Category: Community
Aquino wants end to Philippine birth control debate
MANILA – Philippine President Benigno Aquino Tuesday called on legislators to finally vote on a controversial birth control bill after months of debate over what is a highly divisive issue in the conservative country. The bill would pave the way […]
American medical device makers invest millions in China
CHINA – Foreign investors are targeting the cricks and cramps of China’s aging population as Western medical companies dash to fill the nation’s demand for medical devices geared for China’s 181 million seniors. While the number of senior citizens in […]
Bihar Targets Eradication of Measles
After polio, Bihar has decided to eradicate measles by launching a special vaccination drive, say officials. State Health Secretary Sanjay Kumar, who is also executive director of Bihar State Health Society, Sunday said the state will now focus to fight […]
Survey: HIV Cases Rising in West Bengal
West Bengal is gradually moving towards becoming a medium prevalence HIV state from low prevalence one said a scientist on World AIDS Day, reveals a study. “Bengal was a low prevalence HIV state but gradually it’s going towards medium prevalence […]
Low condom use blamed for new HIV cases
JAKARTA – At daylight, the street outside Tanah Abang railway station is an illegal parking lot. By night, it turns into a red-light district where dozens of women offer themselves for paid sex. Since the government decided to close down […]
Cash Awarded To Indian Inventor For Development Of Braille Phone
$50,000 was awarded to a 29 year old Indian inventor to help him make a new low-cost mobile phone for the blind that uses a Braille display. Sumit Dagar, an industrial designer from New Delhi, beat thousands to win the […]
UN: Fukushima Cancer Risk Very ‘Low’
A preliminary report by the World Health Organization has said that there is a low risk that cancer rates will rise among residents near Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant. The report, released Sunday, said the possibility that cancer risks will […]
HIV/AIDS cases in Yunnan exceeds 100,000
KUNMING- Southwest China’s Yunnan Province has logged more than 100,000 cases of HIV/AIDS since it began taking records of the condition, the chief of local AIDS watchdog told Xinhua on Tuesday. As of the end of October, a majority of […]
Crib Deaths Back in West Bengal
Ten babies have died in the Malda Medical College and Hospital, taking the toll to 25 since Saturday. Crib deaths are back in West Bengal’s hospitals.. While families of the dead claimed negligence led to the deaths, the hospital authorities […]
Taiwan-led team identifies 3 genes leading to lung cancer
TAIWAN – An international research team led by Taiwanese medical professionals has identified three susceptibility loci that are connected to an increase in the chance of nonsmoking Asian women contracting lung cancer. Chao A. Hsiung, director of the Institute of […]
