Category: Health alert
FDA warns public against buying mercury-tainted beauty products
MANILA – When buying cosmetic products, choose only those authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and sold in legitimate outlets. The FDA issued this advisory over the weekend after confirmatory tests it conducted on seven skin whitening products […]
Sugar-free sweeteners ‘linked to rise in obesity and diabetes’
Sugar-free sweeteners could increase glucose intolerance and diabetes risk by affecting bacteria in the gut, a study has suggested. Far from improving metabolism and helping people to slim, widespread use of artificial sweeteners may be fuelling the obesity and diabetes […]
China’s worrying diabetes epidemic
Diabetes has become a major public health crisis in China, with an annual projected cost of 360 billion RMB (nearly US$59 billion) by 2030, but a new collaborative approach to care that uses registries and community support could help improve […]
Fight for food safety in Asia
The shockwaves caused by the problematic cooking oil recycled from kitchen waste in Taiwan have yet to create ripples on the mainland although it has been revealed that some food made with such oil may have crossed the Straits. Yet, […]
Doctors urge men over 45 to have check for Hepatitis B
Doctors are calling for men over 45 to get themselves checked for Hepatitis B, as the virus is often a precursor to liver cancer. Compulsory infant Hepatitis B vaccination was only implemented from 1987 and adults born before then may […]
EMFs: A hidden danger of air travel
EMFs, also known as electromagnetic fields, are invisible lines of force that emanate from any electrical or wireless device. Low-frequency EMFs are emitted by electricity and appliances, while high-frequency EMFs are generated by wireless devices. These man-made EMFs interfere with […]
7 Healthy foods that are dangerous if you eat too much of them
You know that eating an entire box of cookies in one sitting isn’t good for you—but experts say overdoing it with certain more nutritious foods could be just as dangerous. There’s no need to ditch these foods from your diet […]
Bullying from brothers and sisters may be harmful
Bullying has been linked to worse health later in life, and new findings from the UK suggest that’s also true when the bullies are a child’s brothers or sisters. In a study of about 7,000 people, those bullied by brothers […]
Five Southeast Asian nations team up to eliminate kala-azar
DHAKA – Five nations in Southeast Asia have teamed up through signing a Memorandum of Understanding, or MoU, to collaborate in the elimination of Visceral Leishmaniasis from their countries. Health ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Thailand singed the […]
“Third wave” of malaria resistance lurks on Thai-Cambodia border
PHNOM PENH – Public health experts and scientists warn history’s third major bout of drug-resistant malaria could spread across Asia to Africa unless “radical action” is taken. Artemisinin-resistant strains on the Thailand-Cambodia border threaten the treatment’s efficacy and pose containment […]
