Category: Health alert
Self-medicating may harm you
KUALA LUMPUR – The elderly are more susceptible to infections than their younger counterparts, says UMMC’s Infectious Diseases consultant, Associate Professor Dr Sasheela Ponnampalavanar. “Unlike younger patients, the clinical manifestation of infections in the elderly is often atypical, subtle and […]
UN agency calls outdoor air pollution leading cause of cancer
The air we breathe is laced with cancer-causing substances and should now be classified as carcinogenic to humans, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) cancer agency said on Thursday. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cited data indicating that […]
Hazardous levels of manganese found in stainless kitchenware in Taiwan
TAIPEI – Forty per cent of stainless steel kitchenware samples tested were found to contain over 10 per cent manganese, a metal that could lead to neurological disorders, the Taipei City Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday. The DOH […]
Self-medication for allergy can be deadly: Experts
Experts say that each individual on earth is allergic to something and it should not be ignored, but one should not do self-medication as the problem could further aggravate. “Allergy, if categorized, can be of more than hundred types and […]
Study shows why ‘Corset Diet’ can be harmful for your health
‘Corset diet’, which though helps in curbing one’s food intake, is dangerous, warn health experts. At the beginning of the diet programme, people don a corset for a few hours every day and eventually work their way up to 12 […]
S. Korea suspends some US beef imports over feed additive
SEOUL/CHICAGO – South Korea has suspended some US beef imports after detecting the cattle feed additive zilpaterol in meat supplied by a unit of JBS USA Holdings Inc, raising concerns that the controversial animal growth enhancer may still be in […]
Aircraft noise linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke
Exposure to high levels of aircraft noise near busy international airports has been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and strokes in two separate studies from Britain and the United States. Researchers in London studied data on noise […]
Asian bacteria threatens Florida oranges
WASHINGTON— Citrus production in Florida, the world’s second largest orange juice supplier after Brazil, is being threatened by a bacteria from Asia that has scientists racing for a remedy. Known as citrus greening, the disease makes oranges bitter and fall […]
Experts: Be alert of H7N9 amid flu seasons
The avian influenza strain of H7N9 is highly likely to return and affect humans in the autumn and winter on the Chinese mainland, warned Zeng Guang, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. China has remained […]
Dangerous dye being used to make fake ‘kampung chickens’
MALAYSIA – Chicken is widely eaten by many and claims that the birds are being coloured yellow using a dye is worrying. Some traders claim that consumers are being duped by chicken sellers into believing that the plucked yellow chickens […]
