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Have asthma? Try cardio exercises
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) there are 235 million people currently suffering from asthma around the world. India has an estimated 15-20 million asthmatics and 15% […]
Yoga rooms in airport allow travellers to relax
Sallie Jo Cunningham wasn’t expecting a good night’s sleep. Waiting for her 12:30 a.m. flight out of San Francisco International Airport to depart, Ms. Cunningham, a business development professional, had resigned herself to a groggy trip back home. Then she […]
Dyeing your armpits: the new beauty craze?
The trend for technicolor underarms has been growing slowly but surely for a while, but was brought into the spotlight last week by pop singer Miley Cyrus. The star posted a picture to her Instagram account showing her wearing a […]
Epworth HealthCare
THE CHALLENGE Epworth HealthCare had a large number of disconnected clinical, safety, and building management systems buzzing and beeping throughout its facilities. They needed an alerting solution that would work with the existing technology and allow them to standardise telecommunications […]
Nepal faces risk of epidemic outbreaks, intestinal diseases: Chinese experts
Nepal has been devastated by a massive earthquake on April, 25, 2015. While the evacuation process is still in progress, a Chinese government medical team has released an evaluation report on the public health risk of the Nepal earthquake. The […]
Over 75 percent of doctors in India faced violence at work
More than 75 percent of doctors in India have faced some form of violence, revealed the preliminary findings of an ongoing study by the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Doctors when providing emergency services have faced maximum violence with as many […]
First national traditional Chinese medicine plan released
BEIJING – China will protect and promote traditional Chinese medicine, according to the first five-year plan on the subject released on Monday. The plan, effective until 2020, was released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the […]
Illegal herb found in health products
Korean biotech firm Natural Endotech’s health products were found to contain an illegal substance, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Thursday. The company, known for its signature health goods made of Chinese traditional medicine Cynanchum wilfordii, used a […]
Concerns over enterovirus are escalating locally: CDC
TAIPEI -The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) warned Thursday of a growing enterovirus threat, saying that Taiwan could see a significant enterovirus outbreak in the coming weeks. The number of enterovirus cases grew to 6,600 between April 19 and April […]
China’s approach in combatting malaria applauded
On the occasion of World Malaria Day on April 25, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) hailed China’s role in fighting against malaria. China is the biggest producer of the drug artemisinin, […]
