2015年6月19日 星期五

2015-06-20 Singapore Health


Channel News Asia
   
S'pore not screening visitors from Thailand yet   
AsiaOne
TRAVELLERS arriving from Thailand are currently not being screened at Changi Airport for symptoms of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) because the country has only one such case and the situation there is contained, Health Minister Gan Kim ...

MERS will arrive in Singapore sooner or later: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong   Channel News Asia
S'pore monitoring Mers situation in Thailand but no airport screening yet: Gan ...   The Straits Times
MOH closely monitoring MERS situation in Thailand: Gan   TODAYonline
Shanghai Daily (subscription)   
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AsiaOne
   
Mers not over, but S Korea's streets safe: Envoy   
AsiaOne
Nearly a thousand Singaporeans have cancelled their trips to South Korea this month, prompting the country's ambassador to reassure travellers that they need not worry about catching the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) there. "We don't believe the ...

Mers not over, but South Korea's streets safe: Envoy   The Straits Times
Here comes the science bit   New Statesman

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AsiaOne
   
Consider ban on trans fats   
AsiaOne
The United States Food and Drug Administration is banning trans fats, declaring them unfit for human consumption ("US bans 'unsafe' trans fats in food"; yesterday). The World Health Organisation has long called for banning what are proven heart ...

Beware 'zero trans fats' label   The Straits Times
New 2015 regulations on Trans-fats and partially hydrogenated oils   Michigan State University Extension
How local businesses could be affected by trans fat ban   KATC Lafayette News
Healthy Magazine   
Newsmax   
New York Times   
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Quartz
   
Scientists want to treat aging like a disease—and they already have drugs for it   
Quartz
Certain viruses cause disease, so we have created vaccines as a preventative measure against them. Similarly, it is clear that aging causes disease. But while pharmacy shelves are packed with supplements and lotions promising eternal youth, there are no ...

Growing Old? There Might Be A Pill For That   Refinery29
Scientists want to test a potential anti-aging drug that could change the way we ...   Business Insider
Hope Rises for Drugs to Extend Person's Healthy Years   AllAfrica.com
Biotechin.Asia   
Popular Science   
Corante   
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Brisbane Times
   
North Korea claims it can cure MERS, Ebola (and a whole bunch of other things)   
Brisbane Times
Nurses wear masks as a precaution against the MERS virus as they attend an International Conference of Nurses in Seoul, South Korea on Friday. Photo: AP. Tokyo: North Korea has made some wacky claims over the years - like the one about discovering ...

North Korea claims it has drug to treat MERS, Ebola, SARS and AIDS   Times of India
North Korea claims cure for Aids   Irish Examiner
Magic bullet? North Korea claims it has invented cure for Mers, Ebola, Aids and ...   South China Morning Post (subscription)
E! Online   
Stuff.co.nz   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Are you ready for the 'fake fast' diet?   
New Zealand Herald
While we've all been systematically starving ourselves twice a week following the 5:2 diet, a newer take on fasting has been under trial in the US. Photo / THinkstock. Is your tummy rumbling today? Are you watching the clock already waiting for night to fall ...

Periodic Fasting Could Help Slow Aging, Study Says   Huffington Post
Begin a fast to live longer   Daily Times
The new 'fake fast' diet may be easier and more effective than the 5:2   Stuff.co.nz
Science Recorder   
Examiner.com   
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin   
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Zee News
   
If your religion is so weak that it can be threatened by yoga, leave that religion ...   
Zee News
At a time that religious passions have been stirred over the observation of International Yoga Day and practising of Surya Namaskar in schools, Baba Ramdev, who has today become virtually synonymous with yoga, indulged in some tongue-in-cheek jousting ...

Photos: India Prepares for the International Day of Yoga   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Congress not opposed to yoga: Jairam Ramesh   The Hindu
Inaugural International Yoga Day to be celebrated on Sunday   Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Star Online   
India Today   
Times of India   
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NBCNews.com
   
Company Stops Testing of Ebola Drug in Sierra Leone   
NBCNews.com
A Canadian company testing an experimental drug against Ebola has closed down the trial and concluded they cannot say whether the drug helped anyone. Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation had been testing the drug in patients in Sierra Leone, but said ...

Canadian company stops Ebola drug trial for lack of results   Digital Journal
Tekmira drug targeting the Ebola strain behind African outbreak probably won't ...   Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Daily News & Analysis
   
Yoga binds body, mind & soul   
The Hindu
Continued from Page1. “Now the reverse is happening. People teach, practice and then study. Study is different and practice is different,” Arun says, displaying his lively sense of humour. “Without an experience of practice, it is unethical to teach,” says Arun, ...

BKS Iyengar: Yoga Guru who helped Sachin Tendulkar   Cricket Country
India Inc rolls out mat for yoga day   Times of India
Where's the fun in yoga?   Livemint
The New Indian Express   
Huffington Post   
The Indian Panorama   
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Daily Times
   
Sitting comfortably? Then your anxiety levels may be mounting   
Daily Times
Scientists have now found that long periods sitting on the settee are bad for your mental health as well as being terrible for your body, Daily Mail reports. The tests on adults and adolescents found couch potatoes who spend their waking hours playing ...

Increased Anxiety Associated With Sitting Down Say Researchers   Newsroom America
Can too much sitting make you anxious?   WOGX

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