2014年12月18日 星期四

2014-12-19 Singapore Health


The Straits Times
   
Brain cancer no obstacle for teen   
The Straits Times
Jurong West Secondary student Ng Chee Heng with his parents, Mr Ng Kwee Koh and Madam Leow Yuh Eng. CheeHeng took a year off school for brain cancer treatment but has scored 12 points in the N levels. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM. By Amelia Teng ...

Teacher buys $1200 scooter for student with cancer   The New Paper

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Channel News Asia
   
Singapore institute and partners set up data science academy   
GlobalPost
SINGAPORE, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Temasek Polytechnic is partnering data storage giant EMC and Pivotal Software to set up a data science academy, the institute announced on Thursday. The TP-Pivotal Data Science Academy will be one of the ...

Temasek Polytechnic partners EMC, Pivotal to launch data science academy   Channel News Asia
Academy to help meet escalating demand for data science professionals   Networks Asia

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NDTV
   
Global life expectancy increases by more than 6 years   
Fox News Latino
Life expectancy around the world increased by 6.2 years between 1990 and 2013, according to a study published by The Lancet. Men, on average, are living 5.8 years and women have gained an additional 6.6 years, due largely to decreasing mortality rates ...

Life expectancy down in SA   Independent Online
Global life expectancy rises by about six years, study finds   CTV News
Life expectancy up by six years, study finds   The Globe and Mail
BDlive   
ABC Online   
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Times of India
   
Obesity can be disability: EU court   
Times of India
LONDON: Employers across the European Union and UK will now have to treat obese workers as disabled. A landmark ruling by Europe's highest court - The European Court of Justice rules that "obesity can constitute a disability within the meaning of the ...

Obesity May Be a Disability, Court Says   New York Times
EU Court Rules Obesity Can Be Disability   The Chosun Ilbo
European court rules obesity can be considered a disability   Los Angeles Times
NEWS.com.au   
The Times (subscription)   
Times LIVE   
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AsiaOne
   
Thailand a hub for drugs in ASEAN: Justice Minister   
AsiaOne
Thailand is the ASEAN hub for illicit drugs with 1.3 million drug addicts, said Justice Minister General Paiboon Kumchaya. Presiding over yesterday's launch of a project to force addicts into drug rehabilitation programme, Paiboon said the Office of the ...

Thailand 'now a drugs hub'   Bangkok Post
Justice Min: Thailand should overhaul drugs rehab program   Thailand National News Bureau

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Channel News Asia
   
German medics report on drug success for Ebola patient   
Channel News Asia
A prototype drug called FX06, designed to stop haemorrhage, was given to a Ugandan physician with Ebola after doctors got special authorisation from their hospital's ethics committee. PHOTOS. Picture taken on Nov 3, 2014 at the medical mission institute in ...

'Ebola drug success' for Ugandan doctor   New Vision
Ebola Doctor's Recovery Shows Promise of Resurrected Lung Drug   Businessweek

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Colombia village's 'curse' could hold Alzheimer's cure   
Medical Xpress
When John Jairo, a meticulous night watchman, lost his job for leaving all of his employer's doors open, his family knew they were hit by the "Yarumal curse." Yarumal, a Colombian village perched in the Andes Mountains, has a high incidence of a genetic ...


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Reading food labels key to eating right   
The Straits Times
IT IS good to know that the Health Promotion Board is working on getting the public to be more mindful of their choice of beverages and to choose reduced- or no-sugar drinks ("HPB taking up reader's suggestion on sugar labelling"; Wednesday). Besides ...


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Chinatopix
   
China's Ebola Vaccine Enters Clinical Trials   
China Digital Times
An Ebola vaccine developed by a military-tied research institute has been approved to enter the human test stage, the Chinese People's Liberation Army's (PLA) General Logistics Department announced Thursday. The restructured vaccine, developed by the ...

Data request slows timetable for Ebola vaccine trial   CIDRAP
China's 1st Genetically Reconstructed Ebola Vaccine Starts Clinical Trial   CRIENGLISH.com
Researchers begin Ebola vaccine trials in Kenya   Xinhua
Prensa Latina   
Independent Online   
The Straits Times   
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CNN
   
Village votes to banish boy, 8   
Irish Examiner
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. People in China living with HIV and AIDS face ...

Exile of HIV-positive Child Sparks Outcry   Women of China
8-year-old boy with HIV ostracized by fellow villagers   ecns
Exile of HIV-positive Boy Sparks Outcry   CRIENGLISH.com
RT   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
The Independent   
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