Category: Community
Do we really know how to care for the elderly?
SINGAPORE’s Lee Kuan Yew has just celebrated his 90th birthday a few days ago on Sept 16. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is 89. Former US President George HW Bush is also 89. Then we have the recently retired Pope Emeritus Benedict […]
17th SEACare offers more free seminars for medical professionals
The 17th SE-Asian Healthcare Show, a three day exclusive trade event, will increase the range of its free Seminars for medical professionals. The seminars will be covering an array of topics ranging from CPR to new advances in Collagen & […]
Around 100 people die annually from rabies in Vietnam: UN offices
HANOI- Around 100 people die annually from rabies in Vietnam with more than 90 percent of the cases caused by unvaccinated dogs, said the UN agencies in Vietnam in a press release issued in north Vietnam’s Son La Province on […]
Malaysia in dire need of more cardiologists
GEORGE TOWN – The country is short of 300 cardiologists, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya. Dr Hilmi said Malaysia needed 500 cardiologists. However, there were only 200 cardiologists nationwide. “Of the 200, only 30 serve at […]
Mass rabies vaccinations called for
CHINA – Rabies kill more than 2,400 people a year in China – the most in the world after India, the National Health and Family Planning Commission has reported. More than 95 per cent of human rabies deaths in Africa […]
Strict new regulations set up for Thai beauty clinics
THAILAND – Beauty clinics across the country are now required to display their licences clearly as well as the prices of all their services under new regulations imposed by the Public Health Ministry. These measures are part of the ministry’s […]
Indonesia strives to lower mother mortality rate
JAKARTA- Indonesia’s Health Ministry on Thursday launched a campaign to reduce mother mortality rate during childbirth, which has been growing. Based on a health survey last year, 359 women died in every 100, 000 child births, compared with 228 women […]
For weight loss, every extra minute of intense physical activity can help
BEIJING- Good news for people disliking exercises: even very brief periods of intense physical activity can help with weight loss. In a recent study in the American Journal of Health Promotion, researchers collected data from 2,202 women and 2,309 men […]
Indian health minister asks people to take preventive steps as dengue cases rise
Following a spurt in dengue cases in Delhi, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Thursday asked people to take preventive steps and also directed private hospitals to reserve beds for those suffering from the mosquito-borne disease. Speaking to reporters after […]
Who ensures food safety in Malaysia?
MALAYSIA – After the practice of some errant poultry traders to dye their farm chickens with yellow dye to pass them of as “kampung chickens” was exposed by the Sin Chew Daily, consumers were shocked and once again, the people’s […]
