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BUSINESS/YAP MING HUI: Danger of excessive spending

THE founder of one of the largest investment fund in the world, Sir John M. Templeton, once said: “Those who are thrifty will grow wealthy, and those who are spendthrifts will become poor. During my first 15 years after college, I made a game of adhering to a budget that included saving 50 cents out of every earnings.”

YourHealth: Learn all about CKD

WORLD Kidney Day (Malaysia) 2008 committee organising chairman Dr Goh Bak Leong feels that the threat to public health today is no longer from communicable diseases but chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease.

YourHealth: Don't fail the kidneys before they fail you

It is a sobering statistic —at least one in 10 of 26 million Malaysians suffers from chronic kidney disease and many more are at increased risk. Nephrologist Dr RAFIDAH ABDULLAH says early detection can help in the battle against the disease

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