​Masalah Kulit Indikasikan Penyakit Pada Tubuh

Metrotvnews.com, Jakarta: Ilmu pengetahuan selalu menawarkan informasi baru untuk mendeteksi berbagai macam penyakit. Seperti yang belum lama ini dipaparkan oleh dr. Doris Day, dermatologis dari Lenox Hills Hospital di New York City.  Dalam hal ini, Day memaparkan bagaimana perubahan kulit dapat menjadi alarm bagi kesehatan tubuh...

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Memasuki Musim Hujan, Waspadai Demam Berdarah

BANDUNG,(PRLM).- Bandung dan sekitarnya saat ini mulai memasuki awal musim hujan. Salah satu penyakit yang harus diwaspadai adalah demam berdarah. Staf Data dan Informasi Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika, Bandung, Neneng Sugianti menuturkan hujan dengan intensitas ringan dan sedang seperti saat ini menyebabkan banyak genangan air. Genangan air ini dapat ditemui misalnya di benda-benda bekas, seperti kaleng dan ban,...

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Public apathy leads to dengue spike

KUALA LUMPUR: Dengue fever has reached pandemic levels due to public apathy. There were 88,806 cases reported until Nov 8 this year compared to 31,170 in the corresponding period last year. “Most Aedes breeding grounds formed out of human negligence,” said operations director of the Malaysian Integrated Medical Professionals Association...

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Reduction of imported car prices by up to 30% on track

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is committed to ensure that prices of imported cars particularly those in the mid-range engine capacity will be reduced by up to 30%, said International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Hamim Samuri(pic) on Thursday.  "The Government will keep its promise of reducing prices of imported cars...

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Pemanis tiruan dijamin selamat?

Aspartame dipercayai menimbulkan rasa lapar, menyebabkan seseorang makan secara berlebihan MAYO Clinic yang dipercayai sumber rujukan utama golongan perubatan moden mendapati pemanis tiruan adalah selamat dan tidak mengganggu paras gula darah. Kenyataan tersebut berdasarkan artikel berjudul Artificial Sweeteners and Other Sugar Substitutes...

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Home cooking a key ingredient to a healthy diet

When people cook most of their meals at home, they consume fewer carbohydrates, less sugar and less fat than those who cook less or not at all Cooking at home can lead to consuming fewer calories and healthier foods, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Research. “When people cook most of...

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RM79bil in losses from road fatalities, says ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: Road deaths have cost the nation a whopping RM79bil over the last nine years, with an average of 18 to 19 deaths daily. Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said 65,850 people were killed in road accidents between 2004 and last year. “For last year alone, road accident deaths numbered 6,916 people, with an estimated cost of about RM8.3bil,” he said at the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic...

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Non-citizens must pay full hospital fees

KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has agreed to increase the cost for non-citizens seeking treatment at government hospitals and clinics to 100% in three phases from January next year. The existing rates imposed on them will be increased by 30% next year, another 30% in 2017 and 40% in 2017. In announcing this when winding up debate on the Supply Bill 2015 in the Dewan Rakyat for his ministry yesterday, Health Minister Datuk Seri...

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Driver survives burned MPV after slammed by truck carrying LPG gas cylinders

KUALA LUMPUR: A truckload ferrying LPG gas cylinders skidded at 257-km north of Ipoh and Kuala Kangsar on PLUS highway, this morning. According to the Fire and Rescue team, an MPV was razed in the fire and a car was badly dented due to collision with the gas cylinders which were scattered on the highway. The victims including the lorry...

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Superbiker killed in crash

KUANTAN: A high-powered motorcycle rider was killed when his 650cc Kawasaki Versys rammed into a steel barrier at Km15, Jalan Kuantan-Pintasan near Sungai Karang early in the morning. The victim, Mohd Rosmainie Radzi, 33, a maintenance staff of Megaview Kuantan Hotel, died at the scene of severe head and body injuries. Pahang police contingent headquarters traffic chief DSP Mohd Noor Yusof Ali said the victim was...

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