Category: Top Story
Asian enthusiasm for natural health boosts NZ industry
Asian consumers increasingly viewing health supplements as “an investment rather than an expense” are driving growth in New Zealand’s natural products industry, says the boss of Comvita’s operations in China and Southeast Asia. Bay of Plenty-based Comvita markets products including […]
Polio conquered, measles next on target list
After India was declared polio free earlier this year, health experts stress that eradication of measles is the next ‘achievable target’ among childhood illnesses. ‘After the victory over polio and officially being declared polio-free by the World Health Organisation (WHO), […]
Deadly diarrhea caused by wastewater irrigation of crops
Researchers have identified that the use of wastewater to irrigate vegetable crops, which is common across developing countries, may significantly contribute to deadly health risks such as rotavirus, a major cause of diarrheal diseases. Diarrheal disease is the second leading […]
Asean haze watch system ‘delayed by others’
ASEAN countries have been unable to implement the regional grouping’s haze monitoring system because other parties have yet to agree to do so. Asean’s credibility is thus at stake, said Foreign Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, as he accounted for the […]
New research facility for infectious diseases in Asia unveiled in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH – France’s Institut Pasteur du Cambodge on Tuesday inaugurated a new facility here for a regional research platform in Asia, focusing its research on infectious diseases in the region. Cambodian Health Minister Mam Bunheng, Vincent Deubel, director of […]
Aid group describes healthcare disaster in Syria
BEIRUT Newborns freezing to death in hospital incubators, doctors cutting off limbs to stop patients from bleeding to death, surging cases of polio: a new report published on Monday paints a dire picture of Syria’s collapsing healthcare system. The report, […]
Why China’s doctors are getting beat up
Being a doctor or frontline medical professional China has officially become a nightmare. The young doctor weeps as he is pulled before the crowd. The night before, he treated a patient for excessive alcohol consumption. That patient later died. And […]
Indonesia’s economy held back by neglected tropical diseases
The control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is one of the most cost-effective ways Indonesia can sustain economic growth and reduce inequality, said scientists today in an analysis published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. While Indonesia is poised […]
Iran is becoming a prime destination for Muslim medical tourists
Despite near demonisation in parts of the US and Israeli media, Iran is a peaceful country that is successfully attracting local medical tourists away from rivals with political and civil strife, and away from countries that have a tendency to […]
Drug-resistant malaria gaining ground in SE Asia
Efforts are being scaled up to stem a further spread of drug-resistant malaria in Southeast Asia. “The emergence of resistance… threatens worldwide malaria control and treatment since there is no alternative to this drug if its efficacy decreases further and […]
