Category: Community
Social Networking as a Means to Procure Breast Milk
The number of people taking to social networking in order to acquire breast milk is growing by the day as human milk banks struggle to satisfy the huge demand for breast milk. A Facebook group called “Human Milk 4 Human […]
Cat-astrophic infection
KUALA LUMPUR: Is a certain cat parasite driving people to commit suicide? A recently published international report has linked women infected with the cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii ) with a higher risk of suicide attempts. A new Universiti […]
Yosemite: Up to 10,000 at risk of virus
Fresno — Up to 10,000 people who were guests in certain lodging cabins at Yosemite National Park might have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne virus, park officials confirmed Friday as rangers handled a slew of calls from frightened visitors. […]
Alarm Set Off By Dead Rats from Jaipur’s Flooded Areas
Officials have said that a large number of dead rats being recovered from water-inundated areas in the Rajasthan capital have alarmed the authorities. Some of the dead rodents have been sent to a laboratory in Punjab’s Jalandhar for examination, they […]
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 […]
