Wealth is Health | How to Manage Stress and Anxiety in Your Life
Our quest to Financial Freedom should not be about Money alone. There is a saying that “The greatest Wealth is Health”
Health and Wealth are the two utmost importance to everyone of us. Your happiness and quality of life depend on these two important factors.
Unfortunately, Health is not valued until sickness comes.
A lot of people have a tendency to run after creating more wealth and in the process they ignore their health.
Most people spend their health in gaining wealth and then spend their wealth to regain their health.
Remember prevention is the key.
There are plenty of way to gain Health. Most people will do exercise by going to gym.
If you want a affordable choice of exercise without spend a bomb on your gym membership, do consider to practice Hill Hiking at Broga Hill, Semenyih.
Do read more about Broga Hill at Broga Hill and Getting Fit | New Year Resolution
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Broga Hill, Semenyih, Malaysia – 茅台山- Above the Cloud Hike
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Beside exercise, for those who do not how to mange stress will fall ill faster and die an early death.
Here are Six to do list in order to help you Relax, de-stress and achieve calm:
- Walking and listening to music will help
- By reading books and watching Movies (Remember some cinema like Golden Screen Cinemas Sdn Bhd (GSC) provide discount rate movie ticket on every Wednesday)
- Soaking in a bath, a massage and acupuncture
- Talking and spending time with your husband, wife or children are good too
- Laugh- By doing a good laugh, your body release a Shoot of endorphins without running a marathon.
- Sleep well- Always try to get into bed the same time every night and sleep early.
Do Try it today and feel your mind, soul and body relax.
Doc: It is preventing early treatment of cancer patients
PETALING JAYA: Seventy per cent of the 50,000 newly-detected cancer patients in Malaysia each year need care from oncologists. However, there are only 60 such cancer specialists in the country qualified to treat them.
Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) senior lecturer and clinical oncologist Dr Daniel Wong Wai Yan said the waiting list in government hospitals was between a month and six weeks.
There are currently only 15 oncologists with Health Ministry hospitals where a majority of patients seek treatment.
Apart from the long queue, he said patients also had to travel far for treatment as many hospitals did not have oncology services.
“Some of the patients may be dead or too sick to see a doctor when they finally get their turn to see an oncologist,” said Dr Wong, who is also a member of the Clinical Oncology Speciality Committee for Universiti Malaya.
He added that the remaining 30% of patients diagnosed were either at the early stage of the disease and could be treated by specialists from related disciplines or those who were at the end-stage where the treatment was to reduce their suffering before they died.
Dr Wong, however, added that oncologists were now able to detect the exact location, stage of the cancer and assess its development.
“With the availability of more options of drugs and high-tech radiotherapy facilities nowadays, we need to spend more time to plan treatment with our patients,” Dr Wong said, adding that an oncologist treats about 300 patients a year.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abd Rashid Shirlin said patients could also seek treatment at teaching hospitals like UMMC and Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and private hospitals.
“Government hospitals without resident oncologists have visiting oncologists from nearby hospitals to help out,” she said, adding that some cancer patients were also treated by specialists from related disciplines.
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Dietician offers food for thought
By LEE YEN MUN
PETALING JAYA: Despite the hype about the goodness of dietary supplements, a dietician says that it is the eating habit that makes or breaks one’s health.
Advocating that there is no good or bad food, Assunta Hospital dietician manager Ho Shiau Fen said that the key to good health is a balanced lifestyle and to eat a variety of foods in moderate portions.
She added that there were no better substitutes for obtaining optimum nutritional benefits than from natural food sources.
“Good nutrition should be based on taking the right (natural) foods,” Ho said at a public talk on cardiovascular health at the hospital yesterday.
It was held in conjunction with World Health Day, an initiative led by the World Heart Federation, which is tasked to lead the global fight against heart diseases and stroke.
The hospital’s chief dietitian also called on Malaysians to look at using alternative natural ingredients in their food.
“Use garlic and onions to add taste to the food, instead of seasoning products like salt and sugar, which are high in fat content,” she added.
Cardiologist Dr Lam Kai Huat (pic) said that a World Health Organisation analysis had projected that cardiovascular disease would continue to be the leading cause of deaths worldwide in 2020.
“This is supported by an escalating trend in diabetes, hypertension and obesity cases,” he said. “For as long as our lifestyle and eating habits do not change, heart disease will continue to be the number one killer, even in Malaysia.”
He added that coronary heart diseases were responsible for about 52% of deaths worldwide, while another 24% were caused by cancer.
Dr Lam said about 35,000 Malaysians suffer from heart disease every year.
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Bosses can help in health checks
KUALA LUMPUR: Bosses take note. You can help your employees to check on their health by providing a good digital blood pressure set that everyone at the work place can use.
Not only that. Employers should also provide weighing scales and measuring tapes to check on their workers’ girth.
Giving these tips, the Heart Foundation of Malaysia said regular measurements and readings – once or twice a month, for instance – should be made and recorded to avoid the dreaded cardiovascular disease.
“If you find your readings are abnormal, consult your doctor,” advised foundation chairman Datuk Dr J.S. Sambhi.
“Although half of the deaths from cardiovascular diseases are preventable with simple lifestyle changes, there has been limited progress due to the ‘It will not happen to me’ attitude,” he said at the foundation’s 10th Walk-A-Mile campaign at the Taman Tasek Titiwangsa park here yesterday.
The event, themed Workplace Wellness, was launched by the Health Ministry’s medical development director Datuk Dr Azmi Shapie.
Dr Sambhi said wellness at the workplace can reduce cardiovascular deaths by more than 50% if, among others, it provides a stress-free environment.
He said the work place should also provide a completely smoke-free environment to keep the heart, brain, lungs, kidneys and other organs safe, adding that exercise is also important.
“There is no excuse for not doing exercise even at work,” said Dr Sambhi, adding that walking is the best exercise.
He also advocates a “heart healthy” diet and avoiding sweet and high-caloried water.
Speaking to the media later, Dr Sambhi said a recent survey showed that the ratio of heart diseases in urban and rural areas was almost the same.
The perception that it is an “urban disease” came about because some cases in the rural areas go undetected.
He said high-risk groups include those aged 40 and above and women who have hit menopause.
Those who have a family history of heart problems also face a high risk of getting the disease even if they are below 40.
Patients suffering from diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are also at risk of getting heart problems, Dr Sambhi said.
More than 500 people took part in the Walk-A-Mile campaign, which is also supported by Nestle and Kuala Lumpur City Hall.
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