Traditional practices in postnatal care continue to be widely popular in Malaysia. For generations, these practices have been taught and strongly followed within the community. They are based upon practical experience and observation, and involve the…
The inclusion of prayer-for-health (PFH) in the definition of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) has resulted in higher levels of CAM use. The objective of this study was to assess PFH and CAM use among breast cancer patients undergoing…
Popularly known as “the silent disease” since early symptoms are usually absent, osteoporosis causes progressive bone loss, which renders the bones susceptible to fractures. Bone fracture healing is a complex process consisting of four overlapping…
Physicians play a dominant role in most health
care systems and changes in the systems depend
on their opinions and attitudes. We therefore
surveyed physicians in Malaysia regarding appropriate rural health care and traditional Malay
medicine.…
Traditional healing is a common practice in low and middle income countries such as Malaysia. Eighty percent of Malaysians consult traditional healers or “bomoh” at some time in their life for health-related issues. The purpose of our study was to…
Plants have been used throughout human history for
food and medicine. However, many plants are toxic, and cannot easily be morphologically distinguished from non-toxic plants. DNA identification solves this problem and is widely used. Nonetheless,…
This study was to determine the prevalence of use of MTT among Malays for their related diseases and the effectiveness of the treatment in reducing pain.
