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Clinics rush to warn patients of tainted steroid
Health providers are scrambling to notify patients in nearly two dozen states including New York that the routine steroid injections they received for back pain in recent months may have been contaminated with a deadly fungal meningitis. It became apparent […]
Living funerals for the terminally ill
SHANGHAI, China – William Chan was quietly carried into the funeral hall on a brown wooden couch. Chan’s funeral at the International Funeral Parlour in Hong Kong’s Hung Hom in July was complete with prayers, music, mourners, friends and family. […]
Thai officials face ban on eating raw fish
THAILAND – Public Health deputy minister Surawit Khonsomboon yesterday backed the idea of prohibiting state officials from eating raw fish and raw fermented fish, saying they would face a disciplinary punishment for doing this. Surawit, who was checking Nong Bua […]
Bhutan Aims To Become 100% Organic
Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom which is famed for seeking “happiness” for its citizens is aiming to become the first nation in the world to turn its home-grown food and farmers 100 percent organic. The tiny Buddhist-majority nation wedged between China […]
One million diabetics by 2050
By 2050, Singapore may have as many as one million diabetics. Every one in two people, by age 70, will be diabetic – up from one in three today. Of the adult population, 15% will suffer from the disease, compared […]
China renews quarantine requirement to block new coronavirus
China’s top quarantine authorities on Sunday renewed its order to boost quarantine measures to prevent the entry of a new type of coronavirus following a World Health Organization (WHO) report. The new coronavirus has left a Qatari citizen dead and […]
Woman dies after taking illegal health product
SINGAPORE – A woman in her 70s passed away in August this year from complications of a life-threatening skin reaction after she took illegal health products. According to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), she had consumed an illegal health product, […]
Malaysia bans two traditional medicinal products
PETALING JAYA – The public is advised to stop buying and using traditional product MYMEN PLUS Capsule 400mg after it was found to contain a scheduled poison. Health director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said the product was found […]
Chikungunya fever afflicts 83 people in Rapu-rapu Albay, Philippines
A mosquito-borne disease called chikunguya fever has infected eighty-three cases people in Rapu-rapu Albay, Philippines. Albay Governor Joey Salceda on Monday said the cases were reported in an island barangay of San Ramon in Batan, Rapu-Rapu municipality. Chikungunya fever is […]
China’s One-Child Norm: A Pain for Many
Wu Rui lost her only child she would ever have, her source of security and support in old age when her 12-year-old daughter died. Today the 55-year-old takes care of herself and her own elderly parents on a paltry pension […]
