Category: Community
Thai officials okay move to sell condoms in schools
In an effort to curb teenage pregnancy, condoms will now be available at vending machines in secondary schools in Thailand. “We won’t argue if the machines are installed in schools where relevant parties and local communities believe they are needed,” […]
Plain tobacco packs with health warnings effective in curbing smoking
Researchers have found that plain tobacco packs which state explicitly the dangers of smoking are more effective in curbing smoking. In a collection of scientific papers in the journal Addiction, researchers said that while standardised packs were still too new […]
Over-the-counter drug good, too, for arthritis patients
Three daily doses of glucosamine and chondroitin may provide the same relief as a smaller dose of prescription celecoxib for people with severe pain from osteoarthritis, according to a randomized trial in four European countries. In the US, glucosamine and […]
Marijuana may be related to sleepiness in some teens
Narcolepsy – extreme bouts of sleepiness that can strike at any time – affects around 1 in 2,000 people in the US. A new study raises concerns about its diagnosis in adolescents, after it identified marijuana in the urine of […]
6-day old premature baby youngest recipient of a heart transplant
A 6-day old premature baby, Oliver Crawford, has become the youngest infant to receive a heart transplant at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Arizona, US. The hospital said, “The baby remains in hospital and his lungs remain weak but he is […]
Vietnamese poor missing out from healthcare
A doctor working at Bach Mai Hospital in Ha Noi said one of her patients committed suicide last year because he did not have enough money to pay for daily treatment for his kidney disease. The treatment fee was too […]
China spends 47 bilion yuan improving students’ nutrition
Chinese government has invested 47.2 billion yuan (about 7.7 billion U.S. dollars) in its rural nutrition program sinc 2011, and 32.2 million children have reaped the benefits, the Ministry of Education said on Friday. The program was launched to address […]
4 year-old by receives world’s first artificial pancreas
In 2013 alone, over 79,000 children around the globe were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: an autoimmune disorder that affects the amount of insulin produced by the pancreas. Receiving insulin therapy through a traditional pump or injections can require a lot of […]
Woman defies odds; cured of major case of warts
A woman, plagued by a rare disease has been cured in an event so improbable doctors say it is the medical equivalent of a lottery win. The woman in her 50s, who is not being named, was plagued by warts […]
UAE shop sold expired food; angered a customer
A customer in a shop in Dubai was angry after realizing that the food product he had purchased was past its expiry date. “I recently bought a dairy product from [the supermarket]. After reaching home, I realised that the product […]
