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Doctor exposes China’s medical corruption epidemic
MIANYANG – Ordering an unnecessary pacemaker, urging a woman to be hospitalised for a sore throat – a doctor’s allegations of corruption spotlight troubles so endemic in China’s healthcare system that patients frequently turn violent. Lan Yuefeng, a former hospital […]
‘Text neck’ on the rise in S’pore due to heavy usage of mobile devices
SINGAPORE – You might love that smartphone of yours but it sure does not love you back. All that bending over to peer at the screen for long periods may well be causing serious repetitive stress injuries to the neck. […]
40 per cent of patients don’t take medicine as told: Study
Many patients who suffer from acid reflux may complain that their medicine does not work. But this could be because they fail to pop the pills as instructed, a local study has found. Conducted by the Gastroenterological Society of Singapore […]
Untapped treasures in Malaysian herbal products
Last week, we met a team of scientists working to transform misai kucing, a local plant with a long history of traditional medicinal uses, into a cancer-fighting herbal extract. Yet this Penang-based team is an anomaly in the landscape of […]
Seatbelt use helps traffic death fall continuously in Japan
TOKYO – High seatbelt use rate and improved braking system have contributed to a further decrease of fatalities in traffic accidents in Japan in 2013, according to a white paper on road safety approved by the Japanese cabinet on Tuesday. […]
To sound Mers alarm or not…
Despite the growing number of Mers-related deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not declared it a public health emergency or issued a travel advisory against Saudi Arabia, where the virus is thought to have originated, prompting questions about the […]
70% of dentists in Japan leave drills inadequately sterilized
Up to 70 percent of dental clinics use instruments for drilling teeth that are improperly sterilized, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by a team comprising researchers from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and other entities, called […]
Chocolates with pig DNA in Malaysia removed
PETALING JAYA: Two types of chocolates found to contain porcine DNA will be pulled off the shelves immediately, said Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. “Cadbury Confectionery Malaysia Sdn Bhd has assured that these products will be recalled,” […]
More men treated for hair loss
The number of Korean men seeking treatment for hair loss is seeing an annual increase of approximately 4.8 percent, according to the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service in Seoul. The institution said the number of patients increased from 180,000 […]
More Chinese suffer from strokes
Some 1.88 percent of China’s population suffered a stroke in 2011, up from 0.27 percent in 1986, according to a Wang Longde, an academic with the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Wang, also vice director of a special committee on stroke […]
