Category: Community
Indonesia faces a double burden of diseases, study finds
.Indonesia has made advances in health since 1990, increasing life expectancy by eight years and decreasing rates of health burden from communicable diseases like diarrheal disease and tuberculosis. But the country is facing a growing and expensive wave of health […]
Go easy on sugar, salt: WHO advices Vietnamese
Vietnam has a delicious array of sweets to indulge into. A sweet tooth won’t get enough from helpings of ChèTrôiNước, or ChèSương Sa HạtLựu. But too much sugar is also bad for the health. Each Vietnamese currently consumes about 46.5 […]
Stay healthy during World Cup
If you’ve got a case of World Cup fever, you might find yourself attending watch parties or even kicking around a soccer ball with friends and family over the next few weeks. However you decide to join in on the […]
Test-taking can be tough for kids with vision problems
The study included 85 children, average age 10. Of those, 47 had lazy eye (amblyopia), 18 had been treated for crossed eyes (strabismus), and 20 had no vision issues. Lazy eye is when one eye does not develop normal sight […]
Systemic racism needs more examination related to health – researcher
Although the discipline of public health has recently recognised racism as a social determinant of health, little research examines the issue related to systems and structures. Researcher Billie Castle, a post-doctoral associate in the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioural […]
Vietnam tightens border screening vs Ebola
According to report from Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Vietnam is reinforcing screening at border gates and hospitals in Vietnam in bid to spot people suspected to contract the deadly virus Ebola, particularly those who return from affected areas. The information […]
Study finds musicians and bilinguals have more efficient brains
If you want to train your brains to become more efficient you just need to study music or learn a foreign language according to a new study. The research entitled “Different neural activities support auditory working memory in musicians and […]
Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala traced to Bangladesh strain
The deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, India has already claimed 15 lives as of May. Scientists at the National Institute of Virology have confirmed, after decoding the full genome of the virus taken from the throat swab sample of […]
Shuwen Biotech to develop companion diagnostics for Bliss Bio
China-based Shuwen Biotech Co Ltd, a diagnostic company providing products and services has signed a partnership agreement with Bliss Biopharmaceutical Co, Ltd (Bliss Bio), a company involved in the discovery, development and commercialisation of biotherapeutics for medical needs. Shuwen has […]
WHO: Snake bites a global health priority
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently passed a new resolution stating that snake bites have become a “global health priority”. According to The WHO complications caused by these attacks make the phenomenon one of the most overlooked of tropical diseases. […]
