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PH may miss goal to cut baby deaths
WITH barely 500 days left until the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reach their conclusion, the Philippines looks set to miss on one of its most significant objectives—reducing preventable child deaths. The 2015 MDG 4 target for the Philippines is 20 […]
Governments resort to medieval quarantine tactic to halt spread of Ebola
Without a sound medical solution to the worst outbreak of Ebola in the history of the planet, governments and non-governmental organizations are turning to a medieval technique that could affect as many as 1 million people, according to the World […]
Surgeons complete the first scar-free thyroid surgery in Asean
A team of Thai surgeons at Bangkok’s Police General Hospital have successfully completed the Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy (TET) surgery for the first time in Southeast Asia, following a small number of successful operations in Germany, Japan and China. The hospital […]
Busted for adding Viagra in beer
CHINA: A businessman was arrested for adding a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction to a white liqour known as baijiu, to gain profit. The man, known as Huang, owns a liquor factory in Jianshi County in the province of […]
Melbourne is world’s most liveable city
Australia and Canada dominate a newly released list of the world’s most liveable cities, with Melbourne taking the top spot for the fourth year in a row. For the 2014 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability survey, 140 cities […]
High intensity sweeteners face slow growth in Europe and North America, but demand for artificial sweeteners remains strong in Asia, South America, says IHS
HOUSTON – The high-intensity sweetener market is a study in contrasts. Although new, natural sweeteners like stevia extract are gaining ground, consumption growth for high-intensity sweeteners as a class has slowed to near zero in North America and Europe, due, […]
Lead contamination scare hits Heinz infant food in China
BEIJING – U.S. foodmaker H.J. Heinz Co has recalled some infant food products in China after a local watchdog said they contained excessive levels of lead, threatening to dent the company’s reputation in a country highly sensitive to food safety. […]
Help is here for the depressed
Like many, we are saddened by the tragic news of the apparent suicide of Robin Williams, an extraordinarily talented actor and comedian. His untimely death was reportedly linked to his struggles with severe depression over many years. Statistics (worldwide, and […]
Q mark veggies found ‘unsafe’
Consumer rights groups have called for action after chemical contamination was found in samples of vegetables and fruits granted the “Q mark” for safety. Kingkorn Narintarakul na Ayutthaya, deputy director of the Thai Holistic Health Foundation (BioThai), said Monday that […]
Suspected bird flu hits ducks in Indonesian province
Many duck raisers in Bandung regency, West Java in Indonesia have suffered big losses after thousands of their ducks suddenly died recently from what is suspected to have been the avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu. Duck farmer […]
