2015年3月22日 星期日

2015-03-23 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
Free Fitness programme for seniors   
AsiaOne
A GROUP of 40 seniors from Toa Payoh who got fit on their doorstep have paved the way for thousands more to follow. In January, they started trying out new exercise equipment such as steppers, cycling machines and back trainers at fitness stations near ...

Better exercise stations with fitness programme for Toa Payoh, Bishan seniors   The Straits Times
New elderly fitness stations in Bishan-Toa Payoh   Channel News Asia

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TODAYonline
   
1500 low-income Sembawang residents to receive comprehensive eye care   
TODAYonline
Mr Khaw Boon Wan giving out spectacles at Fuchun Community Club yesterday. Photo: People's Association. mail · print. View all comments. Published: 4:11 AM, March 23, 2015. SINGAPORE — About 1,500 low-income residents of Sembawang GRC are ...

For 1500 low-income residents at Sembawang, the gift of better eyesight   Channel News Asia

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The New Paper
   
More childcare centres good, but teachers needed, too   
The Straits Times
I OPERATE a private pre-school and I know early childhood learning is one of the Government's top priorities ("More pre-schools with lower fees in the pipeline"; March 14). There has been much talk on the number and location of centres, and the Government ...

Mummy, there are 500 children in my school   The New Paper

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MK News
   
EARTH HOUR: Milton Keynes Theatre to turn off lights to protect the planet ...   
MK News
Milton Keynes Theatre is helping to build a brighter future by supporting WWF's Earth Hour this month. This global event, in which millions of people all over the world switch off their lights for one hour, is a symbolic lights out initiative that focuses the world's ...

Earth Hour 2015: Ideas and events for what you can do when the lights go out   The Straits Times
Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay urges people to turn lights off   South Wales Argus

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South China Morning Post (subscription)
   
Arab teens embracing tobacco product five times stronger than regular cigarettes   
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Despite campaigns on the risks of smoking, teenagers in the United Arab Emirates are turning to a little-known tobacco product five times more potent than cigarettes and said to cause seizures. Omar, an 18-year-old Sudanese student in Abu Dhabi, describes ...

Medwakh mania grips UAE teens   Arab News
'Dizziness,' the super-tobacco hooking UAE teenagers   China Post
'Dizziness', the super-tobacco hooking UAE teens   Medical Xpress

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Outbreak News Today
   
Taiwan flight attendant is country's 2nd rubella case; contact tracing ongoing   
Outbreak News Today
A China Airlines female flight attendant who contracted the viral disease, rubella, or German measles had worked on six different flights during her period of communicability, according to Taiwanese health authorities. China Airlines Public domain image/ ...

Rubella case: MOH tracing contacts   AsiaOne
Health Ministry working to identify people exposed to rubella case on Taiwan ...   The Straits Times

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The Hans India
   
Students donate stem cells   
The Hindu
In a first of its kind effort, students of a city-based college have donated their stem cells and created a registry. Nearly 1,000 students of Meenakshi College for Women in Kodambakkam have registered as potential stem cell donors with Datri Blood Stem Cell ...

How stem cells can fix a broken heart with just one jab   Daily Mail
Live analysis of blood stem cells in-vivo   Biotechin.Asia
College students donate stem cells   The Hans India

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THE BUSINESS TIMES
   
The case for commercialising breast milk   
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Ms Amaya has sold her excess breast milk to Prolacta Bioscience for some US$2,000 over the last five months. The firm converts it into a fortified high-product for neonatal intensive care units, an expensive, commercialised use of breast milk that some find ...

Mothers caught up in debate over breast milk sales   Taipei Times
New health-product business is breast milk   The Seattle Times
As Breast Milk Becomes an Industry, Worries Vie With Hopes   NDTV
Salon   
New York Times   
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Inquirer.net
   
QC gov't opening 1st local milk bank   
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines–The Quezon City government will open its first milk bank on Monday in line with the campaign to ensure the health of newborns and infants in need of an ample supply of breast milk. The local government-run milk bank will form a new ...


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AsiaOne
   
'Hidden' hunger a serious problem: Experts   
AsiaOne
Hidden hunger, as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is a chronic lack of vitamins and minerals that often has no visible signs to warn people they are suffering from it. Studies have shown that about 2.5 billion people in the world suffer from ...


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