ShanghaiDaily.com:

A body is a dynamic and constantly changing living thing.

Health screening can provide a comprehensive assessment and reveal information on diseases in their early stages, often well before any symptoms have shown. Fei Lai checks it out.

Health screening, a high-tech periodic evaluation of the body to assess an individual’s well-being, is a vital part of the plan for a healthier tomorrow.

Many diseases are preventable.

Early detection of a disease is more cost-effective than treating the disease itself.

“If people are in their fifties, if they have diabetes, high cholesterol or high blood pressure, or if they have a family history of heart disease, they may be at risk, even if they feel great now,” says Gu Jun, who is in charge of the Shanghai MJ Health Screening Center.

“It is prevention rather than repairing that matters. Health screening is not simply health checking. Its function is to understand the condition of the body, what to improve or maintain. It is a tactic. The ultimate goal is effective health management and improvement, which is the key for a better future.”

A body is a dynamic and constantly changing living thing. Health screening can provide a comprehensive assessment and offer information on diseases in their early stages, often well before any symptoms have shown.

According to Gu, the diseases that can show up may include heart disease, gout, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cancer, which often have no symptoms until advanced stages when treatment may be too late.

“Having a regular, thorough check-up can give up-to-date information about people’s bodies and offer them peace of mind,” Gu says. “The earlier medical problems are identified, the greater the chance of a cure, or of minimizing the effects on your health and well-being.” (more…)

MJ Life in the news about 20 bad health habits.

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Health minister is worried about the state of affairs among Malaysian youths and wants young people to take charge of their own well being.

More and more young Malaysians are becoming obese. There is an increase in youths suffering from depression. Social, synthetic drug usage amongst the young is at an alarming rate. And while the spread of HIV from drug abuse is down, AIDS contracted from indiscriminate, unprotected sex among heterosexuals is on the rise. And a lot more young people between 21 and 25 are smoking.

It’s an understatement to say that Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai is deeply concerned with the state of affairs involving our youths.

Knowing fully well how important this segment of society is to the future of the country, it is the minister’s intention - indeed it is one of his main goals - to see as many young Malaysians grow up into productive adults, having adopted a good, healthy lifestyle.

But the challenge seems insurmountable, what with almost the whole world’s youth population, going through the same predicaments.

“The young today have so much more to cope with; a lot more to deal with than the past generations. And this is where the problem lies. Many are not able to withstand the stress which comes from the ultra competitive world we live in now,” Liow, who has a daughter and two sons, discloses.

Liow reveals, because of this, some become suicidal (although he says the numbers are not so high in Malaysia as in many other countries), some turn to drugs, and there are those who just give up on life. Then there are the others who would find solace in their packs of cigarettes.

“Twenty one percent of the population smokes. That’s shocking.” (more…)

Taiwan singer A Sun (A Sang), who touched many music lovers with her melancholy voice, has died of breast cancer.

Media reports singer Judy Huang Yanlin, nicknamed A Sun, passed away earlier Monday, April 6 in a Taiwan hospital, following a failed battle with breast cancer. She was 34.

According to reports, she was diagnosed in the late period of breast cancer last October. She kept this fact covered from her friends and record company.

Before becoming famous she would sing at pubs and built up serious live show experience.

A Sun shot to fame with the closing theme song ‘Ye Zi’, or ‘leaves’, of Taiwan idol TV series ‘Rosebush’s Love’ and caught widespread public attention with hit song ‘Ji Mo Zai Chang Ge’, or ‘For the Lonely’, a remake of 1970’s classic song ‘Moonlight Flower’ by Michael Cretu.

Her stage name ‘Sang’ (from ‘cang sang’ which suggests unpredictable changes in life in Chinese ) was adopted by her record company, as people learned a strong feeling of sorrow from her sophisticated melancholic tunes.

A Sun released two albums, “Love Hurts” and “Angel”, both were very welcomed.

Source: China Daily

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MENTION “kidney disease” and the first image that springs to mind is that of listless patients, tucked away in quiet rooms with the curtains drawn and tubed into dialysis machines.

Yet these late-stage patients represent the minority of Malaysians living with damaged kidneys. The majority of them, on the other hand, can be seen all around you, walking, talking, laughing and working; living seemingly healthy and productive lives, while the two fist-sized organs that straddle each of their spines below the ribs slowly close shop.

President of the Malaysian Society of Nephrology, Dr Philip N. Jeremiah … The message to the public at large is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is common, harmful and treatable

The majority in this case is about 2.7 million Malaysians, for according to the National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia (NKF), as many as one in 10 of us, and one in 10 adults globally, are living with some form or level of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).

Prevent, prevent, detect, prevent

“The message to the public at large is CKD is common, harmful and treatable,” says Dr Philip.

Early detection is a simple matter of regular screening. Just ask your usual healthcare provider (you don’t have to ask a specialist) for an annual kidney health check if you fall within a high-risk target group.

More worryingly, as many as nine out of 10 of these adults living with kidney damage remain unidentified and therefore go untreated. That means around 2.4 million Malaysians are not being treated for CKD. And the numbers are constantly rising. (more…)