Category: Health
HIV challenges remain in Papua New Guinea
The Aids epidemic is at a critical juncture in the Asia Pacific region, according to the UN’s top body on tackling the disease, UNAIDS. The report was launched at the [...]
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Philippines HIV infections ‘doubling every year’ – UN
New HIV infections in the Philippines are doubling every year due to inadequate prevention efforts and poor knowledge of risky behaviour among vulnerable groups, a top UN [...]
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HK study finds molecule that offers fertility hope
Hong Kong scientists said Friday they have discovered a molecule that binds human sperm to an egg, in a breakthrough which offers new hope for infertile couples. The study by [...]
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Experts find way to make mosquitoes dengue-free
Injecting a bacteria into mosquitoes can block them from transmitting the dengue virus and help control the spread of a disease that kills 20,000 annually in more than 100 [...]
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Hospital in China fends off angry mob
Friends and relatives of a patient who died on the operating table marched on Nanchang Hospital No. 1 brandishing pitchforks and clubs. About 100 staff members, among them [...]
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Korean birthrate sees a mild baby boom bump
When Kim Sun-jin, a 28-year-old homemaker, had her first son in March 2010, she found herself in good company. “I was very surprised to see most of the postpartum care [...]
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Marathon op to remove 90kg tumour
A group of US doctors will travel to Vietnam to help remove an 90-kilogram tumour from a man’s leg. The metre-wide tumour has been growing on 31-year-old Nguyen Duy [...]
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Taiwan researchers discover protein that boosts cancer cell growth
An Academia Sinica research team has identified a protein – called KLHL 20 – that plays a key role in tumor progression, a discovery that could provide a new [...]
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Philippine authorities move to contain dengue
Local government units and other government agencies around the country have beefed up efforts, including a massive information drive, in an effort to contain dengue cases. [...]
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Korea’s first Aids patient still alive after 26 years
The first Koreans diagnosed with HIV in the 1980s – one male and one female – are still alive, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [...]
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Singapore spared drug crunch plaguing US
Hospitals in Singapore have been spared the shortage of drugs plaguing their counterparts in the United States. Most health-care providers The Straits Times spoke to said [...]
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Cambodian girl dies from bird flu infection
Cambodia’s health ministry has confirmed that a 6-year-old girl died from an H5N1 avian influenza infection, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today. The [...]
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DOH upbeat on potential of dengue vaccine
The anti-dengue vaccine being developed in the Philippines is showing potential and could boost global efforts to combat the mosquito-borne disease, Health Secretary Enrique [...]
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Stem cell team aims for spare heart parts in five years
Stem cell researchers in Hong Kong and the United States are trying to grow spare parts for the human heart that may be ready for tests on people within five years, they said [...]
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Malaysia halts live animal imports from Australia over Hendra virus
Malaysia has quietly suspended all Australian animal imports in another blow to the live export industry. The $20 million annual trade in live beef and dairy cattle, sheep [...]
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