2015年2月25日 星期三

2015-02-26 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
S'pore researchers find gene mutation in some East Asians   
AsiaOne
It gives them added protection against heart attacks, but also significantly increases their risk of going blind, a Singapore-led team of researchers has discovered. A mutation is a change in the structure of the gene that makes it work slightly or totally different ...

Scientists discover unique risk variants of age-related macular degeneration in ...   Medical Xpress
Public Release: 24-Feb-2015 Singapore scientists discover unique risk variants ...   EurekAlert (press release)

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PsychCentral.com
   
How Do I Know if I Have Autism?   
Autism Daily Newscast
question 300x212 How Do I Know if I Have Autism? “How do I know if I have autism?” is a question asked by many parents and family members of children who have been diagnosed with the condition. While a definitive cause is yet to be discovered, most ...

Autism education: All hands on deck   TODAYonline
Parenthood's Real Life Legacy: Raising Awareness and Acceptance of Autism ...   Huffington Post
4 Ways a Child with Autism Affects Family Life   PsychCentral.com (blog)
Rocky View Weekly   
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The Local.it
   
First artificial hemi pelvis implant performed in cancer patient in Italy   
GlobalPost
MILAN, Italy, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- For the first time in the world, Italian doctors on Wednesday completed an implant of a hemi pelvis into a patient affected with bone cancer, local reports said. The artificial hemi pelvis, built in the United States, successfully ...

Italian Teen Gets Titanium Pelvis In World First   malaysiandigest.com

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Livemint
   
Report highlights malpractice in Indian healthcare sector   
Livemint
The report in the British Medical Journal points out the lack of regulation of private players in the healthcare industry. New Delhi: Irrational prescriptions, bribes for referrals and unnecessary investigations are the most common forms of corruption in India's ...

India's private healthcare sector 'treats patients as revenue generators'   Times of India
Indian private hospitals 'treat patients as revenue generators'   Zee News
Doctors in India profiteering from sick patients: reports   Reuters UK

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Times of Malta
   
World's diet getting worse as a result of globalisation   
Times of Malta
Processed foods high in sugar, fat and starch are driving the growth of unhealthy foods. The world's diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said, citing one of the largest studies available on international eating ...

Going back to the farm for health   The Register Star
World's diet worsening with globalization   BusinessWorld Online Edition
How healthy are we eating NZ? New study highlights worrying trends   TVNZ
Huffington Post   
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Irish Times
   
Mitochondrial DNA donors are not a path to designer children   
Irish Times
Mitochondria are tiny and complex structures within cells. Every cell in your body has a large number of mitochondria, ranging from hundreds to hundreds of thousands. If you pick up a biology textbook you are almost guaranteed to find the mitochondria ...

Peers vote for triple-DNA babies   Belfast Telegraph
UK OKs Three-Parent IVF   The Scientist | News & Opinions (press release) (registration) (blog)
UK becomes first country to legalise 'three-parent' babies   Business Standard
Metro   
Telegraph.co.uk   
CNBC   
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Channel News Asia
   
North Hills district's tobacco ban includes e-cigarettes   
Tribune-Review
A smoker for more than 40 years, she tried going cold turkey. She tried hypnosis, acupuncture, even medication. Nothing worked. She still smokes 15 Marlboro cigarettes a day. That's why at the Feb. 19 meeting of the North Hills School Board, she voted to ...

In landmark FDA tobacco study, e-cig questions likely to linger   Reuters

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The National Business Review (subscription)
   
Two children being tested for Ebola in Melbourne   
The National Business Review (subscription)
Free audio stream, including stories that are padlocked on our site. Listen on any device, anywhere. Updated twice daily. The audio stream takes several seconds to start on Android devices. Launch Radio player. Two children under 10 years of age are being ...

Two kids tested for Ebola in Melbourne   Herald Sun
Two young children being tested for Ebola in Melbourne   New Zealand Herald
Two children tested for Ebola   The Australian
Daily Mail   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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The Westside Story
   
Israeli snack shows early exposure to peanuts helps prevent allergies in kids   
Ynetnews
Researchers at King's College London start study after noticing far higher rates of peanut allergies among Jewish children in London who were not given peanut-based foods in infancy compared to others in Israel who were. Associated Press ...

The end of nut allergies in kids   NEWS.com.au
What I Want Other Parents to Know About Living With Food Allergies   Huffington Post
Study: Exposure to peanuts at young age could prevent peanut allergies   News 10NBC
News 12 New Jersey   
Science Times   
WROC-TV   
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CBC.ca
   
Ebola outbreak: worrying signals in Sierra Leone   
CBC.ca
After hopeful signs of a decline in the number of new Ebola cases, Sierra Leone remains an area of concern. Wednesday's weekly statistics released by the World Health Organization show transmission rates in the West African country are widespread, with ...

WHO reports overall decrease in Ebola infections   Deutsche Welle
Sierra Leone reports sharp spike in Ebola cases   Business Standard
Ebola and the battle against complacency   Montreal Gazette
Reuters   
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