Category: Community
Residents of low-income neighbourhoods have harder time accessing resources to manage their diabetes
People with diabetes who live in poor communities with limited access to exercise facilities or grocery stores may have a harder time managing their symptoms than diabetics living in more affluent areas, a U.S. study suggests. Communities with lower employment, […]
China’s 2017 birth rates fell 3.5 %
Births in mainland China fell by 3.5 % to 17.23 million last year, according to a recent China Daily report which cited figures from the country’s statistics bureau. The fall in the number of births in 2017 came despite a […]
Post Basic Haemodialysis (PBHD) Nursing Programme trains nurses in Malaysia to specialize in dialysis care
As of 2016, there are 65, 000 Malaysians on dialysis and that there is an increase of 15 % in dialysis patients per annum nationwide. The biggest increase can be seen among those 65 years and older and that the […]
Cases of suspected diphtheria in Yemen nearly hit 500 – WHO
The World Health Organisation says that around 471 people in Yemen are infected with diphtheria, killing one in 10 of them since the outbreak began in mid-August. Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, is embroiled in a proxy […]
Novartis breast cancer therapy gets FDA nod
Novartis’s Kisqali (ribociclib) has won the approval of U.S. Food and Drug Administration breakthrough therapy designation for treating some breast cancer patients. The designation covers initial endocrine-based treatment of pre- or premenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor […]
Amid ‘fattest Asian country’ claim, Malaysian nutritionists sponsored by food giants
Nutritionists in Malaysia – recently dubbed “Asia’s fattest country” – are being sponsored by major food companies, a New York Times article say. The report pointed at the Nutrition Society of Malaysia, whose research on local diets and lifestyle habits […]
Japanese birth rate to plunge to a record low in 2017
The number of births in Japan this year has fallen to its lowest since records began more than a century ago with about 941,000 new babies, the health ministry said on Friday, proof if any were needed that it faces […]
Thailand battling drug-resistant malaria
Once a smuggling stop for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge guerrillas, Thailand’s border town of Bo Rai finds itself on the frontline of a new battle against drug-resistant strains of malaria that could frustrate global attempts to stamp out the disease. Malaria […]
Ebola victims bring Sierra Leone government to court over alleged corruption
Two survivors in Sierra Leone of the deadly Ebola disease have sued the government, saying that it mismanaged funds during the outbreak that claimed more than 3,000 people. More than 11,300 people died in total during the worst outbreak of […]
Seasonal flu more fatal globally than previously thought
Seasonal flu claims the lives of at least 646, 000 people annually, U.S health officials warn, more than previously thought. Global death rates from seasonal influenza are likely between 291,000 and 646,000 people each year, depending on the severity of […]
