Article archive for category "Health"
Monday 13 October 2008
- Asthmatic children should carry an emergency plan
- Older men often less fertile than younger men
- Head lice remedy should be repeated soon after first treatment
- St. John's Wort can be "as good as Prozac"
- Varicose veins should be treated without delay
Sunday 12 October 2008
- Blame Dad: scientists discover paternal baldness gene
- Report: Britain considering controls on excessive drinking
Friday 10 October 2008
- ASEAN calls for study on impact of trade liberation on health
- Germany slaughters 1,400 farm birds against bird flu
- WHO seeks global priority on mental health issues
- Malaysia may impose quarantine after dengue fever outbreak
Thursday 09 October 2008
- Most Austrian male youths use pornos for information on sex (Feature)
- Bird flu returns to Germany
- Magazine report says Elton John to visit Cambodia
- Nestle Taiwan agrees to refund consumers over tainted milk powder
- China says 47,000 infants hospitalized over tainted milk
- Hong Kong bars win court battle to allow smokers back inside
Wednesday 08 October 2008
- Cuba breaks national record with 200,000 medical students
- Third melamine-tainted Chinese milk brand detected in Philippines
Tuesday 07 October 2008
- Avian flu hits central Vietnam
Monday 06 October 2008
- Mystery flu-like disease kills four in Johannesburg
- British smokers confronted with graphic picture warnings
- New TB vaccine offers hope for AIDS patients, German researchers say
- Avoid alcohol during pregnancy to prevent disorders in newborns
- Salt provides foundation for European spas
- Fango sets standard for the healing power of mineral-rich mud packs
- What's bad for you could be good for you
Sunday 05 October 2008
- Sweets tainted with melamine found in Japan
- Australians dying for a tan
Friday 03 October 2008
- Milk scare floods Vietnam hospitals with children
- Cholera breaks out in Pakistan's violence-hit north-west
- Two Chinese milk brands sold in Philippines contaminated
- Virus hunters track HIV to 100 years back (Feature)
Thursday 02 October 2008
- California to cover cost of HIV screening
- Taiwan finds tiny amount of melamine in Nestle milk powder
- Tainted milk product sold by Chinese shop in Austria (Roundup)
- India imposes ban on smoking in public places
- Tainted milk product sold by Chinese shop in Austria
Wednesday 01 October 2008
- UN seeks millions of dollars to help Syrians hit by drought
- Schwarzenegger signs fast food calorie law
- India gears up for ban on smoking in public places
- Bangladesh warns against contaminated Chinese milk powder
- Latest Chinese tests find 12 per cent of milk products tainted
Tuesday 30 September 2008
- Taiwan finds melamine in biscuits imported from Malaysia
- Lipton milk tea powder withdrawn after chemical found in it
- Most Africans still have no access to malaria testing, drugs: MSF
- Taiwan demands apology, compensation from China over tainted milk
- Thai food and drug agency finds melamine in Chinese milk powder
Monday 29 September 2008
- Doctors baffled by partly blind Australian
- Swedish politicians gain weight in office but enjoy life
- Cadbury withdraws made-in-China chocolate bars over milk scare
- Immune drug fights cancer, German researchers claim
- Study: Refraining from smoking a month before surgery is beneficial
- Pollution to blame for Asia's growing number of sneezes
- Circumcision helps protect gay men from HIV
- Violence against women impacts growth and health of infants
- Breastfeeding your newborn for six months makes your baby cleverer
- Freebie approach looks to entice Kenyans into HIV tests (Feature)
Sunday 28 September 2008
- Indonesia finds 12 food products containing melamine
Saturday 27 September 2008
- Costa Rica restricts Chinese milk products due to health concerns
- Philippines tests 54 milk products for contamination
- Nepal customs agents seize Chinese biscuits amid health scare
- Tainted milk chemical found in Heinz baby food in Hong Kong
Friday 26 September 2008
- ROUNDUP - Pizza Hut Taiwan probes melamine found in cheese packets
- Bird flu recurs in Vietnam
- China AIDS survey finds high levels of ignorance, stigma
- WHO says China's milk scandal worsened by ignorance, secrecy
- Pizza Hut Taiwan investigates melamine found in cheese packets
Thursday 25 September 2008
- UN: Iraqi government response to cholera effective so far
- Melamine found in sauce packets from Taiwan's Pizza Hut (Extra)
- Rally in Berlin: 130,000 hospital workers at protest
- China milk scandal: Asia, Europe tighten controls (2nd Roundup)
