2015年1月26日 星期一

2015-01-27 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
Housing young offender   
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - Young male drug offenders now have a dedicated centre to help them kick their addictive habits while carrying on with school or work outside. The Community Rehabilitation Centre (CRC), which provides a structured living environment for ...

Customised programmes to help young drug offenders kick the habit   Channel News Asia
New rehab centre opens for young drug offenders   The Straits Times

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The Star Online
   
NUS team develops new way to use chemo to fight cancer   
The Star Online
Fighting cancer: Dr Chow, who led the NUS team, hopes to start in-human clinical trials in about two years. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network. A STUDY led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found a way to use chemotherapy to shrink ...

Nanotechnology may provide more effective cancer treatment   TODAYonline
Promising use of nanodiamonds to kill chemoresistant cancer stem cells more ...   Phys.Org
Study Shows Promising Use of Nanodiamonds in Delivering Cancer Drug to Kill ...   Scicasts (press release) (registration) (blog)
Nanotechnology News (press release)   
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AsiaOne
   
Extend state subsidies to private eldercare centres   
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - Coffee-shop assistant Wong Meng Lin, 55, shells out about a third of her $1,000 monthly take-home pay to send her 83-year-old mother to an eldercare centre while she is at work. The older woman has dementia and cannot be left alone at ...


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Detailed invoices a must   
The Straits Times
IT IS essential for general practitioners and dentists to provide detailed receipts and invoices ("Clamp down on doctoring of claims" by Mr Paul Chan Poh Hoi; last Friday). This is the first step towards transparency. Patients will not only know the actual bill ...


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ABC Science Online
   
Planning may start in brain's emotion centre   
ABC Science Online
Long-term planning Thinking of a new career? Buying a home? Have you consulted your amygdala? These almond-shaped clusters of neurons deep in the brain may play a vital part in long-term planning, suggests a new study. The study, based on ...

Planning may start in brain's amygdala: study   Aquila Style
Planning may start in brain's amygdala, study says   Medical Xpress

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WuXi PharmaTech Acquires NextCODE For US$65 Million   
Asian Scientist Magazine
NextCODE and WuXi's Genome Center will offer comprehensive clinical, research, and diagnostic testing products and services worldwide. Asian Scientist Newsroom | January 27, 2015 | Pharma. AsianScientist (Jan. 27, 2015) - WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) ...

Claritas Genomics Caps Landmark Year with New Investment After Launching ...   MarketWatch
Claritas Announces $15m Funding Round   Bio-IT World
Claritas Genomics Closes $15M Series B Financing Round   GenomeWeb

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Needle-Free Tattoos Can Check Diabetics' Sugar Levels   
Yahoo News UK
A temporary electronic "tattoo" may one day offer diabetics a bloodless way to check blood sugar levels, researchers say. Diabetes affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is among the leading causes of death and disability. People with diabetes ...


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Daily Times
   
WHO Launches Emergency Ebola Fund To Prevent Future Response Blunders   
Huffington Post
... * Executive Board agrees contingency fund, rapid response * $100 million contingency fund "good starting point" - Chan * U.S. CDC boss says "the WHO we have is not the WHO we need" (Adds Chan, Aylward comments from news briefing) By Stephanie ...

After early missteps in Ebola crisis, WHO plans for health reserves   Chicago Tribune
Health Highlights: Jan. 26, 2015   U.S. News & World Report
Ebola, Reform High On WHO Executive Board Agenda This Week   Intellectual Property Watch
Times LIVE   
Mail & Guardian Online   
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Design & Trend
   
Close friends know how long you'll live   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Want to know how long you'll live? Ask %your closest friends. Best friends are the most accurate judges of when a person might die and which personality traits will send them to an early grave, a new research suggests. "You expect your ...

Your friends could predict your lifespan   Free Malaysia Today
Life Span Could Be Predicted Most Accurately By Your Best Friend   Headlines & Global News
Your friends could predict your lifespan: study   MetroNews Canada
Science World Report   
Newsmax Health   
EurekAlert (press release)   
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The Rakyat Post
   
Henan medical staff go on strike after 2 killed in doctor-patient brawl   
Shanghaiist
Doctors and nurses in a Henan province county went on strike to demand better protection this past weekend after a doctor and a patient were killed in a fight, the latest incident to shed light on rising tensions between medical staff and patients in China.
Hospital staff demand better security   ecns
China hospital staff demand better security after deadly brawl   TODAYonline

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