2014年9月15日 星期一

2014-09-16 Singapore Health

  AsiaOne   
Zimbabwean student in Malaysia isolated as a precaution  AsiaOne
KUCHING - A 24-year-old Zimbabwean studying here has been placed in an isolation ward at the Sarawak General Hospital with fever but authorities said there is no link at the moment to the Ebola disease. "He is coughing but not vomiting or suffering from ...

No Ebola in Sarawak   Free Malaysia Today
Malaysia reports one suspected case of Ebola   InterAksyon
2 Ebola scares hit Sarawak   The Borneo Post
TODAYonline   
Astro Awani   
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  MSNBC   
UN Security Council to meet this week on Ebola virus outbreak  MSNBC
The UN Security Council will convene for an emergency meeting Thursday to address the ongoing Ebola epidemic spreading across West Africa, according to the president of the 15-member body. This will be only the second time in history the council has ...

UN Security Council to Hold Emergency Session on Ebola on September 18   RIA Novosti
UN Security Council To Hold Emergency Meeting On Ebola Crisis   RTT News
UN security council to hold emergency Ebola talks   CIDRAP
Sky News Australia   
The News International   
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All must help spread message of not wasting food  The Straits Times
IT SADDENS me to observe that many people are still wasting food despite the increase in food prices ("Govt study to tackle food wastage"; Sept 8). In coffee shops, hawker centres and restaurants, one often sees patrons not finishing the food they ordered.

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  Minneapolis Star Tribune   
A Virus Can Spread Like Wildfire in Any Indoor Setting  KMBZ
iStock/Thinkstock(TUSCON, Ariz.) -- Germ-a-phobes of the world unite. Your anxiety appears to be well-founded. At least that's what a new study suggests. The study measured just how quickly viruses were spread in a work setting despite people's best efforts ...

It only takes 4 hours for a virus to spread through your workplace   Human Resources Online
A Virus Spreads Through Two-Thirds Of Your Office In Hours, Science Says   Bustle
When it comes to spreading germs, the hand is quicker than the sneeze   Minneapolis Star Tribune

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  New Vision   
Massive global response needed to tackle Ebola  Healio
Writing in an editorial published in Science, experts said that the current Ebola outbreak requires “rapid response at a massive global scale.” Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Peter Piot, MD, PhD, who co-discovered the Ebola ...

Profit Motive Big Hurdle For Ebola Drugs: Experts   Counsel & Heal
Latest Ebola News: Massive Global response needed to tackle Ebola, say experts   TheHealthSite
#Ebola: Profit motive drawback for finding vaccine, cure   The News
Zee News   
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  New York Times   
Stem Cells: Plenty of Hope, but Halting Progress  New York Times
Embryonic stem cells, from a woman with Type 1 diabetes, were induced to turn into insulin-making beta cells, in hopes they could be implanted to cure the disease. Credit Bjarki Johannesson/NYSCF, via Reuters. Continue reading the main story. Continue ...

'Brain in a Dish' Yields Schizophrenia Clues   HCPLive
New type of human stem cell created in lab   Financial Express
Scientists design new kind of stem cells for building organs   TheHealthSite
RT   
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Man suffers after planting metal balls in penis to boost sexual prowess  The Star Online
A 44-year-old man, who embedded 10 ball bearings in his penis to enhance his sexual prowess, was forced to remove them when he failed to get an erection for almost six months, reported Harian Metro. Upon removing them, the man known only as Ramli, ...


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  Daily Mail   
Hepatitis C drug in India to cost 49 lakh less than in US  Times of India
NEW DELHI: Sofosbuvir, the wonder medicine for Hepatitis C that costs $84,000 or Rs 50.4 lakh for a 24-week treatment regimen in the US, will soon be available in India for about $1,800 or roughly Rs 1.1 lakh for the same regimen. The patent holder ...

Drug companies to make a cheaper hepatitis C drug   Washington Post
Gilead mulls price of next version of Sovaldi as Oregon says it's already too high   seattlepi.com (blog)
Gilead Sciences picks India to lower drug cost   The Asian Age
Calcutta Telegraph   
TIME   
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  WBIR-TV   
Lamar Alexander says Ebola as serious a threat as ISIL  WBIR-TV
An out-of-control Ebola outbreak in West Africa has Tennessee officials concerned about the nation's response to what could become a global health threat. Loading… Post to Facebook. Lamar Alexander says Ebola as serious a threat as ISIL An ...

Senator Alexander Discusses Seriousness Of Ebola Virus   The Chattanoogan
Obama to vastly ramp up Ebola effort   Houston Chronicle
Obama Expected to Announce US Aid to Help Contain Ebola Tuesday During ...   Peach Pundit
MyFox Atlanta   
DAWN.com   
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  National Post   
Patient in vegetative state for 16 years reacts to suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock show  National Post
A group of Canadian neuroscientists says they have successfully used an episode of the suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series to record the conscious experiences of a patient who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years. The researchers ...

Western Researchers Use Hitchcock To Study Patients In Vegetative State   Am980 London News
Light in the dark: What if vegetative patients are actually conscious?   Macleans.ca
Alfred Hitchcock film offers neuroscientists clues to vegetative state   CBC.ca
Simcoe.com   
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