In conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2022, Roche Malaysia, in partnership with TAW and LPPKN, is encouraging women to be more aware about breast cancer care, to establish a future proof healthcare plan and to reimagine their time, health, and future.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 A consumer group today described the Health Ministry’s move to ban the sale of tobacco and smoking product to those born in 2005 onwards, in a move.
DECEMBER 17 ― We all know smokers who can't or simply won't stop smoking. They cough, they wheeze, but they completely fail to respond to any intervention programmes. It has been over 70 years since Doll and Hill published the landmark study on the harmful effects of smoking. Yet since then,.
Background: Cancer has become the leading cause of mortality in Singapore and among other Asian populations worldwide. Despite the presence of National Cancer Screening programmes in Singapore, less than half of the population has had timely screening according to guidelines. The underlying factors of poor cancer screening rates and health outcomes among Asian ethnic groups remain poorly understood. We therefore examined cancer screening participation rates and screening behaviour in a multi-ethnic Singapore population. Methods: We collected data from 7,125 respondents of the 2015-2016 Singapore Community Health Study. Factors associated with cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening were evaluated using modified Poisson regression. Adjusted prevalence ratios were computed with 95% confidence intervals after adjusting for confounders. Results: The respondents’ mean age was 57.7±10.9 years, 58.9% were female and were predominately Chinese (73.0%), followed by Malay (14.2%