- China milk scandal: Asia, Europe tighten controls (Roundup)
- China allows Taiwan to investigate milk scandal (Roundup)
- Study shows more stroke victims can benefit from blood clot busters
- Two Spaniards become first mother and son to die of BSE
- South Korea bans imports of Chinese milk products, recalls cookies
- India bans import of milk products from China
- China allows Taiwan to send delegation to investigate milk scandal
- WHO IDs diseases, warming as Asia-Pacific health challenges (Feature)
Wednesday 24 September 2008
- Taiwan bans sale of food using Chinese dairy products (Roundup)
- Taiwan bans sale of food using Chinese dairy products
Tuesday 23 September 2008
- Taiwan to send experts to China to probe milk crisis (Roundup)
- Cambodia bans Chinese powdered baby milk
- China launches clean-up of "out of control" milk depots
- Chinese milk containing melamine found in Vietnam
- Malaysia bans Chinese chocolates, candies in wake of milk scare
- Taiwan to send experts to China to probe milk crisis
- Philippines bans sale, import of Chinese milk products
- Indonesia bans baby formula from China
Monday 22 September 2008
- 53,000 babies sickened by milk powder; cover-up found (2nd Roundup)
- South Korean Shin Young-Soo chosen new WHO Western Pacific chief
- 18 clinics set up to treat Hong Kong children in milk scare (Roundup)
- 53,000 babies sickened by milk powder; official resigns (Roundup)
- Bangladesh bans Chinese powdered milk amid health panic
- Worried parents swamp Hong Kong hospital in tainted milk scare
- Chinese hospitals treat 13,000 infants for tainted milk
- Study shows German men are accident prone
- Check doctor's specialty before cosmetic surgery
- Survival rates, treatment of congenital heart defects improving
- Heated car seats reduce fertility, German researchers warn
- Study gives tick to hormone therapy
Sunday 21 September 2008
- Danger chemical found in Nestle milk sold in Hong Kong (Roundup)
- Chinese leaders rally officials to handle milk scandal
- WHO satisfied with China's response to tainted infant milk scandal
- Hong Kong girl falls sick after drinking tainted milk from China
Saturday 20 September 2008
- Iraq cholera cases reach 171
- Philippines takes steps to prevent entry of tainted milk from China
- China orders overhaul of dairy industry amid milk scandal
- First Bangladeshi baby from frozen embryo born
Friday 19 September 2008
- Google founder says he has Parkinson's gene
- Bangladesh braces for water-borne disease epidemic
- China's melamine scandal spreads to fresh milk, yoghurt (Roundup)
- China's melamine scandal spreads to fresh milk
Thursday 18 September 2008
- More cholera cases found in southern Iraq
- Fourth baby dies as China arrests 12 more over milk scandal (Roundup)
- Deadly chemical found in China milk products on sale in Hong Kong
- New Zealand ponders banning Indian medicines
- China sacks city mayor amid milk scandal fallout
Wednesday 17 September 2008
- World Bank criticizes Mozambique's handling of HIV/AIDS
- Taiwan bans import of dairy products from 22 Chinese firms
- Third baby dies as tainted milk scandal widens in China (Roundup)
- HIV infections jump in Australia
- Nordic dairy group halts milk powder production in China (Extra)
- New Zealand partner says Chinese dairy company is victim
- Two suspect Chinese firms sent milk powder to Bangladesh, Myanmar (Extra)
- Third baby dies from contaminated milk formula in China
Tuesday 16 September 2008
- Two more arrests made in China over tainted baby formula
- New Zealand company withdraws contaminated milk in China
Monday 15 September 2008
- Number of babies in China ill from bad milk rises to 1,253 (Roundup)
- Second infant dies from contaminated milk, arrests made (Roundup)
- Second infant dies from contaminated milk, arrests made (1st Lead)
- Second infant dies from contaminated milk, arrests made in China
- New cases of cholera detected in Iraq
- New Zealand frustrated with China over contaminated baby milk
- Stuttering best approached with affirmative action
- Study says gel lessens mammogram pain
- Identifying the signs of hearing loss
- Banned sports "doping" drug improves memory functions
- Alcohol and drug addictions a risk factor for senior citizens
Sunday 14 September 2008
- Taiwan tightens controls on Chinese diary products in milk scare
- New Zealand dairy giant presses China on contaminated baby formula
Friday 12 September 2008
- UNICEF launches hand-washing campaign in Philippines
- New Zealand dairy giant concerned about sick babies in China (Roundup)
- New Zealand dairy giant watching sick babies in China reports
