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South East Asian leaders sign declaration against tobacco
Health ministers from 11 countries in South East Asia signed a declaration to reduce tobacco use in the region. The Dili Declaration was signed yesterday in Timor Leste during the 68th Regional Committee Meeting of the WHO South-East Asia Region. […]
Congenital heart disease now covered Indian health program
Children with congenital heart disease will now receive medical care under the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Guarantee (MPPSG) Act 2010. The government has medical support programmes ranging from Rs 25,000 to Rs 100,000, for children up to 15 years old. […]
Kids of controlling parents grow up to be sad adults
Children with psychologically controlling parents grow up to have lower mental wellbeing than those with less controlling parents. The effect of having controlling parents was similar to a recent death of a relative or close friend. “We found that people […]
Making a living can kill you, a study says
A study published in the Lancet suggests that staying for long hours in the office increase your risk of stroke and other health problems. Researchers examined 25 different studies that followed the lives of more than 600,000 people in Europe, […]
Middle East construction workers face health risk under extreme heat
Last June, authorities imposed a “summer hours working ban” to protect construction workers from the extreme summer heat. Labourers were only allowed to work three to four hours in midday. The ban was lifted in Qatar last week. UAE, Kuwait, […]
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 […]
