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Many up and coming businesses and companies have excellent health screening programs, some of which have incentives to employees who participate in the annual health ...
Scientific research has conclusively confirmed a very strong relationship between cigarette smoke and certain cancers (e.g. lung cancer). Smoking also increases the risk of cardiovascular ...
The Health Minister announced today the first batch of H1N1 vaccine will arrive in 2 weeks, with the rest by Christmas. 20% - or 200,000 doses ...
The Ministry of Health (Singapore) officially announced the availability of Infuenza A / H1N1 2009 vaccine yesterday. Although the initial supplies are limited, it is believed to ...
Has anyone noticed that more people are coming down with diarrhea & vomiting - aka 'gastroenteritis' in medi-speak - this past week? I had the fortune ...
Researches from the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen who analysed data and trends over 7 years before and after the implementation of state run screening ...
Can President Obama overhaul the world's costliest healthcare system when other presidents like Jimmy Carter, Nixon and Bill Clinton have failed? It is definitely not ...
Doctors at Yongsei University's Severance Hospital in South Korea removed the life support system that kept a 77 year old lady alive since she lapsed ...
More people are using their Medisave funds to cover part of the cost of treating chronic conditions. The number has jumped 5 times from 20,092 ...
The Strait Times reported that the world’s oldest man, 113 year old Tomoji Tanabe died at home in southern Japan on 19/06/2009. He was certified by ...
I read about horrifying reports of how gay men were tortured in Iraq by anti Shiite death squads by having their anus glued tightly. Apparently these gay ...
In response to calls by Singaporeans, the Health Ministry has allowed patients to withdraw up to 80% more from their Medisave accounts to pay for ...
Healthcare makes up 17% of US GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and accounts for 4% of Singapore's GDP. This is expected to rise because of the ...
This incident occurred in Maryborough, a town in the north west of Melbourne. Nick Rossi a 13 year old teenager, apparently fell from his bicycle ...
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