Thursday 11 September 2008
- Germans test first new TB vaccine for 80 years
- Sweden keeps restrictions unchanged after second bluetongue case
- Cholera outbreak claims 11 in Zimbabwe slum
- Brush your teeth or increase risk of heart disease, say scientists
Wednesday 10 September 2008
- Government officials held for negligence over cholera outbreak
- Jordan takes precautionary measures after cholera detected in Iraq
Tuesday 09 September 2008
- Officials: 1.6 million Ugandans dead from AIDS since 1982
- New cholera cases raise fears of epidemic in Iraq province
- PPR outbreak threatens millions of sheep, goats in Morocco, says UN
- Scientists discover key gene's role in colorectal cancer (Roundup)
- Hunt on for contaminated oysters after Macau hotel poisonings
- Scientists discover key gene's role in colorectal cancer
Monday 08 September 2008
- Sweden launches measures after first bluetongue case
- Warning against vampire teeth: they rot faster
- Fifty-nine-year-old French woman gives birth to triplets
- Swift treatment of neurodermatitis helps prevent asthma
- Diabetics should undergo regular cancer screenings
- Regulator denies junk food ads make kids fat
- Premature babies prone to lung disease later in life
- Pregnant women should not use public whirlpools
Saturday 06 September 2008
- More than 100 poisoned by oysters in luxury Macau hotels (Roundup)
- More than 100 poisoned by oysters in luxury Macau hotels
Friday 05 September 2008
- Girl, 6, becomes seventh child victim of mystery Hong Kong disease
Thursday 04 September 2008
- Two dead in Harare cholera outbreak
- More than one in seven Hong Kong youngsters is overweight
- Malaysian states record rise in dengue cases
- Report: French woman of 59 to give birth to triplets
- Hong Kong bans pregnant mainland Chinese from giving birth in city
Tuesday 02 September 2008
- AIDS haunts low-prevalence countries in Asia-Pacific (Feature)
Monday 01 September 2008
- Migraine medication unsuitable for ordinary headaches
- More exercise, different diet can cure chronic constipation
- Phantom noises of tinnitus can be muted
- Genetics, stress linked to childhood allergies, researchers say
- The outdoors are great for your eyesight as well
- Bye-bye to "bad hair days" as experts unsnarl tangled hair
Saturday 30 August 2008
- Singapore doctor says he was cleared in illegal organ-buying case
Friday 29 August 2008
- Germans face higher health costs as doctors get 10-per-cent hike
Thursday 28 August 2008
- Food poisoning strikes more than 250 trainee soldiers in Sri Lanka
- Asian health officials vow to intensify HIV-prevention campaign
Wednesday 27 August 2008
- Three-year-old dies of cholera in southern Iraq
- Two Spaniards could be first relatives to die of BSE (Roundup)
- Spanish woman and son could be first relatives to die of BSE
Tuesday 26 August 2008
- Health secretary: HIV/AIDS cases on the rise in the Philippines
- New Zealand hospital says thief replaced pain killer with water
- Cartwheel cops patrol Australian school
- Up to 12 dead in Canada after eating contaminated meat
Monday 25 August 2008
- Deadly aorta rupture may be averted with simple test, researchers say
- Children of mentally ill parents need support
- Parental intervention a must when teenagers do not eat properly
- Science looks at the size issue
Saturday 23 August 2008
- Over 62 killed as malaria epidemics hit Indian states
- Dutch discuss resuscitation for the elderly (News Feature)
Friday 22 August 2008
- Dutch elderly retain right of resuscitation, says health inspection
- Third child dies with mystery virus in Hong Kong
Thursday 21 August 2008
- Uganda to double number of AIDS patients on drugs to 300,000
- Fourth child succumbs to mystery virus in Hong Kong
Wednesday 20 August 2008
- Rabid cats attack seven in Serbia
Tuesday 19 August 2008
- Premature Israeli baby left in morgue for five hours dies (Roundup)
- Baby girl mispronounced dead and left in cooler for five hours dies
- Travellers to Malaysia told to cover up, use insect repellent
Monday 18 August 2008
- Baby girl returns to life five hours after being pronounced dead
- 49 children died during clinical trials at top medical institute
- High homocysteine levels can lead to bone degradation
- Alcohol abuse often overlooked before patients anaesthetics
- Losing weight with diabetes 2 - strict nutrition therapy required
- Green tea can make handy cold compress
- Consult a doctor about chronic headaches
Sunday 17 August 2008
- New Zealand hospital shut down after virus outbreak
- Egyptian mother and septuplets in good health
