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Japan Quake Has Caused a Surge in Heart Disease
The massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11 last year, in which nearly 16,000 people were killed, also triggered a sharp rise in the incidence of heart disease, according to medical records. Based on the 124,152 ambulance records […]
China’s Increasing Cancer Rates Linked To New Lifestyles And Lack Of Sun Exposure
Avoiding direct exposure to sunlight is generally seen as a good way of reducing skin cancer risk. However, Chinese scientists demonstrated that death rates in China (as in the West) from several major cancer are lower among people with more […]
Fukushima Begins Testing Rice for Radiation
Bags of rice are being checked by the Fukushima Prefectural Government in Japan for radiation. Governor Yuhei Sato, who visited an inspection center in Nihonmatsu on the first day of the inspections, said that he ‘wants safe Fukushima rice to […]
Contaminated pickles kill six in Japan
TOKYO- Six people have died after eating pickles contaminated with E. coli bacteria in northern Japan, officials said on Sunday, in the country’s deadliest mass food poisoning in 10 years. A total of 103 others have been made ill after […]
Uncollected trash can cause disease outbreaks
MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Health-National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) warned yesterday that uncollected garbage “lying wide open on the streets of Metro Manila” could cause outbreaks of various diseases. According to DOH-NCR director Dr. Eduardo Janairo, […]
Hospitals target 40pc day care surgeries
KUALA LUMPUR: An estimated 40 per cent of surgeries in the country are targeted for day care procedures whereby patients are allowed to return home instead of being warded after operations. Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL), Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department […]
New hospital pioneers reforms in health care
BEIJING- A new hospital affiliated to the University of Hong Kong is adopting the Hong Kong public hospital management system in the neigboring Shenzhen City in a bid to seek way for reforms in the public health care. The Chinese […]
China, United States cooperate on smoking control in workplaces
BEIJING- China and the United States have established the Sino-U.S. Partnership on Smoke-free Workplaces, pledging cemented efforts regarding tobacco control in workplaces. The partnership was announced in a joint statement issued by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Department […]
Fine Against China Hotel After 140 Fall Ill
On Saturday, a five-star China Hotel in Hainan province was fined 618,000 yuan (around $97,000) after 141 people fell ill after eating breakfast there. The Sanya City Food and Drug Administration also confiscated materials used to make the food, Xinhua […]
China’s life expectancy to hit 77 by 2020: report
BEIJING- China’s average life expectancy will increase to 77 years by 2020 from 74.83 years in 2010, according to an official forecast released Friday. Targets for improving life expectancy, as well as nine other key indicators of the country’s public […]
