Increased demand for test-tube babies
Source: The Jakarta Post
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-20 22:46:51 -0700 | health-news
Increasing numbers of couples in Indonesia are turning to in-vitro fertilization...In addition, the technique was also recommended for men whose sperm count was limited, or because of the presence of bad quality embryos...The woman will be stimulated to boost her...
Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-20 12:24:36 -0700 | health-news
Employers are increasingly recognizing they may be able to avoid certain penalties under the federal health law by offering very limited plans that can lack key benefits such as hospital coverage. Benefits advisers and insurance brokersbucking a commonly held expectation...
BioMatrix NeoFlex Coronary Stent CE Marked for Sale in Europe
Source: EMRUpdate
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-20 11:42:46 -0700 | health-news
BioMatrix , a company based in Singapore, received European clearance for its BioMatrix NeoFlex drug eluting stent. The device sports a new delivery system for easier navigation through vasculature and has a lower lesion entry profile than the model it's replacing....
Allergic to the world
Source: China News
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-14 11:55:28 -0700 | health-news
The change of the weather to spring and summer is usually a delightful time, as trees turn green and flowers bloom. But for people suffering from skin allergies, the change of seasons can be difficult, with recurring symptoms being agitated,...
Market widens for home care devices, consultancy says
Source: The Nation
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-13 10:24:22 -0700 | health-news
Acknowledging the rapid ageing of the population in the region, governments are encouraging patients to opt for home care by offering incentives, subsidies and tax cuts. While improving patients' quality of life, home care also reduces the burden on the...
Vision of care for village children
Source: China News
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-13 07:43:02 -0700 | health-news
The village provides shelter for children of jailed parents and there are nine such sites around China. The Beijing village was founded in 2000 and cares for 92 children...Nineteen China Daily employees and members of their families along with 10...
Shanghai to improve grassroots healthcare
Source: China News
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-13 00:38:22 -0700 | health-news
Shanghai Ruijin Hospital, one of the city's top public clinics, recently launched a program to train nurses in cooperation with Singapore General Hospital. More than 560 clinical, specialist and ward-managing nurses as well as other medical staff from six bodies...
US has more 'first day' newborn deaths than any other industrialized nation, report says
Source: Fox News
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-07 10:04:32 -0700 | health-news
Published May 07, 2013 MyHealthNewsDaily In the United States, more babies die on the first day of life than in any other industrialized country, according to a new report. Each year, about 11,300 U.S. babies die the day they're born,...
Common asthma drugs hold promise against dengue
Source: NewKerala
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-05-01 08:25:13 -0700 | health-news
The study by researchers at Duke Medicine and Duke-National University of Singapore (Duke-NUS) also found that a protein produced by the mast cells may predict which people infected with dengue virus will develop life-threatening complications. Dengue virus is spread by...
Pet Food Recall Expanded by Natura Over Salmonella
Source: Epoch Times
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-04-19 17:04:12 -0700 | health-news
Natura Pet Products has expanded on a recall of dry pet food over a potential salmonella risk for animals and humans. The company first announced the voluntary recall in March for dog, car, and ferret foods over the salmonella contamination...
Dishing out dignity
Source: Chinadaily
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-04-15 14:39:07 -0700 | health-news
Despite that, he tells Jaime Koh that he is happy to be able to help the disadvantaged. Fourteen months into operation, Dignity Kitchen in Singapore is still in the red. Its average monthly loss is a five-figure sum and any...
3 Potential Obamacare Changes Courtesy of Singapore
Source: The Motley Fool
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-04-13 11:00:21 -0700 | health-news
Potential Obamacare Changes Courtesy of Singapore Don't let it get away!...Love it or hate it, Obamacare is now the American health care system. But even ardent supporters acknowledge that it's not perfect. Some would prefer a universal health care system...
Singapore opens new research centre for Asian biological discoveries
Source: Pharmaceutical Industry News
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-04-12 05:35:07 -0700 | health-news
The 25 mt2 research centre is expected to develop a method where the cells of solid tumours can be easily converted into cells floating in a liquid solution. Fluidigm president and CEO Gajus Worthington said that the Single-cell genomics provides...
Science of Life
Source: The Hindu
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-04-11 06:52:11 -0700 | health-news
Karunakaran There is something reassuring about the way Dr. Girija responds to patients. She listens with keen attention, studies the pulse, asks probing questions and comes up with a prescription after deliberation. This sociologist-turned Ayurveda physician has been curing illnesses...
Increasing core temperature with breath techniques and visualizing flames
Source: Natural News
Singapore :: Singapore | updated 2013-04-10 03:47:54 -0700 | health-news
With Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov from the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences , leading a team of researchers, it has been found that core body temperature is something that...
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