News & Reviews:   Health

Many know of Xiaomi's spinoff company, Huami, as one that does wearable devices. But it seems like the company has sort of been slightly branching off. At the company's Future of Tech event, it revealed some health-related products, including an MRI scanner.

By now, you would have read news about how 530 million Facebook user profiles were published online in an unsecured database. This includes the millions of Malaysian Facebook users and even Mark Zuckerberg himself as well. People were wondering how will Facebook respond to this and they just did, read on below on their comment.

MSI Malaysia has officially announced that you can send your MSI laptops to any of their service centres across Malaysia for a free health checkup to ensure that it is performing the best that it can. But that’s not all, by sending your laptop for the checkup, you will also be eligible for a free MSI Lucky Keychain as well as a chance to win an MSI mechanical keyboard, sport bottle, figurines, as well as gaming bags.

Samsung has officially announced that they have unveiled a new feature on the Samsung Health Monitor app, which allows it to easily monitor and track the user’s blood pressure. With that said, it’ll help reduce the number of people who are at risk of brain, kidney, and heart disease by helping the users detect irregular blood pressure as soon as possible.

From 25 until 31 March 2020, get up to around RM100 in discounts when you purchase selected products from HONOR’s official website with the HONOR Intelligent Health Day. Other than discounts, they will also bundle your purchases with various free gifts ranging from the HONOR Band 5i, Gift Boxes to Micro SD cards.

The World Health Organization has tweeted posted a tweet on its Twitter account, stating that you can get updates regarding COVID-19 by messaging their WhatsApp bot. All you need to do is add the bot via the number +41 79 893 18 92 and then type join in the WhatsApp chat then it’ll send you a list of commands you can input in order to receive information regarding the outbreak.

Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has recently instructed the Ministry of Trade to regulate the prices of face masks so that it can be easily purchased by those in need. This is due to the shortages in raw materials that are usually imported from overseas that are needed to manufacture these masks.

MyEG has officially announced that they’ve thanked the Ministry of Health for removing a post on their Facebook page which claimed that that the COVID-19 rapid test kits were fake. Furthermore, MyEG has followed up by stating that the kits, which were manufactured by a Chinese biomedical firm have been cleared for use in various regions including North America, Asia, Europe, and more.

MyEG recently released a statement which was spotted on the Friends of MyEG Facebook page, stating that the COVID-19 rapid test kits that they’re offering on their official website are not fake and it's currently pending on approval from the Ministry of Health. Not only that, but they have also stated that the aforementioned kits are currently in use in regions such as China, as well as Europe.

Ever wondered if you could analyze the food you’re about to eat, with just a snap of a photo? Well, Sony Mobile now offers a Meal Image Analysis software that’ll recognise the food and offer an in-depth analysis of it, including the calories intake.