2014年12月26日 星期五

2014-12-27 Singapore Health


The Straits Times
   
Babies born in 2015 to receive gift set from POSB to celebrate SG50   
Channel News Asia
As Singapore celebrates its 50th birthday next year, POSB says it will present all babies born in 2015 with a commemorative gift set comprising nine items. PHOTOS. The nine presents inside the POSB gift bag for babies born in 2015. (Photo: POSB). Enlarge ...

POSB gift packs to welcome SG50 babies   The Straits Times

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South China Morning Post (subscription)
   
Cambodian HIV outbreak grows as migrant workers return for tests   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
The number of people testing positive for the virus that causes Aids in a remote area of northwestern Cambodia is continuing to climb, as migrant workers who had been patients of a doctor facing murder charges over the outbreak return to their villages for ...

Unlicensed doctor with dirty needles infects 119 with HIV   Inquirer.net
Over 160 found HIV positive in a Cambodia village   Zee News
More than 160 villagers infected with HIV in northwest Cambodia   Xinhua
The Straits Times   
AsiaOne   
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Asheville Citizen-Times
   
The complexities of medicine   
The Straits Times
Ironically, the practice of modern medicine has created too high expectations from the public that are now eroding the image of the doctor. Published on Dec 27, 2014 6:08 AM. PRINT EMAIL. -- ILLUSTRATION: MEIL. By Chong Siow Ann For The Straits Times.
New Elders seek justice for next generation   Asheville Citizen-Times

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AsiaOne
   
Online mammography information may be too technical   
AsiaOne
The Web is a popular source of health information, but online educational material about mammograms may be too complicated for many Americans, according to a new study. Researchers looked at dozens of websites about the breast x-rays and found the ...


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Older Diabetes Drug May Be Safest for Those With Kidney Disease   
Pharmacy Practice News
The most popular treatment for type 2 diabetes, metformin, may be safer for patients with mild to moderate kidney disease than guidelines suggest, according to a new, systematic review of the literature published by Yale investigators. For 20 years, metformin ...


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USA TODAY
   
Novartis Working on 'Fountain of Youth' Drug   
Tech Times
New experimental drug shows promise for boosting the immune system in older people, researchers say. A stronger immune system can hold back many diseases linked to old age, they suggest. (Photo : V. Altounian/Science Translational Medicine).
New Anti-Aging Drug In Works Could Extend Lives   Headlines & Global News
Long-used medications may have anti-aging benefits   USA TODAY
Researchers Take 'First Baby Step' Toward Anti-Aging Drug   Philly.com

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AsiaOne
   
Chinese police detain suspects in AIDS demolition case   
AsiaOne
Police in Nanyang, Henan province, have detained the leaders of a house demolition team alleged to have used AIDS patients and HIV carriers to threaten locals to move away, according to the city's publicity department. Local police did not reveal details, ...

HIV patients hired to 'intimidate' people out of homes in Henan province   South China Morning Post (subscription)
Chinese property developer using infected builders to force people to vacate ...   Daily Mail
China probes 'Aids demolition team'   Independent Online
RT   
TIME   
ABC Online   
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Empire State Tribune
   
Peter Piot Believes There Is Hope To End The Ebola Epidemic For Good   
Empire State Tribune
When Ebola first broke out in some isolated and remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, nobody knew what had hit them. A 27 year old young man, named Peter Piot, was sent to investigate the mysterious out break which had claimed 318 ...

Battle won, but the war goes on   New Zealand Herald
Europe 'needs outbreak hit squad' - Ebola   Irish Independent
Ebola 'hit squads' needed in Europe   Irish Examiner
BDlive   
Belfast Telegraph   
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Japan first nation to approve Novartis psoriasis drug   
Medical Xpress
Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis said Friday it has won approval to market its Cosentyx psoriasis treatment in Japan, making it the first country to authorise commercialisation of the drug. The Japanese decision allows Novartis to sell secukinumab, ...


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Hello, have you seen the doctor for a follow-up?   
AsiaOne
Before the other party can say anything, Madam Pauline Tan, 62, quickly adds that she is not trying to sell anything over the phone. "I am calling from the Health Promotion Board (HPB) to talk about your health. Have you gone for your post-screening follow-up ...


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