2015年2月26日 星期四

2015-02-27 Singapore Health


Food supplements crucial to reduce child malnutrition   
Reuters
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The addition of highly nutritious foods and supplements to the diets of poor mothers could help reduce child mortality and malnutrition in Africa and South Asia, food experts said on Thursday. With breastfeeding ...


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Expert: Improve diet and increase physical activity   
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian workers need to be disciplined about improving their dietary patterns and consume balanced meals. They also need to do more physical activity. That is the advice of Nutrition Society of Malaysia president Dr Tee E. Siong. He also ...


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Channel News Asia
   
Big US majority favors mandatory vaccinations: Reuters/Ipsos poll   
Channel News Asia
(This version of the Feb. 24 story corrects the percentage of people who think parents should be allowed to choose whether to vaccinate their children, to 43 for and 48 against, instead of 38 and 44, in third to last paragraph). PHOTOS. Enlarge; Caption.
Ipsos/Reuters Poll: The Federal Reserve   Ipsos News & Polls (subscription)

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NOLA.com
   
Ebola test developed by Tulane researchers wins 'game-changing' FDA approval   
NOLA.com
Tulane University researchers working with the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium based in Sierra Leone on Feb. 24, 2015, received emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin using a fast and easy diagnostic test that would ...

Rapid Ebola Test Approved For Emergency Use   Huffington Post
FDA clears Corgenix Ebola test under emergency use provision (CONX)   Seeking Alpha (registration)
This Ebola Test Can Diagnose in 15 Minutes With Single Drop of Blood   Monthly Prescribing Reference
Pharmacy Times (registration)   
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Live Trading News
   
Town Square: Medical Marijuana   
Hawaii Public Radio-HPR2
Many bills dealing with medical marijuana are still on the move at the Legislature. Proponents hope that this is the year when lawmakers finally pass measures to create a system of functional dispensaries and associated laws to support access, transport, and ...

As cannabis co-op owner Brian Murphy languishes in prison, the Hawaii ...   MauiTime Weekly
Support for NC medical marijuana legalization off to blazing start   Duke Chronicle
Insurance Coverage's For US Marijuana Businesses Growing   Live Trading News

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CIDRAP
   
Seasonal Flu Vaccine Even Less Effective Than Thought: CDC   
U.S. News & World Report
THURSDAY, Feb. 26, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- This year's flu vaccine is even more disappointing than previously reported, showing just 18 percent effectiveness against the dominant H3N2 strain of flu, health officials reported Thursday. That's a drop from ...

CDC Says Influenza Vaccine Only 18% Effective This Year   Medscape
ACIP drops preference for nasal-spray flu vaccine in kids   CIDRAP
ACIP Reaffirms Recommendation for Annual Influenza Vaccination   Infection Control Today
WebMD   
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KTVU San Francisco
   
New lives for once-conjoined twins separated at Texas Children's Hospital   
KTVU San Francisco
HOUSTON, Texas (FOX 26) - Ten-month-old once-conjoined twins are now separated, thanks to a team of doctors at Texas Children's Hospital. The hospital announced on Sunday that Knatalyne Hope and Adeline Faith Mata were separated on Feb. 17.
Conjoined twins separated in Texas   Yahoo Singapore News

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Recreational marijuana use, possession now legal in D.C.   
WJLA
WASHINGTON (WJLA/AP) - Defying threats from Congress, the District of Columbia legalized possession of marijuana for recreational purposes on Thursday, becoming the first place east of the Mississippi River with legal pot. Continue reading ...


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Fox News
   
Healthy diet linked to lung health   
Reuters UK
(Reuters Health) - Among its many rewards, eating a healthy diet might help protect against the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to a new study. Based on more than 120,000 men and women followed for more than ...

High Sodium Intake Triggers Headaches, Stay Away From Salt Shakers   Yibada (English Edition)

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AsiaOne
   
Too caught up with work to save kidney from disease   
AsiaOne
PETALING JAYA - In 2006, Abu Hassan Johari was told that something was wrong with his kidney but he did not think much of it. "I was not put on any medication then and I forgot about it, I did not go for further checks because I was too caught up with work," ...


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