Category: General health news
BPA linked to obesity, diabetes
Bisphenol A (BPA) is back in the news again following the publication of a study by the Chemicals, Health and Environment Monitoring (CHEM) Trust. The document, the Review of the Science Linking Chemical Exposures to the Human Risk of Obesity […]
Qnexa awaits FDA green light
If the odds be ever in their favour, Qnexa could be the first new obesity drug to receive Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in 13 years. The last was Xenical that hit the market in 1999. Last February, a […]
Pay boost seen for healthcare jobs
SINGAPORE – Good news for healthcare workers – the Ministry of Health will be looking into a salary review for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. Speaking on the sidelines of a health-care career fair yesterday, Dr Amy Khor, Minister […]
Malaysia’s medical tourism in the pink of health
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Medical tourism in Malaysia hit record levels in 2011 and is on track to achieve yet another year of healthy numbers in 2012. Receipts from foreign patients spending on medical treatment in Malaysia 2011 stood at […]
HCM City targets hospital crowding
VIETNAM – HCM City plans to reduce at least 80% of hospital overload by 2020 and 50% by 2015, city officials have told Minister of Health. Huynh Van Biet, deputy director of HCM City’s Department of Health, told Health Minister […]
Health reforms in China make gains, but many out of pocket
CHINA – Efforts in China to widen access to medical care and improve health insurance have made impressive headway, but 173 million Chinese still face “catastrophic” health expenses, researchers reported recently. The reforms were initiated in 2003 after liberalisation led […]
Avoidable hospitalisations a top concern
PA, U.S. – Avoidable hospitalisations is the top patient-related concern facing homecare agencies, hospitals and healthcare nationwide, U.S. researchers found. The study commissioned by homecare industry leaders including: Delta Health Technologies, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and […]
Malaysia health plan turns septic
KUALA LUMPUR – A plan by the Malaysian government to privatize the public healthcare system and get consumers to pay for it through salary cuts is rapidly turning into a major election issue. Whistleblower doctors let the cat out of […]
