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Malaysia health official to probe sleepy surgeons
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:59:02 +0100 | Monsters and Critics Health News
(Source: Monsters and Critics Health News)

Physical capacity of girls with mild and moderate idiopathic scoliosis: influence of the size, length and number of curvatures (Czaprowski et al.)
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:53:23 +0100 | European Spine Journal
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Letter to the EditorPages 1-2DOI 10.1007/s00586-012-2165-7Authors Vijayakumar Palaniswamy, Physiotherapy Programme, School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abd Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaSrijit Das, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abd Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Journal European Spine JournalOnline ISSN 1432-0932Print ISSN 0940-6719 (Source: European Spine Journal)

Fatigue-related crashes involving express buses in Malaysia: Will the proposed policy of banning the early-hour operation reduce fatigue-related crashes and benefit overall road safety?
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:25:17 +0100 | Accident; Analysis and Prevention.
This study is an example of a simple and inexpensive approach that may influence future policy-making process. The impact assessment comprised two major steps. The first step involved profiling existing operation scenarios, gathering information on crashes involving public express buses and stakeholders' views. The second step involved a qualitative impact assessment analysis using all information gathered during the profiling stage to describe the possible impacts. Based on the assessment, the move to ban early-hour operations could possibly result in further negative impacts on the overall road safety agenda. These negative impacts may occur if the fundamental issues, such as driving and working hours, and the need for rest and sleep facilities for drivers, are not addressed. In addition...

Fatigue-related crashes involving express buses in Malaysia: Will the proposed policy of banning the early-hour operation reduce fatigue-related crashes and benefit overall road safety? - Mohamed N, Mohd-Yusoff MF, Othman I, Zulkipli ZH, Osman MR, Voon WS.
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:05:52 +0100 | SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated)
Fatigue-related crashes have long been the topic of discussion and study worldwide. The relationship between fatigue-related crashes and time of day is well documented. In Malaysia, the possibility of banning express buses from operating during the early-h... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Burden of stroke in Malaysia
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:38:10 +0100 | International Journal of Stroke
Stroke is one of the top five leading causes of death and one of the top 10 causes for hospitalization in Malaysia. Stroke is also in the top five diseases with the greatest burden of disease, based on disability‐adjusted life years. However, prospective studies on stroke in Malaysia are limited. To date, neither the prevalence of stroke nor its incidence nationally has been recorded. Hypertension is the major risk factor for stroke. The mean age of stroke patients in Malaysia is between 54·5 and 62·6 years. Traditional medicine is commonly practiced. With the increasing number of stroke cases annually, more government and nongovernment organizations should be involved in primary and secondary prevention strategies. (Source: International Journal of Stroke)

Notes from the Field: Acute Muscular Sarcocystosis Among Returning Travelers — Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:45:55 +0100 | CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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Notes from the field: acute muscular sarcocystosis among returning travelers - tioman island, malaysia, 2011.
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | MMWR Morb Mortal Wkl...
Authors: Abstract GeoSentinel (the surveillance program of the International Society of Travel Medicine and CDC) has identified 32 cases of suspected acute muscular sarcocystosis in travelers returning from Tioman Island off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. All the patients traveled to Tioman Island during the summer of 2011. Within days or weeks of returning home, all experienced fever and muscle pain, often severe and prolonged. All had peripheral eosinophilia, and most had elevated serum creatinine phosphokinase levels. Most were tested for acute trichinosis and toxoplasmosis by serology, and all of these tests were negative. Approximately half of the patients were identified in Germany; others were reported elsewhere in Europe, and in North America and Asia. Muscle biop...

A new species of opisthioglyphe (trematoda: telorchiidae) from gall bladder of turtles in malaysia.
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 | The Journal of Parasitology
A NEW SPECIES OF OPISTHIOGLYPHE (TREMATODA: TELORCHIIDAE) FROM GALL BLADDER OF TURTLES IN MALAYSIA. J Parasitol. 2012 Jan 20; Authors: Tkach VV, Platt TR, Greiman SE Abstract Abstract Opisthioglyphe sharmai n. sp. is described from the gall bladder of the Malayan box turtle, Cuora amboinensis, and the black marsh turtle, Siebenrockiella crassicollis, in Malaysia. The new species is morphologically similar to Opisthioglyphe ranae and some other members of the genus parasitic in amphibians and reptiles. Opisthioglyphe sharmai n. sp. is easily differentiated from all other members of the genus by the cirrus sac extending posterior to the ventral sucker, while in all previously known species the cirrus sac is entirely or mostly preacetabular with the base of the structure not ...

A multi-ethnic study of a PNPLA3 gene variant and its association with disease severity in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:56:47 +0100 | Human Genetics
Abstract  The adiponutrin (PNPLA3) rs738409 polymorphism has been found to be associated with susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in various cohorts. We further investigated the association of this polymorphism with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) severity and with histological features of NAFLD. A total of 144 biopsy-proven NAFLD patients and 198 controls were genotyped for PNPLA3 gene polymorphism (rs738409 C>G). The biopsy specimens were histologically graded by a qualified pathologist. We observed an association of G allele with susceptibility to NAFLD in the pooled subjects (OR 2.34, 95% CI 1.69–3.24, p < 0.0001), and following stratification, in each of the three ethnic subgroups, namely Chinese, Indian and Malay (OR 1.94, ...