2014年12月17日 星期三

2014-12-18 Singapore Health


Belfast Telegraph
   
We're living longer: 6 years more than in 1990   
USA TODAY
People all over the world are living longer than ever, according to a new study that finds the average lifespan extends six years beyond what it was a quarter-century ago. In the United States, life expectancy rose more than 3 years from 1990 to 2013. For a girl ...

New stats reveal how long we're living   New Zealand Herald
People around the world can expect to live longer today than they did in 1990   Daily Mail
Global population living six years longer than in 1990: Study   The Straits Times
New Vision   
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NDTV
   
WHO: Three weeks since last Ebola case in Mali   
The Sun Daily
GENEVA: Mali has not had a case of Ebola for three weeks, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday, completing one of the two incubation periods the country needs to be declared free of the virus. "No new cases have been reported in Mali since Nov ...

Why I'm spending Christmas fighting ebola in Sierra Leone   Irish Examiner
Sierra Leone Braced For Increase In Ebola Cases   Sky News
Donors and WHO responded too slowly to West Africa Ebola outbreak - report   Firstpost
Belfast Telegraph   
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AsiaOne
   
Chinese parents relocating for kids face hard choice   
AsiaOne
Tang Xiaobing hasn't seen her 14-year-old son since March when she left him in the United States and travelled back to China alone. Now, the 45-year-old Beijing resident faces the prospect of another eight months of separation-and all because she tried to ...


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AsiaOne
   
Chinese villagers sign petition to banish boy, 8, with HIV   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Authorities in a Chinese village have launched a “thought education” campaign after more than 200 villagers signed a petition to banish an eight-year-old boy infected with the HIV virus, state media said on Wednesday. The boy, Kun Kun, from a village in the ...

Chinese villagers sign letter demanding HIV-positive boy be removed   The Guardian
Chinese villagers seek to banish HIV-infected boy   AsiaOne
Residents allegedly want HIV-infected boy banished   Toronto Sun

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Stuff.co.nz
   
Where does the fat go when you've lost it?   
Stuff.co.nz
You've lost a kilo of fat. Congrats, that's not easy to do during the holidays. But where exactly does it go when you manage to get rid of it? First, some possible answers: A. The fat fairy came and took it. That's why you always weigh less in the morning. B. You ...

Lose weight by breathing… Really!   The Express Tribune
When you lose weight, where does the fat go?   The Daily Telegraph
When You Lose Weight, You're Literally Disappearing Into Thin Air   Huffington Post
New York Daily News   
USA TODAY   
Times of India   
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CBS News
   
14 people arrested in connection with deadly meningitis outbreak   
CBS News
Fourteen people were charged Wednesday -- two in connection with murder -- in the biggest criminal case over contaminated medicine ever brought in the U.S.. In 2012, more than 750 people in 20 states were sickened, many with a rare form of fungal ...

14 tied to Mass. pharmacy charged in meningitis outbreak that claimed 64   Tribune-Review
Indictments handed down in 2012 meningitis outbreak   WWMT-TV
14 charged in deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak   Salt Lake Tribune
San Francisco Chronicle   
Daily Mail   
FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com   
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National Post
   
Growing number of legal experts encouraging provinces not to enforce new ...   
National Post
Peter MacKay might as well try to stop time or turn the tide as end the sex trade — the explicit hope of the federal justice minister's new prostitution law. The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Wednesday highlighted the traction opponents ...

Sex workers pan bill   Ottawa Sun
Advocacy groups say Ottawa sex workers need more social services, not ...   Ottawa Citizen
Candlelit vigil held in memory of sex workers who have died in Ireland   Irish Independent
MetroNews Canada   
Irish Times   
CHCH News   
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New York Daily News
   
British student raises $43K to repay homeless man   
New York Daily News
A British college student is braving 24 hours on the street to raise money for a homeless man she says emptied his pockets of his last £3 to help her get home. As of Wednesday, Dominique Harrison-Bentzen's heartwarming campaign has raised more than ...

Student Raises Thousands For 'Homeless Hero' Who Helps Others   The Inquisitr
Homeless man empties pockets to help girl get home, she raises $43K to get him ...   New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV
Homeless man "overwhelmed" after student raises thousands for him   Telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail   
New York Post   
The Independent   
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Mashable
   
Disabled Dog Runs Freely For The First Time Thanks To 3-D Printed Prosthetics   
The Post Game (blog)
A dog born with deformities in his front legs has been given second life thanks to the kindness and ingenuity of his new owner. Born in August 2013, Derby's former owners considered sending him to a shelter to be euthanized. Instead they left him at Peace ...

Dog Can Finally Run Thanks to 3D-Printed Legs   Newser
Could 3-D Printed Prosthetics Be The Future For Humans? Dog's Deformed ...   KDramaStars
Derby the dog, born with deformed legs, can now run thanks to 3D printed ...   Treehugger
Washington Post   
Kansas City Star   
ABC News   
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U-T San Diego
   
Number of flu cases increasing   
U-T San Diego
FILE- In this Nov. 27, 2014 file photo, Walgreens pharmacist Chris Nguyen gives a free flu shot to Sandra Bazaldua in Houston, Texas. The flu vaccine may not be very effective this winter, according to U.S. health officials who worry this may lead to more ...

Pregnant Women and the Flu Vaccine   KTVN
Flu activity rising   6abc.com
Early flu season ramps up, crowding hospitals   Indianapolis Star
Huffington Post   
CBS Local   
KPBS   
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