The HEALTH : June 2018 | Page 4

04 current news NCSM provides free breast cancer screening THE National Cancer Society (NCSM) of Malaysia is currently providing free breast screening and pap smear to underprivileged women at the Cancer & Health Screening Clinic, Kuala Lumpur. It is open for households with an income of RM5,000 and below or individuals with an income of RM3,000 and below, women aged 25 to 39 years old, Malaysians only and applicable for residents staying in the Klang Valley and the surrounding suburban and rural areas. The programme is valid until July 31. The HEALTH | JUNE, 2018 Conference to launch diabetes in pregnancy guidelines T HE Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS) will be organising its ninth annual congress this year. Themed ‘Evolving towards Excellence in Endocrinology’, the event aims to encourage scientific research in endocrinology and foster collaboration with local and regional colleagues. The Ministry of Health Malaysia director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a press statement recently commented that the conference this year serves as a platform for the launch- ing of the Malaysian Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on the Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy which is hoped to help clinicians manage diabetes cases in pregnant mothers according to the latest current evidence within available resources. The evidence-based CPG has been developed by a multidisciplinary team consisting of family medicine specialists, Novartis holds heart healthy awareness campaign NCSM celebrating its launch of the coffee table book recently. Cancer society launch new coffee-table book THE National Cancer Society Malaysia (NCSM) recently launched a new coffee-table book entitled “Indelible footprints of the National Cancer Society of Malaysia”. The book tells about t