative anthropometric indicator for early dete...
Introduction Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) recently received much attention as an indicator for early health risk (diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular). Many Asian... -
Knowledge Cluster Formation as a Science Policy in Malaysia: Lessons Learned
Regional science policy aims to create productive knowledge clusters, which are central places within an epistemic landscape of knowledge production and dissemination. These... -
Health Care as Commons: An Indigenous Approach to Universal Health Coverage
Modern health care systems of today are predominantly derived from Western models and are either state owned or under private ownership. Government, through their health... -
Rethinking health care commercialization: evidence from Malaysia
Background Against the backdrop of systemic inefficiency in the public health care system and the theoretical claims that markets result in performance and efficiency... -
Lifestyle, chronic diseases and self-rated health among Malaysian adults: res...
Background Self-rated health (SRH) has been demonstrated as a valid and appropriate predictor of incident mortality and chronic morbidity. Associations between lifestyle,... -
Seroprevalence of dengue among healthy adults in a rural community in Souther...
Background The frequency and magnitude of dengue epidemics continue to increase exponentially in Malaysia, with a shift in the age range predominance toward adults and an... -
Complementary alternative medicine use among patients with dengue fever in th...
Background In Malaysia, the number of reported cases of dengue fever demonstrates an increasing trend. Since dengue fever has no vaccine or antiviral treatment available, it has... -
A complex behavioural change intervention to reduce the risk of diabetes and ...
Background Over the past two decades, the population of Malaysia has grown rapidly and the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Malaysia has dramatically increased, along with the...
