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Diabetes and Heart Disease

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Many people are not aware of the close connection between diabetes and heart disease. Among the few complications of diabetes, heart disease is one of the most common one. It’s so common that having diabetes actually doubles your risk for heart attack. Diabetes increases your risk for many [...]

Diabetes Care Centre

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The Diabetes Care Centre has been developed as part of our commitment to provide high quality care and services to our diabetic patients. Leveraging on a multidisciplinary network that exists within Sunway Medical Centre, our Diabetes Care Centre uses a holistic approach to care for our [...]

Diabetes Care During COVID-19

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Since first being recorded late last year in China, COVID-19 has spread around the world and been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, sending billions of people into lockdown. As the world goes into some form of lockdown due to this pandemic, individuals with pre-existing medical [...]

Diabetes Management: Two-pronged Approach To Medication For Life, Rapid Glycemic Control And Reduction Of Organ Damage

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The most frightening aspect of diabetes mellitus is not only the metabolic loss of blood glucose control, but also its extensive effects on the systemic vascular system. Hyperglycemia chronically damages the body's large and small blood vessels, leading to a series of serious complications. [...]

Diabetic Eye Screening Package

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Safeguard Your Vision by Getting a Diabetic Eye Screening Today For those with diabetes, taking care of your eyes is crucial. Regular eye screenings can catch potential issues before they impact your vision permanently. Cherish your sight and get your yearly screenings before it is too [...]

Dialysis Centre In Malaysia

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During a haemodialysis treatment, a patient sits next to a haemodialysis machine and two needles will be placed in a vein of the patient’s forearm in order for the patient’s blood to be pumped out and filtered. The treatment does not hurt although some patients may experience nausea [...]

Did You Know? 5 Types of Silent Cancer You Should Know

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Many leading cancers have no clear-cut symptoms in their earliest stages. These five silent cancers may present symptoms that you don’t recognise as something serious enough to get yourself checked but early cancer detection increases the chances for successful treatments. So let’s [...]

Dietetics & Nutrition Services

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Our diets affect us in many different ways, from fuelling our growth to helping prevent disease and faster recovery from sickness, what we choose to eat & ways to eat correctly has a big impact on our lives. SunMed Dietetics & Nutrition Services offers a comprehensive range [...]

Digestive Health Centre

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Digestive problems happen to all of us from time to time—an upset stomach, indigestion, gas, heartburn, constipation, or diarrhea. These can be caused by certain types of food, food contaminated with harmful bacteria, or flu or other short-term illness. Many digestive problems [...]

Digital Mammography

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Mammography is a specific type of imaging that uses a low-dose x-ray system to examine breasts. Both digital and conventional mammography use x-rays to produce an image of the breast. However, in digital mammography, the image is stored as a computer file (instead of a piece of film) [...]

Do I Need Surgery For Knee Pain or Hip Pain?

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Experiencing pain on knee and hip joint are no longer relevant to only older people. Much younger people are also at the risk of getting hip strain and injury as they are more into sports like a marathon. But does knee or hip pain always require surgery? Or are there other solution or [...]

Does Avoiding Screenings Mean You're Safe? Your "Ostrich" Mentality Lets Cancer Get Ahead

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Cancer is quite common and its lethality cannot be underestimated, so it is an issue that no one should take lightly. However, many people delay seeking medical treatment because they avoid screening for various reasons, resulting in irreparable deficiencies. In fact, early detection of [...]

Does Consuming Ultra-Processed Food Increase Your Risk of Obesity, Diabetes or Cancer?

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According to the World Health Organisation, 70% of deaths worldwide today are due to Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). These include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases and diabetes; which are caused mainly by unhealthy diets and lifestyles. This is why on World Health Day, [...]

Doktor, Saya Banyak Sedih (I’m Sad, Doctor.)

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“Doktor, Saya Banyak Sedih.” (I’m Sad, Doctor.) By Dr Samuel Ong, cardiologist P sees me for his cardio check-up once a year. He always comes unaccompanied. In between these annual visits, he does his regular check-ups at a government clinic in his hometown. [...]

Don't Keep Quiet About Breast Cancer

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Cancer treatment is often perceived as painful, making many willing to keep quiet than seek treatment. Some even believe in alternative methods, thinking that the disease can be cured that way. This causes patients to only seek medical advice when cancer cells have spread. Sunway [...]

Don’t delay cancer screening

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In June, the US government’s top cancer doctor Norman Sharpless estimated in his article in Science magazine that pandemic-caused delays in cancer screenings and treatment are likely to cause devastating results in the coming years, citing that there may be “10,000 more breast and [...]