Category: Community
Slim waist fad causing huge problems in China
According to the hospital, only 52 people were diagnosed with eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia from 1983 to 2001. Figures from the Shanghai Mental Health Center showed that the number of anorexia nervosa patients has quadrupled from a […]
China pledges ‘harshest penalties’ for food-safety violations
China has vowed to hand out the “harshest penalties” to food safety violators and to further reform the food and drug safety administration, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Vice-Premier Wang Yang made the comment during an inspection tour of […]
Experts unveil plan to end rabies globally via dog vaccinations
Rabies experts on Thursday unveiled a blueprint for eliminating the pernicious disease, which almost always is caused by bites from rabid dogs and kills tens of thousands of people a year worldwide, through a program of mass dog vaccinations in […]
Singapore tops in global healthcare efficiency ranking: Survey
SINGAPORE – The Republic came out tops in a global healthcare efficiency ranking, beating previous incumbent Hong Kong to first place as the Singapore Government continues to increase its expenditure on medical services and the ecosystem to cope with an […]
Philippine farmers reject Golden Rice as a corporate scheme to indebt farmers and destroy food security
In the Bicol Region of the Philippines, hundreds of farmers, scientists and consumers are gathering in opposition to the commercialization of Syngenta’s GM Golden Rice. Feeling as if their property is being overtaken and their food system hijacked, the farmers […]
Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your credit card
Your medical information is worth 10 times more than your credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators, Community Health Systems […]
Health conditions in Iraq become alarming
The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders reports the health situation in Iraq is alarming. The group, known by its French initials MSF (Mo?decins Sans Frontio?res), says conditions are particularly dire for hundreds of thousands of people trapped in conflict […]
Security Council: Ebola threatens world peace
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution declaring the Ebola outbreak a threat to world peace and security, and calling on countries to provide urgent aid. The resolution was adopted unanimously after UN Secretary General […]
No wearing lab coats in public places
Dubai – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has instructed all practitioners of medical professions not to wear laboratory coats outside the medical institutions and medical schools to avoid transmission of diseases to others at work places or schools. This was […]
Taiwanese still ignorant about HIV, AIDS: group
TAIPEI – Taiwanese people’s ignorance of HIV and AIDS have not changed much over the past two decades, a local group said Monday, urging the public to educate themselves about the disease. Ignorance can lead to an unfriendly environment for […]
