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38 hospitals awarded accreditation certificates
38 hospitals have been awarded with the MSQH Hospital Accreditation Performance Award: 4 Year certificate for 4th Edition Standards at the MSQH conference in Putraraja on Monday. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Measuring Performance: 15 years MSQH Hospital; […]
Indonesian airport opens health post amid wildfire haze
The Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Indonesia opened a health post for passengers who were exposed to the haze from Sumatran forest fires. The health post will be open as long as the city is still […]
Blood test predicts Alzheimer’s before symptoms show
Scientists developed a blood test that can tell your biological age (i.e. your body age) and predict if you will get Alzheimer’s disease even before symptoms appear. In a seven-year study at King’s College London, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and […]
Dengue cases in Tainan decreasing
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said that the outbreak in the municipality of Tainan in Taiwan is receding. CDC Director Steven Kuo said that since May, total cases reached 4,884, 88.13% the 5,542 total cases in Taiwan. Kuo still […]
UK scientists are developing a drug to combat sepsis and ARDS
Sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) are among the leading causes of death in hospitalized patients, killing 37,000 in the UK every year. There is no effective treatment for these ailments yet, but a team of scientists are quickly […]
Parenting classes are ensure healthier babies at birth
A study showed that a series of short parenting classes can curb the effect of stress on expecting mothers. The classes helped in the babies having optimal weight and having shorter hospital stays. The classes were developed by Mark Feinberg, […]
Feeling blue? Sadness impairs your color perception, study says
“Feeling blue” has never been so appropriate. Researchers found out that sad people have trouble identifying blues and yellows. In one experiments, 127 students were randomly assigned to either watch a sad animated clip or a standup comedy clip. They […]
Funny men get the girl—a theory backed by science
Ditch the pickup lines and go for punch lines instead. A recent study shows that when two strangers meet, the more a woman laughs at a man’s jokes, the more likely she’ll agree to a date. The chances are even […]
Researchers inching closer to cheaper antivenom
A group of researchers identified the exact composition of sea snake venom, which is a step toward creating synthetic antivenom. Sea snake venom currently costs US$2000. On the other hand, synthetic venom, if produced, will cost around US$10 to US$100. […]
Mobile phone microscope can detect malaria
Engineers from the Texas A&M University developed a device that turns your phone into a microscope that detects malaria. The device is called a MOPID, or a mobile optical polarization imaging device. MOPID aims to make it easier for health […]
