Category: Top Story
Pregnant 10-year-old in Paraguay denied abortion
Paraguayan authorities have ruled out abortion for a pregnant 10-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her stepfather, unless she develops complications that put her life in danger. Despite a plea from the girl’s mother and an international outcry, senior […]
Yoga rooms in airport allow travellers to relax
Sallie Jo Cunningham wasn’t expecting a good night’s sleep. Waiting for her 12:30 a.m. flight out of San Francisco International Airport to depart, Ms. Cunningham, a business development professional, had resigned herself to a groggy trip back home. Then she […]
Dyeing your armpits: the new beauty craze?
The trend for technicolor underarms has been growing slowly but surely for a while, but was brought into the spotlight last week by pop singer Miley Cyrus. The star posted a picture to her Instagram account showing her wearing a […]
Nepal faces risk of epidemic outbreaks, intestinal diseases: Chinese experts
Nepal has been devastated by a massive earthquake on April, 25, 2015. While the evacuation process is still in progress, a Chinese government medical team has released an evaluation report on the public health risk of the Nepal earthquake. The […]
South Asians more likely to be diagnosed with late stage breast cancer
South Asian women are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage breast cancer compared to the general population, while Chinese women are more likely to be diagnosed with early stage cancer, according to a study published in the journal […]
More Germans substituting sausages with soya amidst health concerns
Germans, known for their love of sausages, are eating less meat and more vegetarian food as concerns grow about health, animal welfare and the environmental cost of livestock farming. Meat consumption is stable or declining in most developed countries but […]
Instant self-test HIV kit on sale in Britain
Britain’s first legally-approved HIV self-testing kit went on sale online on Monday, promising a result in just 15 minutes with a 99.7% accuracy rate. Developers hope the BioSure HIV Self Test will help identify the estimated 26,000 people in Britain […]
Pepsi to drop artificial sweetener aspartame
A controversial artificial sweetener is being removed from Diet Pepsi in the US amid consumer concerns about its safety. Aspartame-free cans of the drink will go on sale from August in America, but not in Britain. Regulators in the UK […]
Reading to children activates their brain
Reading to small children may help prepare their brains for reading-readiness, a new study suggests. In pre-kindergarten kids who were exposed to more reading at home, brain scans showed different patterns of brain activation than in kids who weren’t read […]
Nepal earthquake: Disaster overwhelms weak healthcare system
A massive earthquake in Nepal has exposed the woeful state of its medical facilities as hospitals struggle to treat vast numbers of injured with limited supplies and staff. The country of 28 million has only 2.1 physicians and 50 hospital […]
