Contributor ReportsCute kittens out to kill you
Source: Japan Times
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sun Nov 29 03:30:41 -0800 2009 | health-news
Cats are easy targets, which is why Shukan Asahi took such a cheap shot at them in the banner headline of its print ads for the Dec...In the subhead, cat cafes were cited as "hotbeds of infection." The article itself...
Jaime Harmon: People do want health care reform
Source: Summit Daily News
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated Sat Nov 28 22:08:44 -0800 2009 | health-news
Most of the people I know, myself included, have had extreme hardships due to the current state of health care in this nation. I have had my own personal struggles with medical bills, though I have never been without insurance....
RP to get 9M doses of H1N1 flu vaccines
Source: Inquirer.net
Manila :: Philippines | updated Fri Nov 27 13:54:56 -0800 2009 | health-news
Philippines�The Philippine government will receive a total of nine million doses of vaccines against the Influenza A (H1N1) virus from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the coming months. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and WHO Director General Margaret Chan...
Experts scan disease links with Chinese "gene map"
Source: Reuters
Hong Kong :: China | updated Thu Nov 26 00:43:28 -0800 2009 | health-news
A large analysis of the genes of 8,200 ethnic Chinese has revealed subtle genetic differences between inhabitants in northern China and southern China, and even between different Chinese dialect groups. Published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, the study...
Swine flu measures not containing disease
Source: The Herald
Beijing :: China | updated Fri Nov 27 14:16:14 -0800 2009 | health-news
Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads of passengers were isolated if one traveler had symptoms — have failed to contain the disease. Despite initially declaring success, Beijing now...
Comfort eating 'does work'
Source: Independent
Sydney :: Australia | updated Fri Nov 27 14:21:07 -0800 2009 | health-news
Comfort eating does ease anxiety and can work even years after a traumatic event, a new study suggests.
Narace vaccinated
Source: News Day
Lara :: Australia | updated Fri Nov 27 14:21:28 -0800 2009 | health-news
Jerry Narace and acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert were among several public officials who yesterday received their Influenza A/H1N1 vaccination. Opposition UNC MPs yesterday confirmed their vaccinations will take place on December 1 and 4.
'Longer sex' company condemned for phone prescriptions
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ami :: Japan | updated Tue Nov 24 19:27:09 -0800 2009 | health-news
Longer sex' company condemned for phone prescriptions Posted November 25, 2009 13:45:00 A parliamentary inquiry into impotence medications has recommended an end to over-the-phone prescriptions for new users of the treatment. The report has criticised the Advanced Medical Institute, the...
Docs say formerly conjoined twins recovering well
Source: Seattle Times
Melbourne :: Australia | updated Tue Nov 24 16:47:48 -0800 2009 | health-news
Australia — Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna are enjoying a favorite DVD and trying new foods as they continue their recovery from marathon separation surgery, doctors said. Royal Children's Hospital chief of surgery Leo Donnan said Tuesday that...
U.N.: HIV infections down 17 percent
Source: United Press International
Shanghai :: China | updated Tue Nov 24 20:54:07 -0800 2009 | health-news
World Health Organization indicated since 2001 the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa has fallen approximately 15 percent, representing about 400,000 fewer infections. Meanwhile in East Asia, new HIV infections were down by nearly 25 percent and in South...
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