Category: Top Story
Indonesia population approaching US revives birth control
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono wants families to stop at two children to prevent a burgeoning population overwhelming schools and services. Asih, a cleaner in Tangerang, near Jakarta, is stopping at seven. “In my family, we always had a lot […]
Asean and universal health care
ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has traditionally relied on a mixture of public and private health care with an emphasis on the latter. It is a structure that is likely to continue as more countries in the region begin […]
China advised to highlight community healthcare in addressing aging issue: WHO official
China should shift its focus from hospitals to community-based healthcare in coping with the aging problem, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) official. Dr. John Beard, director of the WHO’s Department of Ageing and Life Course, spoke to Xinhua […]
Asia-Pacific healthcare’s “urgent need for business process change”
Healthcare across the Asia-Pacific region is in a state of accelerated evolution, due not only to changing demographics but also to disruptions in the traditional value chain to which emerging Asian markets have been slow to adapt, says a new […]
Doctors in India now recommend Botox to treat urinary incontinence
Doctors in different hospitals in India recommend botox, better known as the miracle aid to fight wrinkles, to treat urinary incontinence saying that the success rate till now has been 100 percent. Botox is currently used worldwide to treat incontinence […]
Lifestyle disorders top health issues in Arab world
Heart disease and stroke have replaced infectious disease as the top causes of early death in the Arab world, tracking the West in a trend towards lifestyle disorders, The Lancet reported Monday. An international consortium of scientists compared the state […]
Playing the blame game with polio
It is deeply troublesome that over the past few years, several kidnappings, beatings and killings of vaccinators have been reported In June 2013, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Imran Khan to tackle the transmission of polio virus and factors […]
M’sia bridge into Asia’s booming health care market
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is poised to be the bridge into Asia’s compelling healthcare opportunities. Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BiotechCorp) CEO Datuk Dr Mohd Nazlee Kamal said Malaysia’s healthcare industry is growing at a rapid pace, driven by incremental healthcare spending, […]
Thinner doesn’t mean healthy for Asian-Americans
Asian-Americans tend to be skinnier than white, black or Hispanic Americans, but that doesn’t necessarily equal healthy, new national data reminds. People of Asian descent still struggle with health issues associated with being overweight, like hypertension and high cholesterol. The […]
India looks for WHO to recognize Asian country as being polio-free
India, which had once been the polio capital of the world, has now been free of the debilitating disease for three years. The Asian country will now look forward to being officially declared polio-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) […]
