Integrating T&CM Practices in Modern Medicine
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Traditional medicine, often rooted in centuries old knowledge and cultural practices, could complement modern medicine. It may offer a holistic and patient-centred approach to preventing, treating or managing common diseases. In Malaysia, there are 15 government hospitals offering a wide range of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) services. These T&CM facilities are closely monitored under...
The least we could do
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If you’ve worked at a dispensary, be it in a government or a community setting you would know that the patients or customers (the term patient(s) will be used henceforth for convenience sake but the context applies to both parties) rely so much on the dispenser a.k.a the pharmacist to relay any and all information...
DMARDs – A Class of Medicine that We Forget to Consider
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Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for Rheumatologic Conditions Rheumatologic condition is an umbrella term for various autoimmune disorders attacking the musculoskeletal system, often affecting the joints.3 Rheumatologic conditions include rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis, fibromyalgia, gout and lupus etc.1 In this article, we will be focusing on DMARDs in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)….
Metaverse Pharmacy: What To Expect?
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Metaverse is the future of technology, where the integration between the physical and digital worlds will be more seamless than ever. Metaverse describes a virtual reality space that combines aspects of the physical world. People can access these virtual worlds through a virtual reality (VR) headset, which operates through controllers, eye movements and voice commands. ...
New weed on the block?
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Marijuana, also known as pot, weed and 420 among many other uniquely coded underground names is NOT the same as cannabis. More often than not, we tend to use them interchangeably perhaps due to the kind of western influence that we’re exposed to. In actual fact, marijuana is merely a part of the product derived...
