2015年2月24日 星期二

2015-02-25 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
53-year-old woman is first dengue death in 2015   
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - A 53-year-old female Chinese national has died from dengue fever at National University Hospital (NUH) on Monday, the Health Ministry (MOH) and National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement today. The patient, who had been ...

Woman staying at West Coast Road dies from dengue   Channel News Asia
Chinese woman dies of dengue in Singapore   GlobalPost
Singapore records first dengue death of 2015   Outbreak News Today
The Straits Times   
TODAYonline   
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Channel News Asia
   
One in three cabbies report 'driver fatigue'   
Channel News Asia
TODAY reports: NUS researchers have called for a more concerted effort to promote a healthier lifestyle among taxi drivers in Singapore. PHOTOS. File photo of taxis plying the road in Singapore. (Photo: Francine Lim). Enlarge; Caption. SINGAPORE: While ...


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TODAYonline
   
Not giving in to muscle disease without a fight   
TODAYonline
The Augustins, Joe (left) and his wife Adele, are focused on helping their son Jordan, who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, live to his fullest potential. PHOTO: KOH MUI FONG. For the Augustin family, a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis is ...

Muscular Dystrophy - Trial Could Lead to New Treatment   HealthNewsDigest.com
Duke Researchers Discover Promising Genetic Approach for Duchenne ...   Muscular Dystrophy News

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Channel News Asia
   
Doctors in India profiteering from sick patients: reports   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - - Fabricating test results after dumping blood samples in the sink. Stitching up the cervix of pregnant women on the pretext of preventing miscarriage. Labeling healthy people as having diabetes. When it comes to health providers duping ...

India's doctors should be helped to expose poor practice or misconduct   Medical Xpress
Public Release: 24-Feb-2015 India's private healthcare sector 'treats patients as ...   EurekAlert (press release)

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Base sexuality education on facts, not opinion   
The Straits Times
LABORATORY and epidemiological studies have shown that correct and consistent condom use is highly effective in preventing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that are transmitted through urethral or vaginal fluids. Sociological and psychological ...


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The Guardian
   
UK is the first country to legalise triple-DNA babies   
Irish Examiner
The UK has become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of IVF babies using DNA from three people. The first baby conceived after mitochondrial donation techniques may be born as early as next year after peers in the House of Lords voted ...

Britain becomes first country to legalize '3-parent' babies   Deutsche Welle
Britain becomes first to allow babies with 3 genetic parents   CBS News
Three-parent babies: Britain becomes first country to allow technique after ...   The Independent
seattlepi.com   
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Livemint
   
Can fitness trackers boost healthcare?   
Livemint
Why give your doctors permission to incorporate data from fitness trackers and health apps into electronic patient records? Well, they might spot signs of an ailment sooner and suggest behavioural changes or medication before you land in the emergency ...

Doctors Say Fitness Trackers, Apps Can Boost Care   Sci-Tech Today
Doctors say fitness trackers, health apps can boost care   KSBY San Luis Obispo News
Doctors say fitness apps can boost care   Trinidad Guardian

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Times LIVE
   
World's diet worsening with globalization   
BusinessWorld Online Edition
ROME -- The world's diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said on Monday, citing one of the largest studies available on international eating habits. Poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are seeing the ...

How healthy are we eating NZ? New study highlights worrying trends   TVNZ
World's diet worsening with globalization, major study finds: TRFN   Channel News Asia
Global 'diet quality' falling, despite the rise of healthy foods   NutraIngredients.com
News24 Nigeria   
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BBC News
   
Depression linked to violent crime, study finds   
BBC News
People with a depressive illness are three times more likely to commit a violent or sex crime than those in the general population, a study suggests. The Department of Psychiatry at Oxford University examined the criminal records of 47,158 Swedish people ...

Depression trebles risk of committing violent crime: study   Stuff.co.nz
Clinically depressed three times more likely to commit violent crime   Reuters India
Depressed people are three times more likely to commit a violent crime ...   Mirror.co.uk

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Truthdig
   
UNL researcher: Climate change favors emergence of infectious diseases   
Pork Magazine
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable result of climate change, says a noted zoologist affiliated with the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology at the University of ...

Climate change triggers the spread of infectious diseases   Al Jazeera America
Infectious diseases jumping to new organisms in warming Arctic   Nunatsiaq News
Climate change opens new doors to deadly diseases   eco-business.com
Outbreak News Today   
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