- Lethal drug-resistant TB spreads at alarming rate in South Africa
- Nurse: Disease will claim lives if Cambodia-Thai temple talks fail
Saturday 16 August 2008
- Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets
- Two child deaths spark investigation in Hong Kong
Wednesday 13 August 2008
- WHO urges Philippine hospitals to improve infection control
Tuesday 12 August 2008
- UN: New bird flu strain detected in Nigeria
- Swedish hospital probes secret photos from operations
- Soya bean cuts breast cancer risk among Chinese women
Monday 11 August 2008
- Senior citizens and martial arts do mix
- Elderly not more anxious than young people, studies show
- US menace conquers Europe - ragweed
- Dental visit advisable before diving holiday
- Cholesterol test can be a lifesaver
Saturday 09 August 2008
- End of AIDS "nowhere in sight" (Feature)
Friday 08 August 2008
- Three commit suicide after testing HIV positive in Mozambique
- INTERVIEW: In Catholic Mexico, gay man heads AIDS programme
Thursday 07 August 2008
- Unborn baby to spend up to 3 months in womb of brain-dead mother
- Hong Kong patients told to go to China for kidney transplants
- Cambodian dengue cases down, but tourist hubs still at risk
- Female condoms put HIV prevention in women's hands (Feature)
- Malaysian candy removed from Singapore store shelves
- Chikungunya disease strikes 17 workers, mostly foreigners
- Activists demand more research on AIDS medicines for children
Wednesday 06 August 2008
- Funeral procession to protest high cost of AIDS drugs
- Mexico relents, allows methadone treatment for AIDS delegates
- Poland considers anti-sex-drive drugs for paedophiles
- Cholera outbreak kills 20 people in Philippines (Roundup)
- Mexico's anti-homophobia campaign offers lessons to world (Feature)
- Cholera outbreak kills 18 people in two days in Philippines
- Still making the case for condoms at AIDS global village (Feature)
Tuesday 05 August 2008
- AIDS-hit countries urged to increase male circumcision
- INTERVIEW: Leader of world AIDS group stresses advances in research
- AIDS vaccine experts dampen expectations, push for riskier tries
- UNICEF:India, China at risk of failing to meet child health goals
- Religion acts as barrier to HIV prevention, activists say (Feature)
Monday 04 August 2008
- Human-rights groups demand release of detained Iranian AIDS experts
- Actress Christina Applegate diagnosed with breast cancer
- Homophobia, prevention dominate AIDS conference in Mexico
- Intelligence trainable during old age
- Too much paracetamol can cause liver damage
- In search of smooth skin for summer: Shaving beats laser treatment
Sunday 03 August 2008
- AIDS conference with 25,000 participants set to begin in Mexico
- Bird flu kills Indonesian man, country death toll rises to 112
- US HIV infection rate higher than previously thought
Saturday 02 August 2008
- Water quality warnings have enthusiasts in a tizzy
Friday 01 August 2008
- Taiwan doctors find root of Asians people's gum disease
- Unborn child sues Austrian state over dignity of life
Thursday 31 July 2008
- Study: Living with a spouse or partner protects against dementia
- Australian HIV-positive man convicted of infecting others
Wednesday 30 July 2008
- Bush signs 50-billion-dollar AIDS package expansion
- German court rules smoking ban unconstitutional (Roundup)
- Church: Cholera death toll rises to 172 in Papua
- Top German court says full smoking ban unconstitutional
- New South Wales bans cigarette displays
Tuesday 29 July 2008
- BACKGROUND: AIDS in statistics for 2007 International AIDS Conference August 3-8 in Mexico City
- UN reports gains against AIDS, warns against complacency that moved earlier Tuesday ahead of International AIDS Conference August 3-8 i (Roundup)
- UN: Significant gains against AIDS; infection and deaths decline
- Czechs soften unpopular fees for medical care
- Fourteen workers die in Indonesia after drinking alcohol
- Healthy Mediterranean diet is dying out at home, UN expert says
- Hopes dashed for AIDS vaccine; science returns to basics August 3-8 in Mexico City (Feature)
- BACKGROUND: World braces for next 25 years of AIDS August 3-8 in Mexico City
- Latin American breast milk banks catch on worldwide August 3-8 in Mexico City (Feature)
- UN helps China become more open on AIDS August 3-8 in Mexico City; epa photos 00000401187968 (Feature)
- After 20-year HIV travel ban, US relents; others persist August 3-8 in Mexico City (Feature)
- In South Africa, a T-shirt for testing August 3-8 in Mexico City; 00000401413566 (Lesotho); 00000401414937 (Mandela); 00000401187499 (Feature)
