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Is Cambodia getting chunkier ?
Although an Oxfam study released last week claimed Cambodians to be the healthiest eaters in the world, obesity in the Kingdom is on the rise. What are the reasons for this, and how do the figures correlate? Bennett Murray found […]
Expert warns of grim flu season in China
BEIJING – A low vaccination rate and multiple active virus strains have led to a more serious flu control situation in China this winter, a disease control expert warned on Thursday. Compared with previous years, the flu virus is much […]
Measles now under control, says DOH
MANILA, Philippines—The measles problem in the country has already stabilized, according to the Department of Health (DOH). “Based on our mathematical projections, the cases have already stabilized. [The number of cases] hasn’t shot up unlike in November and December, which […]
Want to win a car or holiday? Just lose weight
Lose weight and win a car or even a holiday. That is part of the pitch for the first national campaign to promote healthy weight management through incentives. The One Million KG Challenge was launched yesterday by the Health Promotion […]
3 in 4 Koreans feel depressed at work
Three out of four Korean workers suffer from work-related depression, according to a poll released on Monday. Job search engine Career recently surveyed 752 Korean office workers on their experience with depression at work. About 75.5 percent of the respondents […]
Vietnam reports first bird flu death in nine months
HANOI—Vietnam has recorded its first death from bird flu in nine months, according to the country’s Health Ministry, amid growing regional concerns over a potential resurgence of the deadly virus. A 52-year-old man from southern Binh Phuoc province died Saturday […]
Risk of avian flu outbreak in Singapore low: Health Ministry
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health’s (MOH) said its current assessment of avian influenza A, also known as H7N9, is that it poses a low public health risk to Singapore. “The risk of an outbreak in Singapore will continue to […]
4 patients die in Kyoto, Japan after norovirus outbreak
OSAKA, Japan- Four elderly patients have died of gastroenteritis after a norovirus outbreak at a hospital in the western Japanese city of Kyoto, local press reported on Wednesday. The four victims in their 80s and 90s were among 101 patients […]
South Korea steps up measures to contain bird flu
South Korea is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of bird flu ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, after migratory birds were found to be infected with the same strain of the virus that hit poultry farms last […]
Cambodia malaria cases down 40 pct in 2013
PHNOM PENH-Cambodia recorded 41,850 malaria cases in 2013, down 40 percent from 69,550 cases a year earlier, a health official said Sunday. The disease killed 12 people last year, down 74 percent from 46 deaths a year earlier, Char Meng […]
