2014年12月4日 星期四

2014-12-05 Singapore Health


Empire State Tribune
   
Another View: Colleges accommodate a binge-drinking culture   
Kane County Chronicle
On Nov. 22, the University of Virginia hosted its last home football game of the season or, as it has come to be known, “the fourth-year fifth.” It is a reference to the long-standing practice of seniors consuming a fifth of liquor by the game's kickoff. The game was ...

Banning Drinking Won't Stop Campus Rape   Businessweek
Re-think your drinking: Know the standard drink...   www.insideottawavalley.com/
BU tries a new tactic to fight binge drinking: transparency   Boston Globe
ThyBlackMan   
TODAYonline   
Channel News Asia   
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AsiaOne
   
Man with elephantiasis unable to undergo surgery because of his 241kg weight   
AsiaOne
Sheikh Nafiq (second from left) discussing Ahmad Khalid's condition with Dr Pok (right) at UMMC. Friday, Dec 05, 2014. The Star/Asia News Network By Loh Foon Fong. KUALA LUMPUR - Ahmad Khalid Salleh, 39, could not seek treatment for elephantiasis ...


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The Nation
   
Ebola Co-Discoverer Piot Criticizes WHO's 'Slow' Reaction   
Deutsche Welle
One of the men responsible for discovering the Ebola virus has accused the WHO of taking too long to respond to the most recent epidemic. One of the men responsible for discovering the Ebola virus has criticized the World Health Organization's initial ...

Latest Ebola News: Did WHO delay identifying Ebola outbreak?   TheHealthSite
Peter Piot: discovering Ebola 'was the highlight of my life'   SomalilandPress

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Pacific Northwest Inlander
   
Opinion: Return responsibility for youth with mental health issues to Ministry of ...   
Vancouver Sun
Any time I meet a young person and their family struggling with mental health and addiction issues, I hear the same words repeatedly: “It's been really hard to find help.” Less than a third of B.C.'s children and youth with mental illness finds help. They suffer ...

Rare Links Between Mental Illness and Violence   WDTV
Denial about mental illness a big obstacle to recovery   TODAYonline
Tackling the Mental Health Problem in New York City's Jails   Newsweek
HealthCanal.com   
Wicked Local Plymouth   
Washington Post   
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The Guardian
   
Toddler found in freezing cold recovering   
The Australian (blog)
A TODDLER discovered unconscious in sub-freezing temperatures in southern Poland is reacting to commands and reaching for toys after only four days of treatment, a doctor says. DR Janusz Skalski, a heart surgeon at the children's hospital in Krakow, says ...

Toddler's recovery a 'miracle' after surviving in freezing cold   TVNZ
Doctors hail miracle as toddler survives freezing conditions in pyjamas   The Guardian
Recovery of toddler who almost froze to death a 'miracle': Physician   The Straits Times
New Zealand Herald   
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RYOT
   
Your Socially Acceptable Hookah Session Is the Same as Smoking 100 Cigarettes   
RYOT
The good news: cigarette smoking is at an all-time low in the United States. The bad news: people are swapping cigs for flavored smokes that might just be as harmful for their health. The National Center for Biotechnology Information estimates that about 100 ...

Smoke from one hour of hookah equal to 150 cigarettes   The Columbian (blog)
Kan. and Mo. Rank Among Lowest Spending States For Tobacco Prevention   hays Post
Anti-smoking efforts reflect solid progress   Lansing State Journal
Medical Daily   
Vox   
Channel News Asia   
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The Hindu
   
Harsh conditions found in Indian mental health facilities for women   
Boston Globe
NEW DELHI — Women and girls with intellectual disabilities or mental illness in India are subject to forced institutionalization in sometimes overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, verbal and physical abuse, and medication without consent, according to a ...

Report: Indian Mental Institutions Treat Women Worse Than Animals   Voice of America
Mentally ill Indian women 'treated worse than animals': Human Rights Watch   The Straits Times
Women with disabilities are locked away, abused in India: HRW report   Business Standard
Salon   
The Star Online   
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The Australian (blog)
   
Obesity could surpass tobacco as Australia's major cancer killer   
The Australian (blog)
A HUGE rise in obesity in Australia and other developed countries will be a major contributor to the expected 50 per cent increase in cancer cases to 21.7 million by 2030, the World Cancer Congress will be told today. At the launch of the American Cancer ...

American Cancer Society Launches Global Cancer Atlas To Empower Nations to ...   Virtual Press Office (press release)

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Chinadaily USA
   
Gay dating app in China gains funding   
Chinadaily USA
Gay people in China are being offered a variety of dating apps to improve socializing and locating companions. Baoli Ma, a former policeman in China, launched Blued, a Chinese-language dating app for gay men in 2012. It has more than 15 million users, ...

Chinese gay phone app acquires 15 million users in two years   Star Observer
Out of the closet and onto your phone: the rise of Blued and China's gay ...   Tech in Asia
Chinese government hooks up with gay dating app to fight HIV   San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

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Belfast Telegraph
   
Obesity clips up to 8 years off your life, says study   
The Straits Times
PARIS (AFP) - Obesity and extreme obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health, according to a study published on Friday. The research - a mathematical model based on US health data ...

Obesity can shave years off life: study   CTV News
Obesity can 'shorten lifespan by eight years'   ITV News
Obesity reduces life expectancy by eight years, scientists claim OBESITY ...   Express.co.uk
The Independent   
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