2015年5月31日 星期日

2015-06-01 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
Deaths at music festival caused by heatstroke   
AsiaOne
Concert-goers at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the venue for Future Music Festival Asia. The three-day music festival was abruptly cancelled on its final night on 15 March 2014 following six drug-related deaths.
FMFA deaths last year caused by heatstroke, not drugs, says pathologist   TODAYonline
Cops rapped for music fest 'drug OD' claim   Malaysiakini (subscription)
Six deaths at Future Music Festival Asia actually caused by heatstroke   The Star Online
Malay Mail Online   
The Malaysian Insider   
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BBC News
   
Beijing public smoking ban begins   
BBC News
Public smoking in China's capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law. China has over 300 million smokers and over a million Chinese people die from smoking-related illnesses every year. Smoking bans already existed in China, but ...

New Beijing law in aims to finally snuff out smoking in indoor public spaces   The Globe and Mail
Report: Smoking kills 8000 Israelis a year, including 700 passive smokers   Haaretz
Tough public smoking ban begins in Beijing   Deutsche Welle
Times of India   
Irish Examiner   
The Hindu   
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Times of India
   
Did I jeopardize my kids' health by moving to Delhi?   
Times of India
Gardiner Harris was the South Asia correspondent of the New York Times for the last three years. He writes a very grim account of pollution in Delhi. Many will feel Harris's account is exaggerated, but if this is how expats feel about the city's air, there is a clear ...

Holding your breath in India   TODAYonline
Siam demands independent study on Delhi air pollution   Business Standard
India's Air Pollution Is So Bad It's Causing Lung Damage In Kids   Gizmodo Australia

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Gazette Herald
   
Face transplant patient meets donor's sister   
Gazette Herald
PREVIEW: 60 Minutes exhibits the second Rebekah Aversano lays eyes on Richard Norris, the person who now has her deceased brother's face after a profitable transplant. PT0M29S 620 349. May 29, 2015. Imagine that somebody you're keen on has died, ...

Face transplant patient meets donor's sis in touching scene   AsiaOne
Transplant recipient meets sister of man who gave him a new face   Q13 FOX
Watch: Rebekah Aversano meets the man who got her brother's face in a ...   Cosmopolitan
fox4kc.com   
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The Straits Times
   
Number of Mers cases in South Korea rises to 18: Health ministry   
The Straits Times
Members of a civic group on public health rally in front of the state-run National Health Insurance Service in Seoul, South Korea, on June 1, 2015, to urge the government to release information on places of residence related to patients infected with the Middle ...

South Korea confirms more MERS cases   The Sun Daily
MERS-infected S. Koreans rise to 18, no tertiary infection reported   Xinhua
Chinese Blast Korea for Letting MERS Patient Travel   The Chosun Ilbo
Korea Times   
Arirang News   
Arab News   
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USA TODAY
   
Carter demands accountability in anthrax blunder   
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will determine who was responsible for shipments of live, deadly anthrax samples to laboratories in the United States and abroad and hold them accountable, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday. Meantime, the ...

Carter Vows to Find Those Responsible for Anthrax Shipment   The Chosun Ilbo
US defense chief monitoring military anthrax investigation   Reuters
Pentagon chief to hold people accountable for anthrax   Bradford Era
Vocal Republic   
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Malaysia Chronicle
   
Sex drugs openly sold in Geylang   
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - They hawk their wares brazenly by the road in broad daylight, selling illegal sex drugs known to have dangerous effects, and even slyly slipping in an offer for a date with a prostitute. RELATED STORIES. 'Drive-through' lane in KL for sex drugs ...

Sex drugs openly sold in street, with PROSTITUTE thrown in as 'offer'   Malaysia Chronicle

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AsiaOne
   
HPB beefing up quit-smoking campaign   
AsiaOne
SINGAPORE - Security guard Azlan Samad has not been on a family holiday in nine years. Cigarettes drained a sixth of the $1,800 he took home each month, leaving his family of three with little in the bank. But since he kicked the habit last year, the ...


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The Star Online
   
Sex and the blame game   
The Star Online
The famous American author and educational administrator, Henry B. Eyring once said: “We live in a world where finding fault in others seems to be the favourite blood sport. It has long been the basis of political campaign strategy. It is the theme of much ...


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AsiaOne
   
Doctors handing out antibiotics on demand   
AsiaOne
PETALING JAYA - Patients demand, doctors oblige. That's why we have become a nation of antibiotic pill poppers. More than half of patients in private clinic are given antibiotics for common ailments, even where bacteria are the unlikely cause. Most upper ...

'Ensure members act professionally'   The Star Online

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