2015年2月1日 星期日

2015-02-02 Singapore Health


The Straits Times
   
Integrated Shield Plans: To keep or not?   
The Straits Times
When MediShield Life starts later this year, it will provide everyone, both sick and healthy, with cradle-to-grave health insurance cover. There will no longer be any lifetime limits, and benefits and premiums will be higher than under the current MediShield.
MPs: Get tough on defaulters, be kind in genuine cases   AsiaOne

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The Straits Times
   
International campaigners urge Britain to allow '3-parent' IVF babies   
The Straits Times
Campaigners urged British lawmakers on Sunday, Feb 1, 2015, to seize a chance to become the first in the world to allow three-way fertility treatments, so called because the child will have genes from the father, mother and a female donor. -- PHOTO: AFP ...


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Channel News Asia
   
NUS scheme to apply research know-how to community issues   
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE — A group of seven engineering students has embarked on a quest to design a wheelchair that is affordable, user-friendly and low-maintenance, in one of three projects under a new National University of Singapore (NUS) initiative to use its ...

NUS celebrates 110th anniversary with community initiative   AsiaOne
NUS kicks off 110th anniversary celebrations with launch of new community ...   The Straits Times
NUS CARES initiative to improve lives in community   Channel News Asia

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The Straits Times
   
Malaysian boy born without fingers gets new mechanical limb, built for only $37   
The Straits Times
Muhammad Muqri touching his mother Nor Julaina Md Sani, 40, on the cheek with his new mechanical fingers. With them is his father Rhemi. -- PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK. GEORGE TOWN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) ...

Boy with RM100 bionic limb   The Star Online
Eight-year-old boy in Bayan Lepas receives bionic hand   The Sun Daily

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AsiaOne
   
Plastics, cosmetics chemicals linked to early menopause   
AsiaOne
MIAMI - Women whose bodies contained high levels of certain chemicals found in plastics and cosmetics experienced menopause two to four years earlier than women with lower amounts in their systems, according to US researchers. While the study in the ...

Plastic chemicals linked to earlier menopause   The Star Online

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AsiaOne
   
Indonesia to increase narcotics rehab facilities   
AsiaOne
Indonesian officials and suspects (not pictured) destroy some of the 862 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine during a ceremony in Tangerang, on the outskirt of Jakarta on January 27, 2015. Print. The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) is collaborating with ...

Govt to increase narcotics rehab facilities   Jakarta Post

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AsiaOne
   
Top-level lab in China gears up to study Ebola virus   
AsiaOne
On Saturday, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Chinese Academy of Sciences held a ceremony to mark the completion of the National Biosafety Laboratory - the country's first biosafety level-4 laboratory, also known as a P4 ...

Top-level lab gears up to study Ebola virus   ecns

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RT
   
Spanish hospital uses stem cells to fix heart attack damage   
RT
For the first time in medical history, a hospital in Madrid has successfully treated seven patients who recently suffered heart attacks by using stem cells from donors, according to the hospital's statement. “Seven patients have already been operated on and they ...

Spain uses stem cell therapy to treat damaged hearts   Zee News
World first stem cell treatment for heart attacks   The National

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Full-Time Whistle
   
Biomaterial Coating Could Improve Implant Success   
Asian Scientist Magazine
A peptide-based coating could help improve the success rates of medical implants by preventing biofilm formation. Asian Scientist Newsroom | February 2, 2015 | In the Lab. AsianScientist (Feb. 2, 2015) - Researchers from Singapore and Hong Kong have ...

Biomaterial coating holds promise for medical implants   Full-Time Whistle

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Independent Online
   
Quitting aids get the vapours   
Independent Online
NEW YORK - When Marty Weinstein decided to quit smoking, he took a friend's advice and tried electronic cigarettes rather than government-approved nicotine replacement products. Weinstein, 58, has gone from a pack a day nine months ago to the ...

Smokers prefer e-cigs to traditional quitting aids   Free Malaysia Today
As smokers spark up e-cigs to quit, traditional aids suffer   Bangladesh News 24 hours

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