jessie chan

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned about the recent report about a Hospital Pulau Pinang houseman who committed suicide, the second case in two years. While healthcare professionals’ psychologically toxic working environment is much highlighted, the investigation of the doctor’s suicide case should be comprehensive as bullying of trainee and junior medical staff may likely...

THE word “cancer” is enough to strike fear in anyone. There is no cure for the disease. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world, and in Malaysia. About 49,000 people in Malaysia were estimated to be newly-diagnosed with cancer in 2020. And this figure is expected to rise to more than 66,000 new cases annually by 2030. While some cancer risk factors are beyond our control,...

Sitting 1 hour less daily and increasing light physical activity can help prevent Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in just 3 months. This is what a new study in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sports has found. Science has time and again shown that exercise can treat and prevent many disabling diseases, even fatal ones. Some examples: heart disease, cancer, stroke, hypertension,...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the authorities to regulate Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in products sold in the country. The call is made in view of tests conducted on erasers and thermal papers from Malaysia. The erasers were bought from popular outlets in Penang. Most of the erasers were made in China. Some of the erasers had fanciful features (like funny shapes,...