2014年12月22日 星期一

2014-12-23 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
Spared the butcher's knife, horses get new lease of life in Italy   
AsiaOne
VIGONE, Italy - Considered taboo in many parts of the world, eating horsemeat remains sufficiently widespread in Italy for the country to have to import live animals destined for the slaughterhouse. And contrary to popular perception, not all are tired old ...


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Arab News
   
Scientists develop micro-fine adhesive sensors   
Arab News
TECH TRIUMPH: Flexible health care sensors on a newly developed adhesive gel sheet applied to a finger at Someya's laboratory in Tokyo, stretching (top) and bending (bottom) of the finger. (AFP). AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE. Published — Sunday 21 ...

Japan scientists develop micro-fine adhesive sensors   The Sun Daily

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AsiaOne
   
Thai star Thongchai joins the fray   
New Straits Times Online
THREE-TIME Asian Tour number one Thongchai Jaidee has joined the stellar cast for the US$3 million (RM 10.5 million) Maybank Malaysian Open at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club on Feb 5-8. The two-time Malaysian Open champion and captain of ...

Seeing the doctor, overseas: medical tourism booms in Asia   Channel News Asia
Thongchai joins stellar cast at Malaysian Open 2015   Times of India
Golfer Thongchai joins stellar cast at Malaysian Open 2015   Business Standard

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Activity trackers get smarter at measuring fitness   
Chicago Tribune
Fitness activity trackers have come a long way since Leonardo da Vinci sketched a rudimentary gear-and-pendulum pedometer to track the treks of 15th century Roman soldiers. Today's devices count calories, measure sleep patterns and monitor heart rates ...


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New York Daily News
   
Need greater recovery efforts in Ebola-hit countries: UN   
Business Standard
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday called for ramping up recovery efforts in West Africa where the Ebola virus had wreaked havoc. While speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters here upon his return from the affected regions in Guinea, Liberia, ...

US Officials Warn Against Complacency in Fight Against Ebola   Voice of America
Ebola death toll passes 7500   DAWN.com
CDC Head Says Fight on Ebola Will Be Long   New York Times
Los Angeles Times   
Toronto Sun   
Charlotte Observer   
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Yorkshire Post
   
Warning of salmonella risk to children posed by pet reptiles   
Yorkshire Post
AROUND one in four cases of salmonella in pre-school children are linked to a pet snake or other reptile, a study reveals today. The findings have triggered a new warning of the risks to children amid evidence of a rise in ownership of exotic animals ...

Exotic pet warning: Reptiles a health risk to infants, study shows   Malay Mail Online
Pet reptiles pose health risk for infants   SBS
Pet reptiles pose health risk for infants: study   Yahoo News

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Channel News Asia
   
Home Care Service Offered at KSB Hospital   
SaukValley.com
Have you been released from the hospital but still need medical assistance? KSB Hospital offers a home health care service that might fit your need. KSB Home Care provides assistance to a wide range of patients including those who have recently been ...

Step-down care services to be expanded in 2015: Healthcare experts   Channel News Asia
Challenges in the UK residential care home sector   Lexology (registration)

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AsiaOne
   
Boy threatened with expulsion from village because he has HIV   
Metro
This little boy in China appears all smiles, despite being threatened with expulsion from his village – because he has HIV. The boy, nicknamed Kun Kun, who is eight-years-old, lives in Liqiao Village, Sichuan Province and contracted the virus from his mother.
Boy with HIV assured of care, education   Chinadaily USA

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HDV inhibitor receives orphan drug designation by FDA, EMA   
Healio
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Inc. has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA and European Medicines Agency for its drug lonafarnib for the treatment of hepatitis delta virus infection, according to a press release from the manufacturer.
First-in-Class Hepatitis D Tx Granted Orphan Drug Status   Monthly Prescribing Reference
Eiger Bio Receives Orphan Designation for Lonafarnib, a First In Class ...   PR Newswire (press release)

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Jackson Hole News&Guide
   
Experts: It was a busy, black-eye year for disease control   
Jackson Hole News&Guide
Richland Public Health nurse Renee Blankenship gives Christina Martin a Measles, Mumps, & Rubella vaccination June 25 while her brother, Ed Martin, and mother Linda Martin, third from right, wait to get their vaccinations at a clinic in Shiloh, Ohio.
Report: Ohio not prepared for infectious disease   Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Ohio Not Prepared for Infectious Disease   Live Trading News

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