2015年7月26日 星期日

2015-07-27 Singapore Health


The Straits Times
   
Bishan residents urged to step up anti-dengue precautions   
The Straits Times
Every morning, Bishan North resident Zurina Jupri applies mosquito repellent on her four-year-old daughter before the little girl goes to a childcare centre. At night, she ensures that her plant pot plates are wiped dry. The 32-year-old administrator ...
Bishan now home to two large dengue clusters   TODAYonline
PAP has found 'good candidates' for Bishan-Toa Payoh: Josephine Teo   Channel News Asia

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Celebrity couple cleans public toilet at rest stop   
AsiaOne
Celebrity couple, actress Yana Samsudin and director Fadzil Zahari, cleaned public toilets of a petrol station at the Sungai Perak rest stop of the North-South Expressway last week, reported Sinar Harian. The news went viral when someone posted their ...

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The Straits Times
   
Beating the odds, with honours People   
The Straits Times
Two weeks into his first semester at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in 2010, materials science and engineering student Amos Lin came down with a fever - one that would not go away. After blood tests and a bone marrow biopsy, doctors said he had ...


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AsiaOne
   
Doctors raise concern about chemo for end-stage cancer   
AsiaOne
A cancer patient gets her chemotherapy treatment on August 4, 2010 in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Photo: AFP. Monday, Jul 27, 2015. AFP. Giving chemotherapy to people with terminal cancer who are near the end of their lives is likely to cause more ...
Forgoing treatment   Taipei Times
Benefit of end-stage chemotherapy is questioned   Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com
Healthcare Professionals Questioning End-stage Cancer Chemotherapy Benefits   World Report Now
Minnesota Public Radio News   
Ledger Gazette   
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Biotechin.Asia
   
Eye drops that “dissolved” Cataracts in Dogs gives Hope   
Biotechin.Asia
Cataract is a condition which is responsible for 48% of world blindness, affecting nearly 18 million people. WHO describes Cataract as “clouding of the lens of the eye which impedes the passage of light. Although most cases of cataract are related to ...
The Doctor Game: Cataract surgery not always needed   Times Colonist
Cataracts: Leading cause of blindness among older adults   White Mountain Independent

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AsiaOne
   
Student who died from slimming pill overdose sent heartbreaking apology text   
AsiaOne
"I screwed up big time. Binged/purged all night and took four pills at 4am. "I took another four when I woke and I started vomiting soon after. I think I am going to die. "No one is known to survive if they vomit after taking DNP. I am so scared. I am ...
Diet pills website 'should have been shut down' a year before student's death   The Guardian
Woman's tragic text: 'I think I'm going to die'   KIRO Seattle

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BBC News
   
Meth Production in West Africa Growing   
BBC News
"It costs $1.5 thousand a kilo to produce in the region; if you can get that kilo to the streets of Tokyo, it's worth $150, 000". Production of the drug methamphetamine, known as Meth, is on the rise in West Africa, aimed at the "lucrative" markets of ...
Special Report: West Africa's alarming growth industry - meth   Reuters
West African drug officials see 'alarming' rise in meth trade   Fox News
West Africa's Alarming Growth Industry: Meth   Jakarta Globe

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AsiaOne
   
Malaysia ageing 'before we're ready'   
AsiaOne
Lack of care centres for the aged, infrastructure and money are why we're struggling. Describing the situation as "dire if we do nothing", Employees Provident Fund (EPF) deputy chief executive officer (strategy) Tunku Alizakri Alias says we're ageing ...
Not ready to age   The Star Online

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The Star Online
   
Refugee girl with a dream needs urgent heart op   
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: She was born with a hole in her heart with a cataract clouding her vision on the right eye. Yet, Udiah, who was born in Pakistan, has big dreams. “I want to be a teacher,” said the shy five-year-old during an interview with her father ...

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Substandard maternity care possible, warns Health DG   
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there would be an increase in workload in government hospitals and risk of substandard maternity care if the private sector loses its obstetricians. “With the obstetrics ...

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