08.26.09

ADB cites progress in fight against poverty in Asia-Pacific

Posted in Health at 3:32 am by Pit

Manila - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) cited on Wednesday the progress made by Asia and the Pacific countries in reducing poverty, but noted that large pockets of poverty remain in many countries in the region. Over the past 15 years, Asia has ...

Woman poisoned by face cream with mercury 43,000 times above limit

Posted in Health at 2:50 am by Pit

Hong Kong - Hong Kong women were on Wednesday being urged not to use a face cream after it was found to contain more than 43,000 times the acceptable level of mercury. The Department of Health issued the warning after a 58-year-old woman was admitted...

08.25.09

How flesh bug fools immune system

Posted in Health at 11:00 pm by Pit

Scientists show how flesh-eating parasites responsible for a disfiguring tropical disease dupe the immune system.

Ovarian cancer ‘is being missed’

Posted in Health at 10:59 pm by Pit

Women with ovarian cancer may be going undiagnosed because their symptoms are not being recognised.

Swine flu could kill 90,000, disrupt health services in US

Posted in Health at 6:38 pm by Pit

Washington - The A-H1N1 virus, or swine flu, could infect nearly half the population in the United States and kill between 30,000 to 90,000 people this autumn and winter, according to a projection from President Barack Obama's scientific advisers. Be...

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