Category: Community
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 […]
New centre to boost training in elderly care
SINGAPORE – Every doctor and nurse should know how to care for the elderly, especially as the population ages. This is partly why the National Healthcare Group (NHG) has set up a centre dedicated to this field. The Institute of […]
83 Malaysian students ill after drinking free milk
MUAR, Malaysia – Eighty-three pupils of a Malaysian school in Muar suffered food poisoning after drinking milk supplied under the free milk scheme. The pupils started vomiting and purging 30 minutes after drinking the milk during recess on Thursday. School […]
China steps up campaign against healthcare bribery
BEIJING- China’s Ministry of Health has ordered patients and hospitals to sign a document agreeing that no bribes will be offered or accepted by the two parties. When a public hospital accepts a new inpatient, both sides should sign the […]
Neglected tropical diseases still endemic in Indonesia: minister
JAKARTA- Indonesian Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi said that Indonesia remained an endemic country for neglected tropical diseases that could cause disabilities and downgrade the quality of human resources, local media reported Saturday. Neglected tropical diseases were poverty-related infectious illnesses mostly […]
