Th e HEALTH | JANUARY, 2019
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The Team
Editor's Note
A brand
new year
EL LAW
Executive Director
ellaw@revonmedia.com
KAY MATHY
Publisher
kaymathy@revonmedia.com
LAW BENG CHEE
CEO/Editor-in-chief
bclaw@revonmedia.com
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
NORMAN HUSSAINI
Editor
norman@revonmedia.com
A.AZAM
Creative Director
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HE year 2019 marks the year for a
renewal, a change in the wind for
many of us. Perhaps you are starting
work at a new place, buying a new house,
having a child, or just trying to shave off
some weight. Each and every one of us will
need to persevere and be the best at what we
can be.
Yet it all starts with your health. Th e plans
you planned will not come if you are lying in
a.azam@revonmedia.com
CHONG SUKE HAN
Senior Designer
sukehan@revonmedia.com
SALES AND MARKETING
DEPARTMENT
KHAIRUL AMILIN
Brand Manager
khairul@revonmedia.com
V.GUNASAGARAM
Marketing Advisor
vguna@revonmedia.com
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ROBERT KOK
Business Advisors
No blood needed
for glucose test
MIMOS developed a completely
non-invasive glucose monitoring device,
set for 2019
robert@revonmedia.com
WEINA CHEN
• Collaborate in the fi ght
weina@revonmedia.com
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Research shows air pollution emitted by
cigarettes is 10 times greater than diesel car
exhaust
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against breast-cancer
• Malaysia remains vulnerable to
anemia’s threats on pregnancy
SAHANA
Media Consultants
sahana@revonmedia.com
HALSYCON RESOURCES
SDN BHD
Media Representative
Clean air, our right
Championing a
non-smoking culture
The Malaysian Health Promotion Board
(MHPB) spearheading the non-smoking
advocacy efforts in Malaysia
• Th e people has spoken
johnlim@halsycon.com
• Denormalising smoking
in public
• Criteria for certifi cation
IT & WEBSITE SUPPORT
FRANCIS LEE
Digital Specialist
francis@revonmedia.com
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MUHAMMAD FITRI HAKIM
Multimedia Executive
fi tri@revonmedia.com
• Positive steps in transforming
Malaysian healthcare
• 7 healthcare service initiatives
for 2019
• Concerns regarding
B40 healthcare fund
• Sugar tax, innovative yet fl awed
SMART PARTNESHIP
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2019 Budget for healthcare
aims for impact
AAD initiates clean-up drive
Clean-up work done following a spike
in dengue cases around Selangor
• Free medical treatment
at Gleneagles KK
• Th e all new sports+
by Tune Protect
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Malaysian workforce
experience work-related
stress
Healthiest Workplace by AIA Vitality
2018 survey found that absence and
presenteeism still affecting organisations’
performance
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The country’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
inevitably and continuously declines
• LPPKN’s role to increase
• Mental health can be the
cause of lesser productivity
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fertility rate
• Malaysian women
late to become mothers
Driving precision medicine
with tumour profi ling
A complementary approach
to treating cancer
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• Th e all new sports+
by Tune Protect
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No smoking for all
Greater anti-smoking enforcement needed
for the wellbeing of Malaysians
Malaysian fertility
in jeopardy
Treatment for severe
period pain and infertility
Severe pain during your period and infertility
can be caused by endometriosis, and there
are treatments which can help
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Polycystic ovary syndrome
Where one symptom does not fi t all