2015年3月19日 星期四

2015-03-20 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
Gan: Approach to ageing can alter future of S'pore   
AsiaOne
About 150,000 elderly people stand to receive payouts of $300 to $750 every quarter. But MPs say family members should remember it is still their duty to care for their elderly folk. Print. What Singapore will look like in the next 50 years depends partly on the ...

Active, healthy seniors an engine for S'pore's growth: Gan   TODAYonline

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Engineer gets 30 years in jail for sexually abusing boys   
The Star Online
SINGAPORE: A Malaysian engineer who preyed on 31 victims, in what was described as Singapore's worst case of sex offences against young boys, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail and 24 strokes of the cane. Yap Weng Wah, 31, had sexually ...


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TIME
   
Ebola: Sierra Leone lockdown to hit 2.5m people   
Nigerian Tribune
Sierra Leone is to enforce a three-day lockdown of key parts of the country to try to contain the Ebola epidemic. There have been 3,702 reported deaths from Ebola in the West African nation. A three-day curfew in September, keeping people at home under ...

Sierra Leone imposes new curfew to contain Ebola   Business Standard
Liberia: Countdown to an Ebola-Free Nation   Sierra Leone Times
Evacuated health worker tests negative for Ebola   USA TODAY
CBC.ca   
Reuters   
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New York Times
   
Why France wants to ban super-thin fashion models   
Washington Post
France, where fashion matters, is moving toward a ban on models whose Body Mass Index is less than 18. According to reports from Reuters and others, French lawmakers are likely to pass the law, joining Spain, Italy and Israel in putting a weight floor under ...

Should a fashion model's weight be regulated? France debates   OCRegister
Skinny models: Australia welcomes Paris ban   Sydney Morning Herald
Could New Zealand follow France's lead and ban skinny models?   Stuff.co.nz
New York Times   
NPR (blog)   
Detroit Free Press   
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Nebraska Radio Network
   
'Shisha' more harmful than cigarettes, warns World Health Organisation   
Sydney Morning Herald
Abu Dhabi: Smoking water pipes can be more harmful than cigarettes, world health experts have warned. A single puff from a water pipe nearly equals the volume of smoke inhaled from an entire cigarette, while one session of "shisha" can equal smoking 20 ...

SUSLA celebrates 20th annual 'Kick Butts Day'   KTAL
Nargileh can be more harmful than cigarettes   The Daily Star
Washington County youth come together to 'kick' tobacco butts   St. George Daily Spectrum
Khaleej Times   
Channel News Asia   
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Protruding ears don't trigger assumptions about personality   
Reuters UK
(Reuters Health) – - People with ears that stick out may feel self-conscious about how others perceive them. According to a new study, though, strangers do notice the ears but don't make negative personality judgments based on them. It was very surprising to ...


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The Indian Express
   
Smoking rates down among Indian men, up among women   
The Indian Express
The fifth edition of Tobacco Atlas has revealed that smoking rates have marginally gone down among Indian men between 2009-10—as per Global Adult Tobacco Survey figures—and 2013, but there has been an almost proportionate increase in the number ...

Tobacco Industry's $7000 Per Death Is Concerning & Is Just Another Reason For ...   Bustle
Big Tobacco Makes $7000 for Each Smoker Who Dies   Youth Health Magzine
Tobacco Industry Profits $7000 For Every Single Tobacco-Related Death   News Every day
TIME   
Gilmer Mirror   
Daily News & Analysis   
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Kansas City Star
   
Restrictions On Opening Fast Food Chains Fail To Reduce Obesity Rate In LA   
RTT News
A law restricting the opening of new fast food chains in Los Angeles has failed to stop rising obesity rates in the area. The zoning ordinance, which was passed in 2008, covered a 32-square mile area of South Los Angeles. A study by the non-profit Rand Corp.
Obesity Rates Rise in South L.A. Despite Fast-Food Ban   Headlines & Global News
L.A. Tried A Fast Food Ban, But It Only Increased Obesity: Why Didn't It Work?   Tech Times
Fast Food Restricts Didn't Cut Obesity Rate In South Los Angeles, Study Reveals   Frontline Desk
NBC Southern California   
The Guardian   
New York Daily News   
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TIME
   
Blood Test Promises to Cut Antibiotic Overuse   
Newsmax
A new blood test has been developed that helps doctors determine if an infection is caused by a virus or bacteria within two hours — findings that would help identify which patients should receive antibiotics. The development, reported in the Public Library of ...

New blood test to check antibiotic overuse   Business Standard
Rapid Blood Test Could Help Differentiate Bacterial vs. Viral Infection   Monthly Prescribing Reference
New blood test could help prevent antibiotic misuse   NHS Choices

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Irish Examiner
   
Industry 'spent millions' to scupper cigarette-pack plan   
Irish Examiner
A single tobacco company employed 161 lobbyists and spent millions of euro in an “unprecedented” attempt to shoot down a key EU directive behind Ireland's groundbreaking plain-packaging cigarette laws. Children's Minister James Reilly revealed the ...

Health benefits of butting out are plain   Cowra Community News
Australia's plain cigarette packets succeed in making smoking less appealing   Telegraph.co.uk
Cigarette plain packaging laws reduced smoking's appeal to teenagers – research   The Guardian
ABC Online   
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