- Compulsory Thai licensing of AIDS drugs sets precedent August 3-8 in Mexico City (Feature)
- Billions in global AIDS funding difficult to track Conference August 3-8 in Mexico City; epa photos 00000490021266, 00000401408247 (Feature)
- Mexico's gay leader of AIDS efforts urges open discussion August 3-8 in Mexico City
- PREVIEW: AIDS conference chief: Prevention still best hope August 3-8 in Mexico City
- Diarrhoea kills 156 in Indonesia's Papua province
Monday 28 July 2008
- McCain warns against skin cancer during campaign stop
- Hong Kong baby given 10 times normal level of morphine survives
- Early detection is key to prevention of cervical cancer
- Herbal remedy could cure obesity and heart disease, scientists say
- "Unwanted" side-effects can indicate "wanted" ones, scientists say
- Study shows meat increases risk of thrombosis
Saturday 26 July 2008
- New method enables women to give birth with less pain
Friday 25 July 2008
- Schwarzenegger gets tough on trans fats
- Germany jails doctor who jabbed patients to boost fees
Thursday 24 July 2008
- House approves 50-billion-dollar AIDS package
- (ECA203) After AIDS vaccine setbacks, US makes U-turn dpa interview with Fauci (News Feature)
- After AIDS vaccine setbacks, US makes U-turn (News Feature)
- AIDS vaccine search in US makes major U-turn after letdowns
Wednesday 23 July 2008
- Billionaires give 500 million dollars to anti-smoking campaign
- Germans link allergies to gene and skin protein
Tuesday 22 July 2008
- Hong Kong urges tougher controls on patients' data
Monday 21 July 2008
- WHO warns drug-resistant tuberculosis poses threat to public health
- Stress can cause baldness, research finds
- Drunken teenager advice for German parents
Friday 18 July 2008
- US AIDS experts: Vaccine trial cancellation is no defeat
- Suspended jail for merchant behind German snack scandal
- Higher AIDS infection rate among Ugandan soldiers
Thursday 17 July 2008
- Japanese restaurant forced to close after 34 people fall ill
- Vaccinated chickens in Vietnam die of bird flu
- Singapore doctors say self-exams help in detection of cancer
Wednesday 16 July 2008
- Irish Supreme Court quashes health insurance "risk equalization"
Tuesday 15 July 2008
- Night kidney transplants riskier than daytime operations
- Germany jails fraudsters who conned cancer patients
Monday 14 July 2008
- Beware of "total protection" sunscreens, EU warns
- Squinting kids could risk eye cancer
- Older infants also at risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Hygienic conditions important for body piercings, tattoos
- Risk of measles rises in many European countries
- Australian parents supersizing their kids
- Rule number one in summer - drink plenty of water!
- Singapore children get less sleep than those in Western countries
- Minister says Singapore should not rule out organ selling yet
Sunday 13 July 2008
- Health ministry says Thais fattest in Southeast Asia
Friday 11 July 2008
- Uganda issues bat warning after rare virus kills Dutch tourist
- Increased website sales of abortion pill is worry to campaigners
- New law restricts Polish smokers
- Retail magnate charged with trying to purchase kidney
Thursday 10 July 2008
- Kenyan woman wins landmark ruling in HIV dismissal case
- Dengue fever kills 21 people in Vietnam
- Hospitals across Nepal shut down as doctors expand strike
- Alleged middleman arrested in kidney-for-sale cases
Wednesday 09 July 2008
- Brain grows when older workers learn new tricks, study shows
- After Italian inquiry, search at German cheesemaker draws blank
- Male obesity contributes to fertility problems
- Malaysian smokers keep up the habit, says government survey
- Doctor strike shuts down hospitals in Nepalese capital
Tuesday 08 July 2008
- Hong Kong expert warns flu vaccine for chickens losing efficacy
Monday 07 July 2008
- Ultrasound can detect clogged neck arteries and prevent strokes
- People with lung problems should avoid open fires
- Quick HIV tests not totally reliable
- Expectant mothers should not shun exercise
- Breastfeeding mothers should note baby's hunger pangs in time
- Alcohol abuse in the workplace leads to accidents
Sunday 06 July 2008
- Taiwan culls goats after pox outbreak on two farms
Saturday 05 July 2008
- Sales by German cheesemaker halted amid Italian inquiry
Thursday 03 July 2008
- Report: "Pregnant man" gives birth
- Hong Kong smokers face 200 dollar fines for lighting up illegally
Wednesday 02 July 2008
- EU calls for medicine (mostly) without borders
- Live chicken sales resume in Hong Kong after bird flu ban
- Ugandan women shunning hospitals to give birth traditionally
