A preliminary study on the acceptance of assistive devices among elderly in dementia day care centre in Malaysia by Ahmad Safawi, Nur Balqis, Abdul Rahim, Asiah, Hj. Zen, Ismawi

“…Assistive device is a tool used to ease people in everyday life especially those with the cognitive illnesses. Nowadays, assistive devices have widely been used in many countries as a way to increase their quality of life. …”
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Combining creatinine and volume kinetics identifies missed cases of acute kidney injury following cardiac arrest by Pickering, John W., Md Ralib, Azrina, Endre, Zoltan H.

“…Introduction Fluid resuscitation in the critically ill often results in a positive fluid balance, potentially diluting the serum creatinine concentration and delaying diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI). …”
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IIUM Ibadah Disability Scale (IIDS): design & conceptual framework by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan Husin, Wan Rumaizi, Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin

“…Illness does not alleviate the obligation of Muslim patients to perform religious duties such as prayer. …”
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Book review : “I know who caused COVID-19”: pandemics and xenophobia by Ryan, Louise

“…Xun and Gilman, using a range of historical and contemporary examples, demonstrate how diseases spark fear and even panic and usually result in the need to blame a scapegoat for causing and/or spreading the illness.…”
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Measurement of body temperature and heart rate for the development of healthcare system using IOT platform by Mei Ying, Ng, Ibrahim, Nabilah, Fairuz Norsidek, Nur Izza

“…Having a healthy body is the greatest blessing of life, hence healthcare is required to maintain or improve the health since the healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health through the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of injury, disease, illness, and other mental and physical impairments in human beings. …”
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Functional disabilities and its associated factors among elderly patients in primary care clinics by Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Draman, Samsul, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Samsuddin, Niza

“…Most respondents (90.7%) suffered from chronic illness, 19.8% were functional dependent (according to Barthel index), 15.4% had cognitive impairment (according ECAQ) and 17.0% had depression (according to GDS-14). …”
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Prevalence, clinical features and factors associated with psychosis among Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD) patients in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) by Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Hamid, Mohamed Ibrahim, Norlinah

“…Conclusion: Lower education level, longer duration of illness, more advance stage of Parkinson disease and less functioning in ADL were significant in psychotic disorder in IPD.…”
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'Research you cannot talk about': a personal account of researching sudden, unexpected child death by Turner, Denise

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A case of acute respiratory distress syndrome associated with novel H1N1 treated with intravenous immunoglobulin G by Jen, Lim Chong, Sapari, Satwi, Kuan, Yeh Chunn

“…Influenza A “novel H1N1” with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a serious illness that poses a challenge to clinicians managing such cases. …”
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No coma, but expressive dysphasia with cerebellar signs: an unique presentation of cerebral malaria by Shahar, Mohamed Arif, Ngiu, Chai Soon, Hashim, Hasnur Zaman, Tan, Hui Jang, Periyasamy, Petrick

“…Keeping rare presentations of common illnesses in mind, clinicians should consider the possibility of cerebral malaria in a patient with neurological deficits and a history of fever and travel in endemic areas.…”
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Carotenoid diversity in 22 species of Malay traditional ulam by Othman, Rashidi, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra

“…There has been renewed interest of discovering sources of antioxidants that could help in preventing or controlling the occurrence of many chronic illness especially for the ones related to oxidative damages caused by free-radicals. …”
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Pregnancy among unmarried women in a tertiary centre in Pahang, Malaysia by Mustafa, Kamarul Bahyah, Abd. Wahab, Noraziana, Sidek, A. A, Awang, Mokhtar, Abdullah, Suhaiza, Ibrahim, N.

“…Conclusion: Single unmarried women are usually associated with poor background history, poor antenatal check up, substance abuse, and other social ills. This study has managed to identify certain possible background factors of these women in our society that may be addressed in order to improve the antenatal and postnatal care of the mother and babies in the future, as well as the social ills in general. …”
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The impact of fluid overload on mortality and acute kidney injury by Md Ralib, Azrina, Pickering, John W., Shaw, Geoffrey M., Endre, Zoltan H.

“…INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: Aggressive volume resuscitation is often required in critically ill patients to maintain haemodynamic stability and end organ perfusion. …”
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Registration of marriage and the protection conferred to Muslim married women in Malaysia by Md Hashim, Noraini

“…Registration as part of the legal formalities of marriage will ensure among others that the parties do not enter into marriage in an ill-considered or frivolous way, with the existence of a formal record of marriages, and that anyone who wishes to object to the marriage can do so. …”
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A framework to estimate the willingness to pay of household for air quality improvement : a case study in Klang Valley, Malaysia. by Masahina, Sarabdeen, Afroz, Rafia, Duasa, Jarita, Mohamed, Noorihsan

“…The popular method, contingent valuation method (CVM) has been used to estimate WTP for avoiding the ill health episodes due to air pollution or to improve the air quality in Klang Valley. …”
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The impacts of globalization on mental disorders : an effective solution from Islamic perspective by Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif

“…Consequently, the proper remedy can be given to cure these illnesses. …”
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In vitro cytotoxic activity of ferula assafoetida on osteosarcoma cell line (Hos crl) by Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi, Yusof, Fathin Athirah, Md Zain, Ahmad Zulkarami

“…Ferula assafoetida is a herb that has been used traditionally to treat rheumatism, broken bones and stomach illness. The aim of this research is to study the cytotoxicity of F. assafoetida as an anti-cancer agent. …”
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Gender differences in fasting serum leptin level among Malaysian population by Abdulwahab, Dalia F, Ezzat Mustafa, Basma, Abbas, Abdul Razaq, Mustafa, Nazih Shaban, Y., Osama, Ramli, Roszaman

“…Objective: To study the gender differences of the plasma leptin and its relationship to the ethnic group, so that can establish a base line for future studies regarding leptin hormone and it’s association with different endocrine and fertility issues Method: This was a cross sectional study included 100 consented Malaysian people(50 male and female) were recruited from Kulliyyah of dentistry, International Islamic University Malaysia and medical department, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, those with endocrine, diabetic illness, abnormal BMI, chronic illness and any patient on hormonal treatment were excluded from the study. …”
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Refusal of medical treatment: assessing the required capacity by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…Some patients may not possess the necessary capacity due to their mental illness or retarded development or simply because they are under the age of majority. …”
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Killing and letting die: an irrelevant distinction to bioethics by Malik, Mohammad Manzoor

“…James Rachels’s distinction between killing and letting die maintains that there is morally no difference between killing a terminally ill patient and letting him/her die. Therefore, active and passive euthanasia dichotomy is a distinction without a difference. …”
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