2015年10月9日 星期五

2015-10-10 Singapore Health


AsiaOne
   
Public hospitals explain their infection control measures   
AsiaOne
Tan Tock Seng Hospital says that although it uses around 700 types of injectable drugs, only 13 make use of multi-dose vials. Its medical board chairman Thomas Lew says these drugs are usually not commonly administered and not available in single doses.
TTSH 'strengthening overall system, vigilance' in wake of SGH Hepatitis C cluster   Channel News Asia
646 out of 678 patients contacted for hepatitis C screening   TODAYonline
No better alternative to multi-dose vials, says TTSH medical board chairman   The New Paper
The Online Citizen   
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Your Local Guardian
   
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey in a 'serious condition' after complication   
Your Local Guardian
File Nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, and who has been flown to the Royal Free Hospital in London, after becoming ill again. Press Association 2014 / / National News. Share. 0 comments. A nurse who is being ...

Mossneuk Primary School parents express worry over ebola nurse's visit   Daily Mail
Ebola nurse 'seriously ill'   Irish Examiner
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'in serious condition'   BBC News

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Channel News Asia
   
Second suspected MERS case in Thailand   
Channel News Asia
A 62-year-old man is currently in quarantine and being tested and hospitalised in special treatment care. POSTED: 09 Oct 2015 17:01; UPDATED: 09 Oct 2015 17:14. PHOTOS. A group of tourists wear masks to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory ...


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Channel News Asia
   
Tai chi can help build strength, relieve pain   
Channel News Asia
For people with chronic illnesses ranging from cancer to arthritis, Tai chi exercises may improve walking, build strength and reduce pain, according to a new analysis of past research. POSTED: 10 Oct 2015 05:55. PHOTOS. Johney Yu (2nd R), 75, who ...


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Huffington Post
   
Like a Black Hole in Space, Schizophrenia Draws in Everything: Paul's Story   
Huffington Post
I was only 20 when I experienced the quick onset of psychosis and began hearing voices and having visual hallucinations, which left me completely confused. Initially I was put under the care of a young adults' early interventions team, where I received ...
New study suggests hallucinations, alone, do not predict onset of schizophrenia   HealthCanal.com (press release) (blog)
A sign of personal weakness   AsiaOne
Perceptual Disturbances Not a Major Predictor of Schizophrenia Onset   PsychCentral.com
Bel Marra Health   
News-Medical.net   
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The Straits Times
   
China's smoking death toll set to 'double in 2030'   
The Straits Times
PARIS • Smoking will kill about two million Chinese in 2030, double the 2010 toll, said researchers yesterday who warned of a "growing epidemic of premature death" in the world's most populous country. On current trends, one in three young Chinese men ...

One in three young men in China 'will die from smoking'   Irish Independent
Smoking will kill 2m Chinese annually by 2030: Study   Times of India
Smoking set to kill one in three young men in China: Study   Channel News Asia
ecns   
CRIENGLISH.com   
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Biotechin.Asia
   
Pioneer of AIDS research brings AIDS vaccine in to Phase 1 clinical trials   
Biotechin.Asia
HIV's gp120 (brown triangle) docking onto a CD4 receptor (grey finger) that studs a white blood cell. Robert Gallo is an American biomedical researcher, who is best known for his role in the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as the ...

Institute of Human Virology Begins Phase 1 Clinical Trials of HIV Vaccine ...   HealthCanal.com (press release) (blog)
An experimental HIV vaccine will be tested on humans in Baltimore   Technical.ly Brooklyn
HIV vaccine to be tested on people in the US   Stuff.co.nz
Outbreak News Today   
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Huffington Post
   
Crisis-Oriented Mental Heathcare is Not the Answer to America's Mental Heath ...   
Huffington Post
It sounds like the opening scenes of a certain wildly popular television drama: on Labor Day 2013 I found myself on a gurney in the ER of Beth Israel in Boston, a perfectly healthy 44-year-old victim of an epic panic attack, who would have a very ...
Mentally-Challenged People Lack Human Rights, Say WHO, Expert   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
World Mental Health Day: Without dignity, there can be no recovery   The Express Tribune
World Mental Health Day 2015 Facts: Celebrities, Others Across The Globe ...   International Business Times
The Sun Herald (blog)   
The Indian Express   
NOLA.com   
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TODAYonline
   
Hep C cocktails impossible in West are being engineered in India   
TODAYonline
MUMBAI — Drugmakers in India are hard at work engineering hepatitis C combination pills impossible in western nations due to patent protections. New antiviral medications from Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Myers Squibb have transformed the way hepatitis ...

Dug makers in India engineer hepatitis C cocktails impossible in West   Livemint
2 Reasons Gilead Sciences Suffered Through a Rough September   Motley Fool
Daklinza Hepatitis C Drug Seeks Label Expansion   Pharmacy Times

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AsiaOne
   
Penang calls off stray dog cullings   
AsiaOne
GEORGE TOWN - Penang is calling off the culling of stray dogs as no cases of rabies have been reported here since Sept 21, says Lim Guan Eng. The Chief Minister said the Penang Rabies-Infected Area Order 2015 issued on Sept 15 is revoked effective ...

Animal activists welcome news and call for mass vaccinations   The Star Online
Penang lifts order to cull rabies-infected dogs in state   TODAYonline
Penang govt lifts order to cull strays, no rabies cases reported   The Borneo Post
Independent Online   
Malay Mail Online   
The Sun Daily   
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