2015年5月19日 星期二

2015-05-20 Singapore Health


TODAYonline
   
Green-glowing minnows turn product-safety pawns in China   
TODAYonline
Transgenic medaka eleuteroembryos illuminated in response to estrogens or estrogen like chemicals are seen through a microscope in Hong Kong, China. Photo: Bloomberg. mail · print. View all 0 comments ...


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Bustle
   
13 Signs You Might Be A Highly Sensitive Person, Because Not All Crying ...   
Bustle
If you get anxious in crowds, are alarmed by loud noises, and need to carry tissues around in case a touching song comes on, there's a term for that: You may be a ”highly sensitive person,” or HSP, as psychologists abbreviate it. High sensitivity has existed as ...

Do you cry easily? You may be a 'Highly Sensitive Person'   AsiaOne

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The Guardian Nigeria
   
Nigeria, seven others to begin Ebola vaccine trial   
The Guardian Nigeria
NIGERIA is one of eight African countries where clinical trials of a vaccine for the Ebola virus disease will soon commence. The others are Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cameroun, Ghana, Mali and Senegal. Nigeria's Minister of State for Health, Fidelis ...

WHO says Ebola 'won't go quietly' as new case numbers edge up   Daily Times
WHO: Ebola Is Still a Risk, Requires Vigilance   Voice of America
New Ebola cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone show huge effort still needed: WHO   Times LIVE
World Health Organization   
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AsiaOne
   
In China, the making of an app for autism   
AsiaOne
The Chinese government is paying more attention to autism, a developmental condition characterized by social and communication deficits. On Sunday's National Day for the Disabled, China's first lady, Peng Liyuan, visited autistic children at a Beijing ...

Dachel Media Update: Mercury In Your Mouth?   Age of Autism
Republican Lawmaker: More Autism Training Needed   Iowa Public Radio
National Disabled Day focuses on autistic children   ecns

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Asian Scientist Magazine
   
Lucy Turnbull's firm in race for cancer vaccine funds   
The Australian
Prima BioMed, the Australian biotech company chaired by Lucy Turnbull, is seeking investment partners to make its ovarian cancer vaccine available to patients around the world following successful clinical trials. Final results of the five-year phase II trial ...

CVac Shows Clear Trend for Overall Survival Benefit in Second Remission ...   MarketWatch
Prima Biomed Limited skyrockets 141%: Should you join this biotech party?   Motley Fool Australia

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Britain launches billboards against female genital mutilation   
Channel News Asia
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two survivors of female genital mutilation (FGM) have launched Britain's first billboard campaign to raise awareness and encourage girls at risk to get advice as public pressure mounts to stamp out the practice.

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AsiaOne
   
Four US cancer charities accused of $187 million in fraud   
AsiaOne
WASHINGTON - Four organisations claiming to help cancer patients allegedly siphoned off more than $187 million to pay for lavish salaries, luxury vacations and other goods in what could be one of the largest cases of US charity fraud, authorities said ...

4 Cancer Charities Are Accused of Fraud   New York Times
Cancer charities are accused of a $187-million 'sham'   Los Angeles Times
Cancer charities bilked donors out of $187 million, government says   Washington Post
ABC News   
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WBIR-TV   
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Today.com
   
YouTube Kids—what parents need to know   
Fox News
In a two-minute video sent to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, consumer advocacy groups revealed flaws in a YouTube app designed to protect preschool children from inappropriate content. Using the app's search function, the Campaign for ...

YouTube's toddler app full of disturbing videos, say child advocates who want ...   Minneapolis Star Tribune
Google Taking More Heat From Consumer Groups Over YouTube Kids App   CBS Local
FTC complaint accuses YouTube Kids of showing profane videos   UPI.com
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
TIME   
WebProNews   
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BBC News
   
UK children becoming obese at younger ages   
BBC News
The average age at which people in the UK first become obese is decreasing, figures show. University College London researchers looked at data from more than 56,000 people born in Britain between 1946 and 2001. They found a clear shift over time, with ...

Children born after 1990 are more likely to become obese than previous ...   Irish Examiner
90s children are THREE times as likely to be obese as their parents   Daily Mail
Second Opinion: Stop stigmatising obesity and start attacking the causes   Irish Times
WalesOnline   
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CBC.ca
   
Lyme disease tests underway on ticks found in Morningside Park, Algonquin Island   
CBC.ca
Ticks found in Morningside Park and on Algonquin Island are being tested for Lyme disease, Toronto Public Health said Tuesday. Morningside Park is in the city's east end, near the border with Pickering. Algonquin Island is part of the Toronto Island group of ...

Ticks found on Toronto islands being tested for Lyme disease   Toronto Sun
Pet Talk: Lyme disease can be lethal to dogs   OregonLive.com
With arrival of tick season, heightened efforts to prevent Lyme disease   Washington Post
Waterbury Republican American   
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