2015年8月29日 星期六

2015-08-30 Singapore Health


The Straits Times
   
Therapy on wheels for senior citizens   
The Straits Times
To help make up for the shortage here, the Lien Foundation hopes to extend the reach of therapists by putting them on "therapy" buses which will make stops at eldercare facilities. PHOTO: GYM TONIC PROJECT. Published. 6 hours ago. More. Share Tweet ...


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To our health   
The Indian Express
With two landmark achievements in less than two years, public health in India appears to have hit a good patch. In March last year, the WHO declared India free of polio. Now, the prime minister has announced the banishing of another great scourge ...


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AsiaOne
   
Tokyo on guard against mosquito-borne disease   
AsiaOne
The average summer temperature in Japan has risen 1.06 C over the past 100 years, an even faster pace than the increase in the average world temperature caused by global warming. The government will soon release an "adaptation plan" to mitigate the ...


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Reuters
   
Caffeine may chip a couple strokes off golf score   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - A moderate dose of caffeine may help combat fatigue and shave about two strokes off the scores of skilled collegiate players, according to a small study. “There's not a lot of caffeine research in golf,” said lead author Petey W ...
Caffeine could improve your golf score, study says   INFORUM
Want To Improve Your Golf Score By Two Strokes? A Cup Of Coffee Might Help   Tech Times

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Reuters
   
Long working hours tied to stroke risk   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - People who work at least 55 hours a week are significantly more likely to eventually suffer a stroke than people who work 35 to 40 hours a week, a recent study suggests. Previously, the same research team had linked longer working ...

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Healthy workplace tied to fewer obese young workers   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Workplaces that encourage healthy lifestyle practices are tied to fewer obese employees among millennials, according to a new study. About 17 percent of young employees in workplaces that encouraged several healthy lifestyle ...

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Independent Online
   
US doctor dubbed 'Candyman' convicted   
Independent Online
Los Angeles - A California doctor who prosecutors say wrote prescriptions for 1.7 million doses of powerful painkillers such as OxyContin in a single year, earning the nickname the “Candyman,” was found guilty on Friday on federal charges. Julio ...
'Candyman' Found Guilty on 79 Drug Charges   Santa Barbara Independent

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The Guardian
   
US national arrested on Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' charges   
The Guardian
A man checks raw diamonds at the gold and diamond department at Sierra Leone Central Bank in Freetown. Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images. Reuters. Saturday 29 August 2015 21.19 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ...

American arrested on Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' charges   Channel News Asia

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Newsweek
   
Aiming to Avoid a Hangover? Water May Not Help   
Newsweek
A bartender pours a pitcher of beer at a restaurant in Jakarta, Indonesia August 6. Darren Whiteside/Reuters. Filed Under: Culture. Downing water desperately to prevent tomorrow's hangover? A word to the wise: That might not necessarily do anything for ...

The only hangover cure: Stop drinking   BBC News
'Less boozing' is the only way to keep hangovers at bay   Financial Express
There's nothing you can do about your crushing hangover   Mashable
Irish Independent   
Telegraph.co.uk   
DutchNews.nl   
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Is neuroticism fueled by overthinking?   
EurekAlert (press release)
Isaac Newton was a classic neurotic. He was a brooder and a worrier, prone to dwelling on the scientific problems before him as well as his childhood sins. But Newton also had creative breakthroughs--thoughts on physics so profound that they are still ...

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