Category: Health alert
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 […]
Korean Oysters pulled from Local shelves after Nationwide Ban
GUAM – Two brands of canned Korean oysters have been pulled from local shelves following a nationwide ban, and GovGuam health officials are still searching for more. Cans of “Geisha Whole Oysters in Water” and “Crown Prince Whole Oysters in […]
Thirty-six percent Of Malaria Drugs In Southeast Asia Are Fake
UNITED STATES – One-third of the malaria drugs sold across Southeast Asia are either poor quality or fake, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study published in The Lancet Infectious Disease journal. According to the authors, poor quality antimalarial […]
FDA issues alert on Potential Dangers of unproven treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and patients about injuries and death associated with the use of an experimental procedure sometimes called “liberation therapy” or the “liberation procedure” to treat chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). […]
South Asia’s Canals linked to Malaria widespread, says study
NEW DELHI — Independent India should learn lessons from the deadly malaria epidemics that swept many parts of the country in the last century, attributable to indiscriminate canal building and related projects by the then rulers, a new study suggests. […]
More gain, More pain
THERE is a large correlation between weight and how much pain people suffer, according to a recent survey result. The survey polled more than million people in the US who were overweight. Respondents said they higher rates of pain, by […]
Nutella revises “balanced breakfast” campaign after US$3M lawsuit
NUTELLA, the maker of the popular hazelnut-flavoured spread has agreed to a US$3-million settlement to end four lawsuits filed in the United States that claimed that Nutella engaged in misleading marketing that portray its product as a healthy part of […]
