Category: Community
Children with cleft lips get free treatment
BEIJING- More than 1,000 children with cleft lips or palates in Southwest China’s Guizhou province are expected to receive free surgery from international medical experts through a charitable program by the end of 2015. “Data showed that at least 1,200 […]
Indian wardens bang drums to halt peeing in public
NEW DELHI – Volunteers in India armed with drums and whistles are to lead a crackdown on going to the toilet in public under a new scheme in the western state of Rajasthan, a report said Monday. “We are constructing […]
Remove banned food products from shelves: Malaysian minister
KUCHING – An assistant minister has called for all food products containing high levels of antibiotics to be removed from shelves. Assistant public health minister Dr Jerip Susil said consumption of chloramphenicol in large amounts is harmful to health. He […]
Sugar levels worsen rapidly when problems arise: Experts
PETALING JAYA – Stress worsens a diabetic’s blood sugar level more rapidly than non-diabetics, say experts. Tropicana Medical Centre nephrologist Dr Soehardy Zainudin said stress was one of the most common factors in further deteriorating diabetic conditions. “Work stress and […]
Malaysia to get tough on smokers
SEREMBAN – With an estimated 100,000 Malaysians dying every year from smoke-related illnesses, the Government may resort to having each cigarette stick printed with the words Smoking is hazardous to health. In another drastic move to discourage people particularly the […]
China to phase out prisoner organs next year: Researcher
BEIJING – China will start phasing out the use of executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplants next year, a researcher for the government has said, according to a World Health Organisation magazine. China will introduce a new […]
Saudi man cured of SARS family virus: Ministry
RIYADH – A Saudi man has been cured after he was diagnosed with a mystery illness from the same family as the deadly SARS virus and from which one person died, the kingdom’s health ministry said on Sunday. He was […]
India to triple spending on health, says PM
NEW DELHI- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday announced that the central government would triple its spending on health under the 12th five-year plan as the health indicators “reflect a country’s overall well-being”. “Recognizing the need to provide for the […]
Taiwan supplier recalls rice over pesticide residue scare
A major packaged rice vendor yesterday said it is removing its products from the market due to pesticide residue concerns. King-Town Co. said it decided to recall all packaged-rice products from the same harvest after tests commissioned by the company […]
Thousands of Poultry Birds Culled Near Bangalore
Thousands of infected chickens, ducks and emus have been culled in a poultry farm on Bangalore’s outskirts due to bird flu outbreak, say sources. “We have culled about 19,235 chickens, 13,673 ducks and 370 emus at the Central Poultry Development […]
