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What caused jump in thyroid cancer cases in Korea?
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Koreans diagnosed with thyroid cancer in recent years. But is the growth, which has been significantly faster than the world average, a result of better health checkups or over-diagnosis? Lee […]
No false claim: Virgin coconut oil is good for you
The Philippine Coconut Authority has asked the Bureau of Agricultural and Fishery Products Standards (BAFPS) to allow producers of virgin coconut oil to remove the phrase “no therapeutic claim” from the labels of PCA-certified VCO products. PCA administrator Euclides Forbes […]
International SOS sees increase in demand for Malaria advice
International SOS, the world’s leading medical and travel security risk services company, has seen a 27% rise in the number of calls for information and advice on malaria since 2010. In 2013 the Group dealt with approximately 870 malaria cases […]
Thai health officials say eating fish lessens diabetes and heart disease
The Office of Disease Prevention and Control 5 (Nakhon Ratchasima) reports that diabetes is still regarded as a major health problem among Thai people, and its incidence is known to be directly related to food consumption. Diabetes patients have high […]
Yemenis resorting to alternative medicine instead of modern medicine
Many Yemenis are increasingly treating themselves with alternative medicine rather than modern medicine. There are many reasons for this, such as high prices, and a lack of therapeutic services in Yemen. Yahya Derham al-Shaik, Chairman of the Board of Directors […]
200,000 Vietnamese suffer from stroke annually
The country has 200,000 people suffer from stroke annually, 11,000 of them died of the disease and the remaining have sequela, according to the Vietnam Stroke Association. There has been an upward trend in the stroke patients as recorded in […]
MMA 2014: Biennial industry show to boost further Singapore’s medical manufacturing
Following the government’s announcement that it is investing S$500 million over 5 years in a bid to boost Singapore’s advanced manufacturing technologies (which include those for 3D printing), the Medical Manufacturing Asia (MMA) 2014 will complement this move. The biennial […]
Fighting Hepatitis C in Egypt
It seemed like an ordinary demonstration. Clusters of banner-waving youths marched along the sun-drenched main street of Damanhour, in the heart of Egypt’s Nile Delta, on March 6. But the banners they held, featuring a large cartoonish drop of red […]
Malnutrition stalks Pakistan’s desert regions
KARACHI-Pastoralists and others in Pakistan’s desert regions of Cholistan in the southern Punjab and Tharparkar in Sindh are facing a grave crisis: Their livestock are dying, their children are malnourished, and when families move to less drought-affected areas they often […]
Tainted horsemeat eyed in five deaths in Philippines
Cotabato, Philippines. Five people are believed to have died from eating tainted horsemeat in the Philippines while as many as 60 may have consumed it, a local official said Wednesday. Four horses died from unexplained causes and their meat was […]
