Mak Fai

If you suffer from long-term or severe depression, with constant thoughts of death or dying, including ideas about suicide, seek professional help immediately. For occasional sadness and depression, here are some ways to lift the fog:  EXECISE. Depression is in many cases a result of a lifestyle of physical immobility. Studies have found that running or jogging for example, lifts depression. It...

Consciously or unconsciously every moment of our day, if we’re not practising gratitude, we’re practisng a degree of ingratitude. We’re never really standing still. We’re either being grateful or ungrateful. With gratitude, our attention is focussed on the blessings of life.  Ingratitude blinds us to these blessings. In every situation, find a way to be grateful. Every day is a great...

Acupressure - which is literally "finger pressure" or "touch communication" - is said to be able to help relieve many kinds of health problems like asthma, everyday ailments like knee pain, and even stress-related disorders like tightness around the neck. How does it work? And what are the advantages this traditional therapy in Chinese medicine has over modern medicine? We spoke to a local...

In a recent media expose, Tramadol, a highly addictive drug being was found to be sold openly in pharmacies all over the country. CAP is shocked at how easily a narcotic posing as a painkiller is being openly sold to schoolchildren and drug addicts for as little as RM1 each. We question why the Ministry of Health has yet to respond to the Addiction Medicine Association of Malaysia’s (AMAM) call...

Under the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Regulations 2006, patients have the right to receive information, on request, of the estimated charges for services to be provided and of other unanticipated charges for services that are routine or usual. Consumers association of Penang (CAP) refers to the 2007 press report of former Health Minister Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek expressing serious...