Tuesday 01 July 2008
- Trans fats ban applies to all New York eateries
Monday 30 June 2008
- Schuessler salts a versatile remedy for what ails you
- Patients complain of "three-minute medicine"
- Light fare is right stuff for armchair athletes during Games
- Mobile phones no health risk, says German study
- Tips on dealing with aggressive strangers
- Preparation for the first day of school: plenty of physical activity
Sunday 29 June 2008
- More than 300 sought in tuberculosis scare
Thursday 26 June 2008
- Study: Only half of Asians consider themselves healthy
Wednesday 25 June 2008
- Greek government plans to ban smoking by 2010
- German cabinet kicks off overweight action plan
- Spain to perform its first face transplant operation
- Vietnamese woman dies after breast implant surgery
Tuesday 24 June 2008
- Australian grandma gives birth to near-identical triplets
Monday 23 June 2008
- Dutch health insurers to reimburse only cheapest medication
- Indonesia, Germany agree to use debt funds to fight disease
- Bird flu prompts cull in north-west Pakistan
- Vietnamese student dies after selling kidney in China
- WHO report: Polluted water kills 4,000 people daily
- Therapy costs pinch parents of premature babies, survey shows
- Children who live on busy streets have more allergies, experts warn
- Cancer drug could help lupus patients, German researchers confirm
- Dos and don'ts for burns and scalds
- Children with concentrating problems do not always suffer from ADHD
Saturday 21 June 2008
- In Filipino organ trade, poor sell kidneys for quick buck
- Two Malaysians die after eating puffer fish
- Fed-up farmers may release chickens in the streets of Hong Kong
Friday 20 June 2008
- Dutch study warns against cutting umbilical cord of premature babies
- Bird flu kills two women in Indonesia
Wednesday 18 June 2008
- Half of Taiwan women fake orgasm, and growing tired of it
- Study finds spine disorder more frequent in Chinese, Malays
Tuesday 17 June 2008
- China reports bird flu outbreak in south
- Gay sex parties, promiscuity spreads HIV in Hong Kong says doctor
- Malnutrition claims more children's lives in eastern Indonesia
- Human trials start on new liver cancer treatment
Monday 16 June 2008
- New German study finds mobile phones safe and without cancer risk
- Maternal and child mortality on the decline in Zambia
- Immunization therapy may help some forms of cancer, experts report
- Golf prolongs life, Swedish study finds
- Skin cancer leaves no scars when treated on time
- Pimple that won't heal could be skin cancer
- Relaxation techniques, leisure time can help prevent job burnout
Sunday 15 June 2008
- Anthrax outbreak confirmed in village in India's Gujarat state
Saturday 14 June 2008
- Virus-based technique created to better treat diseases
- SIDEBAR: Obama gingerly breaches abortion, gay marriage topics
Friday 13 June 2008
- South African court rules against vitamin maker
Wednesday 11 June 2008
- ILO: Rural investment essential to counter food crisis
- Hong Kong orders chicken cull as bird flu found at more markets
- Hong Kong hospital admits trashing medical records of patients
Tuesday 10 June 2008
- Decades may be necessary to develop HIV vaccine, US says (Roundup)
- Decades may be necessary to develop HIV vaccine, US says
Monday 09 June 2008
- UN: AIDS devastating Africa, 14 million people have died since 2000
- Bird flu fears recede in Hong Kong as markets are given all-clear
- Neo-natal sepsis death toll in Philippine hospital rises to 32
- Even small children should be taken to an ophthalmologist
- Constipation in children should not be taken lightly
- Stress often causes fear of flying
- Still no cure - or explanation - for those summertime blues
Sunday 08 June 2008
- Philippine hospital closes neo-natal unit after 25 babies die
- Chicken sales plummet in Hong Kong after bird flu is detected
- PREVIEW: UN: AIDS infections decline, still outpace treatment
Saturday 07 June 2008
- Hong Kong bans China poultry as bird flu hits city (Roundup)
- Hong Kong kills thousands of chickens as bird flu hits city
Friday 06 June 2008
- Brazil, Cuba to provide free sex-change surgery (Roundup)
- Cuba authorizes sex-change surgery
- Brazilian government to pay for sex-change surgery
- Global gains in AIDS fight, but challenges remain
Wednesday 04 June 2008
- Hong Kong researchers claim breakthrough in bird flu treatment
- Australians tout HIV-resistant 'living condom'
- Cambodia to investigate alleged police abuse of sex workers
- Ugandan police arrest gay protestors at AIDS conference
Tuesday 03 June 2008
