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APHM 2017: Winner Sg’s Transfer Wheelchair reduces back injury for healthcare workers
Patients can be moved without being lifted, with the transfer wheelchair, which is designed to facilitate lateral transfer and back injury for healthcare workers, according to Michael Pang, Managing Director of Singapore-based Winner Sg Pte Ltd, speaking at the APHM […]
Malaysian private and public healthcare sectors work hand in hand
KUALA LUMPUR: The public and private sector have been working together, complementing each other in the provision of healthcare in the country, according to Malaysia’s Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr. S. Subramaniam. He was speaking recently at the opening […]
Tick-borne disease kills Japanese woman after being bitten by sick cat
An unnamed Japanese woman in her 50s was killed last year by a tick-borne disease after she was bitten by a sick stray cat in what could be the first such mammal-to-human transmission, according to Japan’s healthy ministry. The woman […]
Nine-year-old child born with HIV has been in remission for over eight years
A nine-year-old South African kid born with HIV has been in remission for more than eight years, being the third child born with the virus to go into remission. According to a new study, the child has had a healthy […]
Dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka claims almost 300 lives
Sri Lanka is intensifying measures against the recent outbreak of dengue fever that has already claimed almost 300 lives. Schools across the island nation will be closed to help prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne disease. The Red Cross also […]
Some vegetarian diets can be unhealthy for the heart, according to study
Individuals on plant-based diets, who consume a lot of grains and sweets, are more likely to develop heart disease than those with other vegetarian diets that includes less of these types of foods, the study suggests. “Most studies that examine […]
New Hospitals by Siloam open in Bangka and Bogor
Siloam International Hospitals recently opened two new hospitals in Bangka and Bogor. An arm of property developer Lippo Karawaci, Siloam’s first hospital in Bangka, in the Bangka-Belitung Islands, opened on Monday, and launched the other new hospital in Bogor, West […]
Healthy lifestyle, education could prevent a third of dementia cases
Health experts have highlighted nine particularly important factors in preventing dementia in a wide-ranging analysis of the disease’s risk factors. These include staying in education beyond age 15, reducing high blood pressure, obesity and hearing loss in mid-life, and reducing […]
People who work long hours may be more at risk of irregular rapid heartbeat
People who work long hours, usually more than 35 to 40 hours a week, may be at higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation, an irregular rapid heartbeat that can lead to strokes, heart failure and chronic fatigue, according to a […]
Experts looking at use of new cancer drugs against HIV
HIV experts are looking at the potential of using new generation cancer drugs in finding a cure for AIDS. Scientists in both fields met at an international conference in Paris on July 22 to discuss whether advances in harnessing the […]
