Category: Community
Video games linked to aggressive behaviour in kids
Youths who play video games are more likely to think and act in aggressive ways, suggested a study of more than 3,000 schoolchildren in Singapore. The research, published in JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association, was based […]
India must stop ‘irrational’ TB treatments: MSF
New Delhi — India must stop its doctors prescribing “irrational” treatments to cure tuberculosis, medical humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres said Saturday, warning the practice is increasing drug-resistant strains of the disease. India is already home to the highest number […]
Crossing the borders for health care
Why would 8 million people cross borders for healthcare? Including 1/300 in the U.S.? According to an infographic sent by Deyanara Riddix (Nursing School Hub) to Healthcare Asia (HCA), 20% of Americans struggle to pay medical bills, while 3 out […]
H1N1 flu claims 18 lives in Thailand
BANGKOK-H1N1 influenza has claimed 18 lives in Thailand since re-emerging in the country early this year, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Data from the Ministry of Public Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE) showed a total of 18,290 cases were reported […]
Japanese fund to develop tools against neglected diseases
A Japanese global health fund has earmarked $12 million to develop tools to fight some of the world’s most neglected diseases. An estimated one billion of the world’s poorest people are afflicted with diseases like schistosomiasis, Chagas disease and parasitic […]
China to check medical equipment safety
BEIJING – China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) is planning a nationwide safety campaign to check the manufacture, sales and use of medical apparatus. The five-month action will focus on fake certificates, illegal manufacture and sales, false advertising claims and […]
Abu Dhabi to launch home safety campaign to prevent children falling from high-rises
ABU DHABI – A poster campaign in the city’s high-rises aims to drive home the danger of children playing near balconies or unguarded windows. The municipality and police want all adults to be vigilant about the dangers of children falling […]
China halves tuberculosis prevalence in just 20 years
Over the last 20 years, China has more than halved its tuberculosis (TB) prevalence, with rates falling from 170 to 59 per 100,000 population. This unrivalled success has been driven by a massive scale-up of the directly observed, short-course (DOTS) […]
Thousands evacuated in Thailand after toxic fumes engulf residents
THAILAND – Provincial officials ordered the evacuation of residents from about 1,500 homes in Samut Prakan after a fire at a local garbage dump yesterday was declared a disaster area, and toxic fumes spread to many parts of the province […]
China tightens checks on cod-liver oil products
BEIJING- China’s food and drug watchdog Monday promised increased safety checks of cod-liver oil products following media exposure of the hazards of overconsumption. China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) spokeswoman Yan Jiangying said at a press conference that a national […]
