Category: Health alert
Filipinos among World’s Top Smokers, says survey
PHILIPPINES – Despite the existence of laws that limit smoking, male Filipino smokers are among the top smokers in the world occupying the ninth spot following India and China among others, data from the American Cancer Society and World Lung […]
Maternal Deaths on the Rise
PHILIPPINES – As the controversy over women’s access to proper reproductive health continues, Health Secretary Enrique Ona disclosed that the country’s maternal mortality rate went up to 221 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2010, from 162 deaths in 2006. […]
Taiwan monitors Oyster scare
TAIWAN may remove certain South Korean seafood products from store shelves after the US Food and Drug Administration warned that they may be contaminated with noroviruses. The Department of Health (DOH) has started inspecting each batch of imported shellfish from […]
China has serious Tuberculosis Epidemic, says report
UNITED STATES – China faces a “serious epidemic” of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, a US-published study said on Wednesday. “In 2007, one third of the patients with new cases […]
FDA urges market pullout of Korean molluscan shellfish
UNITED STATES – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised US food wholesalers, food retailers and food-service operators to remove from their distribution chains all clams, mussels, oysters and scallops – collectively known as molluscan shellfish – that have […]
E. Coli scare in Japan takes raw beef liver off the shelves
JAPAN – A food-safety panel has decided to ban the serving of raw beef liver after deeming it a health risk. Effective this July, barbecue restaurants and local bars will no longer serve this favourite dish which is part of […]
24% of all Preterm Births are in India
EACH year about 15 million babies are born and more than one in 10 births are born too early, according to Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth. The report points out that India has the maximum number […]
California Tuna Found With Japanese Radiation, says Stanford
UNITED STATES – Stanford researchers believe they have found the first instance of radioactive materials from Japan’s nuclear disaster being transported by migrating animals through the sea off the coast of California. Researchers from the farm, working with scientists from […]
China Blood Donations Rise but Struggle to Meet Demand
CHINA – In an effort to encourage blood donations, China’s Health Minister Chen Zhu donated plasma during a visit to Chengdu, in southwestern Sichuan province. This was the sixth time Chen donated blood since becoming Health Minister in 2007. Before […]
World’s First Healthy Cola Approved
JAPAN has approved the world’s first cola for being “beneficial to health”. The country’s food regulatory authority has cleared ‘Kirin Mets Cola’ for the most sought after Foods for Specified Health Users (FOSHU) label. Japan’s Health and Nutrition Food Association […]
