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Thyroid cancer cases continue to increase at double-digit rate in China
Top cancer specialists have revealed a double-digit annual rise in the number of thyroid cancer cases in China over the past decade, especially among young and middle-aged women. Last year, the incidence rate was 6.56 cases per 100,000 people, making […]
Beijing planning to dig deep to clear the air
CHINA – As the worst smog in years smeared China’s skies, a city is looking deep into the ground for ways to clear its air. Baoding, in Hebei province, has vowed to tap its rich geothermal resources to free the […]
Syringes, surgery and slaps: Thais suffer for beauty
BANGKOK – From breast-slapping and gold thread face-lifts, to vaginal whitening soaps and olive oil penis enlargements, image obsessed Thais are going to ever increasing extremes in the quest for beauty. The colourful self-proclaimed pioneer of breast-slapping says her unusual […]
Jakarta media urged to reduce tobacco ads
JAKARTA – Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi urged the mass media to take a greater role in the fight against tobacco by reducing cigarette advertisements. Speaking during an editors forum in Jakarta on Wednesday, Nafsiah said that the media could prevent […]
S’pore and Japan join hands to nurture top immunologists
SINGAPORE – Two noted Singapore and Japan research institutions have jointly organised a winter school to nurture next-generation immunologists in Asia. The second Network of Immunology Frontiers (NIF) Winter School on Advanced Immunology – organised by A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network […]
China coal plant shut by health chiefs
BEIJING – Chinese authorities have halted production at a huge $2.7 billion (S$3.3 billion) coal-to-chemicals plant for breaching environmental regulations, media said Wednesday as pollution levels rose again in Beijing. Environmental officials shut down the factory in Inner Mongolia on […]
Clams from red tide-hit areas can cause fatal poisoning
KOTA KINABALU – Despite numerous warnings against the dreaded red tide off Sabah’s west coast, there are still people selling and consuming clams and other sea products from the area. Two people have reportedly died due to poisoning caused by […]
New effort to ease fears over China’s water quality
BEIJING – Beijing’s tap water will not lead to the formation of stones in an organ or duct of the human body, known as lithiasis, an official said, in the latest effort to ease public doubts about water quality. At […]
‘Traditional medicine’ factory raided in Thailand
THAILAND – Food and Drug Administration officials and police raided a traditional medicine factory in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district that was producing pills for erectile dysfunction, FDA chief Dr Boonchai Somboonsuk said yesterday. In the Monday raid, officials seized […]
Polio virus found in Egypt linked to Pakistan: officials
PAKISTAN – Pakistani health officials Monday called for infants leaving the country to be issued polio vaccinations at airports after virus samples linked to a southern Pakistani city were discovered in Egypt. Two sewage samples from Cairo were analysed and […]
