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Professional midwives lessen maternal death in South Asia
To increase the survival rate to mothers in South Asia, a doctoral candidate suggests that midwifery should be established as a profession. In several South Asian countries, midwifery is not an established profession. Doctoral candidate Malin Bogren has been commissioned […]
Ultra runner sets new world record
Ultra runner Susie Chan set a new world record by running in a treadmill for 12 hours. The 40 year old, ran a total distance of 68.54 miles (110.3km) in the human performance laboratory at the Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road […]
Chinese, Koreans spend least time on grooming
A recent 22-country study found that over three in five (63%) consumers across five Asia Pacific countries put in between one to four hours weekly on personal grooming, with 60 percent from this group saying the time they spend is […]
Samsung starts blood donation drive amid low reserves
South Korea’s top conglomerate the Samsung Group said Thursday it has kicked off an inhouse blood donation campaign in an effort to help the country tide over a shortage of blood reserves. The campaign will be carried out at key […]
Pelican BioThermal offers pallet shipper rental service
Pelican BioThermal, a packaging solutions company for the life sciences industry, now offers Crēdo on Demand for pallet shippers. The rental service, which uses passive Crēdo Xtreme pallet shippers, provides options such as pre-conditioning and end of rental drop-off at […]
Clariant breaks ground in healthcare packaging plant in India
Executive Committee, along with Marco Cenisio, Business Unit Head Masterbatches, and Ketan Premani, Head Clariant Healthcare Packaging Sales, India, performed the groundbreaking ceremony. Clariant performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a new manufacturing plant in Cuddalore, India. The plant is slated […]
Medical Fair Asia to host first Medicine + Sports Conference Asia
The 11th Medical Fair Asia will be hosting the first Medicine + Sports Conference in Asia. The fair is a three-day event to be held on August 31 to September 2, 2016 in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. The conference will […]
Ebola outbreak over, says WHO
The World Health Organization declared Liberia Ebola-free last January 14, marking the end of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. But the Organization says the job is not over, more flare-ups are expected and that strong surveillance and response systems […]
ESMO Asia conference held in Singapore
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) concluded its inaugural four-day ESMO Asia 2015 Congress. Held in Singapore from 18–21 December 2015 at Suntec Convention and Exhibition Centre, the oncology congress saw almost 3,000 medical professionals representing various oncology disciplines […]
Philippines first Asian country to approve dengue vaccine
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced that the Philippines have granted marketing approval to Dengvaxia, making it the first vaccine to be licensed for the prevention of dengue in Asia. The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration approved Dengvaxia, […]