- Taipei to give free funerals to those who donate organs
- Czech government to soften blow of health-care fees
- Barroso and Finnish premier inaugurate European Chemicals Agency
- Smoking pot shrinks your brain, study says
Monday 02 June 2008
- Three million receive HIV/AIDS drugs, six million plus still wait
- Agent Orange walkers reach Hanoi after two months on road
- Dengue kills 114 in the Philippines since start of year
- Anthrax kills two people in India; 20 ill
- Lung function of asthmatic kids can be easily tested
- Whether skin turns lobster red or golden brown, protect it in the sun
- Australia drains the fizz from lolly waters
- Rheumatism often treated too late
- Vitamin D really does reduce risk of breast cancer, experts confirm
Sunday 01 June 2008
- Australian study links HRT and breast cancer
- Malysia urges women to carry condoms to protect against HIV/AIDS
Saturday 31 May 2008
- UAE smokers to face fines
- Serbia marks World No Tobacco Day
Friday 30 May 2008
- Singapore issues warning against "Mentalk" candy
- Scandal erupts over liver transplants for Yakuza bosses
- Australians celebrate "miracle" birth
- WHO calls for comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising
- WHO sounds alarm over aggressive tobacco marketing for youngsters
- Laos' ancient capital wins No Tobacco Day award
- Number of smoking New Zealanders at record low
Thursday 29 May 2008
- US Army suicides up from a year ago
- UAE plans to open two anti-smoking centres a year
Wednesday 28 May 2008
- African organizations get "Spanish Nobel" for fight against malaria
- Top Czech court upholds unpopular health-care fees (Roundup)
- Top Czech court upholds direct fees in health care
Monday 26 May 2008
- Travel tips for children with heart complaints
- Mood swings are normal for pregnant women
- Piercings can cause dental complications
- Tots swaddled by risk-averse parents
Sunday 25 May 2008
- Germany plans school fruit in anti-obesity campaign
Saturday 24 May 2008
- WHO members adopts strategy to promote research and access to drugs
- Wearable dialysis machine in the works
Friday 23 May 2008
- Doctors find "no medical reason" McCain can't handle presidency
- Bangladesh announces first human bird flu victim
Thursday 22 May 2008
- Arbour: Food crisis could trigger greater spiral of inequality
- Leader in heart valve science opens manufacturing facility
Wednesday 21 May 2008
- Health leaders urged Israel to lift Gaza blockade
- Health risks rise for China quake survivors
Tuesday 20 May 2008
- Save "the cradle of mankind" says Tutu on Africa
- Eastern Europeans see little improvement in life expectancy
- Heart disease to become the world's biggest killer, says WHO
Monday 19 May 2008
- Taiwan fails for 12th year to rejoin World Health Organization
- Health leaders pay tribute to disaster victims (Roundup)
- Health meeting remembers Chinese and Myanmar disaster victims
- China allows foreign medical teams to work in quake zone
- Bitterness and resentment can make you sick, German experts warn
- Health warning over hepatitis A in Asia
- Coffee lowers, alcohol raises breast cancer risk, studies show
- Absinthe contained no mind-altering essence aside from alcohol
- Check for potentially dangerous openings before buying a playpen
Saturday 17 May 2008
- Illegal sexual enhancement pills claim lives of two more men
Friday 16 May 2008
- Foreign-run Cambodian school expels girl, 7, for being HIV positive
- China reports 43rd child death from HFMD
- Official warns of plague risk in quake-razed Chinese towns
Thursday 15 May 2008
- Obesity problem persists for many European countries
- Childhood obesity tails off in France and Switzerland
- D'oh! Doughnuts really are bad for you, Hong Kong study finds
- Myanmar man jailed for lying about sex prior to blood donation
Wednesday 14 May 2008
- Research: Women sex offenders have high levels of mental illness
- Austrian government agrees on health care reform
- China hand, foot, mouth toll hits 42; Beijing sees 1st death (Roundup)
- Five patients treated for mystery respiratory disease in Hong Kong
- Beijing reports China's 40th child death from HFMD
Tuesday 13 May 2008
- US group questions human embryo research, calls for rules
- All poultry culled in Seoul to curb spread of bird flu
Monday 12 May 2008
- European Commission to launch immunisation aid in Nigeria's north
- HFMD kills five more Chinese children, death toll hits 39
- Zambia aims to have 12,000 children on AIDS drugs by year end
- Cocoa, but not tea may help lower blood pressure, German experts say
- Angioplasty after heart attack boosts survival chances
