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Vietnam to host Asia Pacific reproductive, sexual health conference
Vietnam will be hosting the 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) conference for the first time this November. The conference, to be held from November 27 to 30 this year, will be organized by the Việt […]
Internet withdrawal causes increased heart rate, anxiety levels
People who have a tendency to be obsessive internet users experience withdrawal-like symptoms and significant physiological changes such as increased heart rate and blood pressure when they go offline, a new study has found. Scientists and clinicians from Swansea University […]
India’s ban on foreign funds could harm health programs
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), a non-profit group backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has expressed its worries regarding India’s ban on its foreign funds which, it says, may be detrimental to some government health programs. […]
Singapore to boost use of technology for better healthcare delivery
Singapore is ramping up the use of technology to improve healthcare delivery for patients nationwide. Health Minister Gan Kim Yong has recently announced that by the end of the year, all Singaporeans will have access to a new application that […]
“Ultra-tough” antibiotic developed to fight superbugs
Scientists in the US have redesigned a vital antibiotic, creating a new version of vancomycin, to fight some of the world’s toughest superbugs. The re-engineered version is designed to be ultra-tough and appears to be a thousand times more potent […]
Common, cheap antioxidant could slow human skin aging
Researchers from the University of Maryland in the US suggest that a common, inexpensive antioxidant called methylene blue could slow down or reverse signs of aging of the human skin. The scientists tested the chemical in cultured human skin cells […]
Smoking damages unborn babies’ livers
The potent cocktail of chemicals released in cigarette smoke has been found to be particularly harmful to developing liver cells of unborn babies, affecting male and female fetuses differently. A team of researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh in […]
WHO: India reports Zika virus cases
India has reported cases of the Zika virus infection in the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, adding that surveillance of the disease should be strengthened. The WHO said that on May 15, India’s health ministry reported three confirmed […]
Scientists discover way to potentially slow down cancer spread
The biochemical signaling process causing densely packed cancer cells to break away from a tumor and spread elsewhere in the body has been discovered by a team led by John Hopkins researchers. The team also reported in their study that […]
Some types of cancer feed on sugar, study finds
Some types of cancers are more dependent on sugar than others, scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas found in a new study.They discovered that squamous cell tumors — which account for about 25% to 30% of lung cancer […]
