Category: Community
South Korea suspends US poultry imports
South Korea has suspended imports of all U.S. poultry and poultry products because of an outbreak of bird flu at a chicken farm in the western state of Oregon. South Korea’s Agriculture Ministry said in a statement Sunday that the […]
Seeing the doctor, overseas: Medical tourism booms in Asia
KUALA LUMPUR – The lines snaking into Bangladesh’s overwhelmed hospitals are often so long, says Nusrat Hussein Kiwan, that they extend into the street outside – too many patients seeking too few quality doctors. So, through a Google search, the […]
Cambodian PM orders probe into mass HIV infections
PHNOM PENH – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday ordered experts to thoroughly look into the case of mass HIV infections in a remote commune of northwestern Cambodia and called on the public not to panic over the incident. […]
Cancer patients testing drugs on mouse ‘avatars’
Scientists often test drugs in mice. Now some cancer patients are doing the same — with the hope of curing their own disease. They are paying a private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so […]
Instant noodles recalled as Taiwan food scare widens
TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorities on Thursday ordered a leading food company to recall two flavours of instant noodles over fears they contain a banned dye as the island’s latest food scandal deepened. Health officials said sauce packages in the two flavours […]
South Korea increases efforts to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak
South Korea is intensifying efforts to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease by inoculating all hogs in affected areas, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday. South Korea earlier this month confirmed a fresh case of foot-and-mouth disease […]
Japan lab cannot repeat ground-breaking cell finding
TOKYO – Some of Japan’s top scientists have been unable to reproduce results of what was once billed as a ground-breaking stem cell study, but which spiralled into a scandal that included a respected researcher’s suicide, reports said Thursday. The […]
Simple coffee bean could be vital solution to improving health in Laos’ countryside
In a branch of one of the country’s most well-known cafe chains, with modern vehicles whizzing by just yards from the door, as beans are ground and enticing blend percolate away, it would be easy to forget that nearby life […]
South Korea cancer victims bring class action against nuclear operator
SEOUL – A group of South Korean thyroid cancer patients living near nuclear plants have filed the country’s first class action suit against the operator, after an October court ruling in favor of a plaintiff claiming a link between radiation […]
I have an ax to grind with cancer!
To celebrate breast cancer awareness month I decided that holding an ax overhead would be appropriate for the occasion! I’d love nothing more than to take this ax and smash cancer in the head if such an action were even […]
