Category: Community
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 […]
Number of obese Malaysians on the rise
JOHOR BARU – More and more Malaysians are obese nowadays and, worse, many of them are children. Disclosing this at a meeting here, Johor Health Department director Dr Mohd Khairy Yaakub said this was due to dietary patterns that have […]
China records drop in new pneumoconiosis cases
BEIJING- China reported a total of 24,206 new pneumoconiosis cases in 2012, posting a drop of 2,195 from the previous year, its health authority said on Monday. Of the 2012 figure of newly reported cases, 12,405 were coal workers and […]
Malaysians still in the dark over safety measures for water heaters at home
This, said the Energy Commission of Malaysia, has left millions of Malaysians open to potential dangers in their own household. However, what’s disheartening is that some Malaysians, despite being aware of the dangers, are reluctant to fork out the additional […]
Singapore researchers discover world’s first drug therapy to reverse heart disorder
The National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) research team has successfully and completely reversed the effects of the hERG (human ether-a-go-go-related gene) mutation in long QT syndrome 2 (LQTS 2) in patient-specific heart cells, scoring a world’s first. Long QT syndrome […]
Over 1,000 tons of Fukushima water dumped after typhoon
TOKYO – The operator of the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it dumped more than 1,000 tons of polluted water into the sea after a typhoon raked the facility. Typhoon Man-yi smashed into Japan on Monday, bringing with […]
Many new kidney patients are also diabetic
PETALING JAYA – Almost 60 per cent of over 5,800 new kidney patients who require dialysis or kidney transplants last year have diabetes. The 20th Malaysian Dialysis and Transplant Registry 2012 said 11 per cent suffered from hypertension, which is […]
