Category: Community
Rising health concerns over China’s ‘instant chickens’
BEIJING – Sun Xin never cooks. Her heavy workload means she always eats out or orders takeout, and the 25-year-old IT engineer in Zhongguancun, Beijing, has been a loyal consumer of KFC products since her student days. Convenience and 24-hour […]
Disposable masks keep on evolving
TOKYO – Amid the cold of winter, many people use face masks to protect themselves from cold germs, pollen or yellow sand. Nonwoven, disposable masks have largely replaced regular gauze masks over the past decade. Relatively recent additions to the […]
H1N1 death toll rises to 25 in Jordan with new fatality this year
AMMAN- Jordanian Health Ministry announced on Sunday that a 26-year-old Jordanian man died in the northern city of Irbid after suffering from the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu. “The victim was admitted to the Princess Basma Hospital three […]
Blood Donation Camp in Abu Dhabi
The Abu Dhabi City Municipality held a blood donation camp which witnessed the participation of scores of municipal employees, customers and visitors. The camp was organised in collaboration with the Health Authority Abu Dhabi and Mobile Blood Bank. Source: IANS
Air pollution in Tehran ‘leaves 4,460 dead’ in a year
IRAN – Air pollution in Tehran has left 4,460 people dead in a year, an Iranian health official said in reports Sunday, with another sounding the alarm over high dose of carcinogens in domestically-made petrol. Hassan Aqajani, an adviser to […]
Islam allows blind to use dogs
KUALA LUMPUR – There is no rule in Islam which prohibits the use of service dogs to guide the blind, said Perlis mufti Dr Juanda Jaya. “Using the services of guide dogs which are well trained is allowed in the […]
China to improve rural students’ nutrition
BEIJING- China plans to build enough school canteens to provide safe and nutritional meals for all primary and junior high school students in impoverished rural regions by 2015. According to a circular, jointly released Saturday by the ministries of education […]
India, Pakistan Teams Join Hands To ‘Bowl Out Polio’
In a bid to eradicate polio the Indian and Pakistan cricket teams join hands to “bowl out polio” when they clash for the third One-Day International in New Delhi today. “We need to ensure a world free of polio paralysis […]
Philippine birth control law faces first challenge
MANILA – A Catholic couple has asked the Philippines’ top court to stop a historic birth control law, their lawyer said Thursday, in the first of many legal challenges church leaders have vowed against the measure. The petition was filed […]
Grassroots clinics improve access to medical treatment
BEIJING- Zhang Changrong’s favorite treatment in a community clinic in Beijing’s southern suburb involves soaking her feet in hot water that contains traditional Chinese herbal medicines. It takes the 59-year-old woman, who has had a rapid heart beat for years, […]
