2015年5月1日 星期五

2015-05-02 Singapore Health


The Straits Times
   
Nepal earthquake: Singapore's SAF mobile clinic treats hundreds in town   
The Straits Times
SAF's Major (Dr) Kok Wai Leong examining Pramod Rai, 10, who is suffering from stomach pains, in Gokarna, near Kathmandu. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO. By Lim Yan Liang In Gokarna (nepal). WORD spread quickly in the quake-damaged town of ...

SAF mobile clinic treats hundreds in Nepali town   AsiaOne
SAF first foreign medical team to reach Gokarna after Nepal quake: Commander   Channel News Asia

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Channel News Asia
   
Monsoons could bring disease, a second crisis, to Nepal: UNICEF   
Channel News Asia
There is only "a small window of time" for relief workers in Nepal to put in place measures to protect people from deadly disease outbreaks, a senior United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official said on Saturday. PHOTOS. A woman injured in the ...

Monsoons could bring disease, a second crisis, to earthquake-hit Nepal   Hindustan Times

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Sierra Leone Telegraph
   
Street Child's Tom Dannant - "Ebola Is Nearly Gone. but the Recovery Is Just As ...   
Ebola Deeply
The organization Street Child estimates that around 12,000 children have been orphaned by Ebola in Sierra Leone. Khadi Mansaray sat down with founder and CEO Tom Dannant to discuss how the organization has adapted its model to address the needs of ...

Sierra Leone “Must Change Narrative” in Order to Recover From Ebola   Wall Street Journal (blog)
“Sierra Leone Will Bounce Back From Ebola” – President   Awareness Times

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USA TODAY
   
Chinese medical teams provide surgeries in Nepal   
AsiaOne
Nearly a week after the huge earthquake in Nepal, Chinese medical teams are trying to provide as much assistance as local communities require in the Himalayan country. The 70-member Chengdu military medical team has treated nearly 60 wounded ...

Delaware medical team to treat Nepal survivors   The News Journal

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AsiaOne
   
Easy lunch recipes for weight watchers   
AsiaOne
When it comes to shedding unwanted kilos, lunch - not breakfast - is the most important meal of the day. A study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that women who lunched out at least once a week lost, on average, 2.5kg less than ...

A Decade Of Growth: Membership In Academy Of Nutrition And Dietetics ...   PR Newswire (press release)

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Hog farmers more likely to carry drug-resistant bacteria -US study   
Reuters
CHICAGO May 1 (Reuters) - Hog farmers are six times more likely than the general population to carry an infectious bacteria that can cause skin and respiratory problems and resists treatment from multiple drugs, according to a new U.S. research study.

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Wall Street Journal
   
Bird Flu Outbreak Prompts State of Emergency in Iowa   
Wall Street Journal
Iowa became the third state to declare an emergency response to a fast-expanding U.S. bird-flu outbreak on Friday as the national poultry death toll climbed toward record levels. Officials in Iowa, the biggest egg-producing state, said they had identified four ...

Iowa declares state of emergency over bird flu   USA TODAY
UPDATE 2-Iowa governor declares state of emergency due to bird flu outbreak   Reuters
Iowa Declares Emergency as Bird Flu Spreads   New York Times
Sioux City Journal   
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Muscle weakness may contribute to tension headaches   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Strength training might help prevent tension headaches, or at least reduce their pain, according to a small Danish study. Researchers found that neck and shoulder muscles were up to 26 percent weaker in people with regular tension ...


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GMA News
   
As youth vaping rises, teens cite the allure of tricks   
GMA News
NEW YORK - On a recent morning, Roger Tarazon and several friends gathered a few blocks from their Queens, New York high school. Some smoked traditional cigarettes, but Tarazon and a few others puffed on electronic vaping devices. "Sometimes I use it ...


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Daily Times
   
Square dancing runs circles around other hobbies for China's elderly   
Daily Times
Chinese-style square dancing is running circles around other hobbies for the elderly, with millions taking to parks and plazas across China, swivelling their hips and rolling their arms - but it's not to everyone's liking. Every evening through the year, hundreds ...

Grannies take to street dancing to keep themselves fit   Khaleej Times
Square dancing runs circles around other hobbies for Chinese..   Gulf Times

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