- Prozac may benefit patients with multiple sclerosis
- Alzheimer's cure still years off, despite German breakthrough
- Beware of "miracle healers" on the web
- Avoid lotions for treating dried out noses
Sunday 11 May 2008
- Philippines raises alarm over dengue fever, 108 dead so far
Saturday 10 May 2008
- Asia-Pacific health officials finalize plan to combat dengue
Friday 09 May 2008
- HFMD kills two more Chinese children; hundreds of new cases (Roundup)
- Hand, foot and mouth toll rises to 34 in China
Thursday 08 May 2008
- Thalidomide maker doubles payout to German victims of drug
- New Zealand warns against Chinese herbal tea
- Two-thirds of Indonesia's districts in malaria endemic area
Wednesday 07 May 2008
- HIV-infected man charged with failing to tell teen partner
- Activists challenge patent on African anti-bronchitis drug
- Child virus death toll hits 28; WHO backs China's controls
- Over 20 dead for lack of medical attention in Mozambique prison
- Hand-foot-mouth disease kills 10 children in Vietnam
- More preschools, day cares temporarily closing amid EV-71 virus
Tuesday 06 May 2008
- Suspected child virus cases continue to rise in China
- HIV infections on the rise in Germany
- Asia-Pacific experts drawing up dengue fever battle plan (Roundup)
- Asia-Pacific experts drawing up dengue-fever battle plan
Monday 05 May 2008
- German health authorities say sugar okay for diabetics
- Tests find killer MRSA bug common in German piggeries
- Massage for little ones: Osteopathy is a trend in children's medicine
- Let children with neurodermatitis be kids
- Foreign Alzheimer's patients find new home in Thailand
- China's suspected child virus cases rise to 9,700; 26 deaths
- Hospitals in Hong Kong lose data on 3,000 patients in thefts
- Hong Kong "very concerned" at deadly China virus outbreak (Roundup)
- Hong Kong parents warned to beware of deadly China stomach virus
Sunday 04 May 2008
- South-east Asia's first ABO kidney transplant set for May
Friday 02 May 2008
- Convention on disability rights in effect on Saturday
- US Congress makes genetic discrimination illegal
- South Korea to donate to North Korea's anti-malaria programme
- China expects further deaths from EV-71 virus
- Toll in hand, foot and mouth outbreak in Chinese city rises to 21
Wednesday 30 April 2008
- Austrian government agrees on smoking bans by 2009
- Hand, foot and mouth infections rise to 1,884 in Chinese city
- Bird flu kills Indonesian boy, death toll now 108
Tuesday 29 April 2008
- Richest nations urged to help stem the food crisis (Roundup)
- 1,500 children ill, 20 dead from virus in eastern China (Roundup)
- Blood pressure pills could ace obesity
- Wealthy countries urged to "feed the hungry" says UN chief
- Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge rebels face malaria epidemic
- Philippines bans organ transplants to foreigners
- Nearly 1,200 children sickened by virus in eastern China (Roundup)
- Eight Singapore preschools urged to close due to virus
- Nearly 1,200 children sickened, 20 dead from virus in eastern China
Monday 28 April 2008
- British scientists claim breakthrough in gene eye treatment
- Saudi crown prince in Switzerland for "routine medical tests"
- Hand, foot and mouth kills 19 children in eastern Chinese city
- Austria to boost water and sanitation services in Asia
- Create a noise-free zone for children in the home
- Telltale signs of a pleural tumour
- Children can be relied on to ask questions about sexuality
- Wellness and fitness merging more and more
- Prospective liposuction patients to face 15-day waiting period
Sunday 27 April 2008
- Australians offered maternity insurance
- 30,000 Taiwan policemen succeed in shedding 45 tons of weight
Saturday 26 April 2008
- Second man dies from illegal sex drug
Friday 25 April 2008
- UN calls for ending malaria deaths by 2010
- Parliament votes to drop warning label for alcoholic drinks
- Zambia First Lady worried mosquito nets being used as wedding veils
- Hong Kong officials lose personal data on 700 troubled children
- Indonesia conducts large-scale bird flu drill
- Singapore teachers join cleaners as outbreak toll rises
Thursday 24 April 2008
- Campaigners mark Malaria Day with appeal for push to swat disease
- Taiwan to require detailed labeling of veggie food
- New Zealand authorities warn against buying drugs on internet
- Plastic baby bottles in Singapore deemed safe amid global worries
Wednesday 23 April 2008
- Species extinction threatens discovery of new medical treatments
- Seven preschools and child-care centres shut amid outbreak (Roundup)
- Two men dead and 48 sick a