Kaedah Puasa Penghidap Barah

Pesakit barah memerlukan pola pemakanan seimbang yang di lengkapi nutrien mencukupi, tinggi kalori dan protein. Ia penting untuk menyembuhkan tisu yang rosak selepas menjalani rawatan dan meningkatkan sistem ketahanan badan pesakit. Pesakit barah yang berpuasa pada Ramadan perlu mengekalkan amalan ini bagi mengelakkan masalah kekurangan nutrisi penting yang akan meningkatkan risiko kekurangan zat makanan iaitu malnutrisi. Pusat Rawatan Kanser Amerika Syarikat melaporkan, hampir 65 hingga 70 peratus pesakit barah mengalami malnutrisi. Barah berkaitan malnutrisi akan menyebabkan pesakit berasa letih. lemah dan gagal mencapai matlamat rawatan yang diberikan.

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About Ovarian Cancer

In 2018, a woman in Connecticut had undergone a removal of a tumor from her ovary that weighed 60kg! The symptom she had was merely a rapid increase in body weight over a few months. Luckily, the tumor was not malignant. She survived the operation and did not need any further treatment after the surgery.

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In the Absence of the Influenza Vaccine

The single most effective way to prevent influenza is to get vaccinated annually. However, in addition to vaccination, or should the influenza vaccine not be accessible to you, what are the other things you can do to protect yourself?

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Ask the Doctor: Kidney Diseases

In conjunction with World Kidney Day on March 12, this month we will be exploring the topic of kidney health. To explain more about the kidney disease situation in Malaysia, we speak to Columbia Asia Hospital – Klang Consultant Internal Medicine Physician & Nephrologist, Dr. T Kalaiselvam A/L Thevandran.

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Taste the Flavour of Life

Today, the importance of women in our society is beyond imagination. Women with their ambitions, intelligence and strength have surely contributed to the development of a modern society.

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Autism – What You Need To Know

Dr Sharifah Aida Alhabshi is a pediatrician at Columbia Asia Hospital – Petaling Jaya with a special interest in child-learning difficulties and child psychology. In conjunction with World Autism Day, we speak to her about the basics of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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