Health

DENPASAR ~ Bali’s health chief warned this week that inadequate water and waste disposal facilities on the island were threatening – Read More...

GENEVA ~ Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of adolescence and old age due to – Read More...

PARIS ~ People who die after getting swine flu are 100 times more likely, compared to seasonal flu, to have – Read More...

A new study conducted on mice has uncovered a chemical compound that effectively targets cancer stem cells – the key – Read More...

One of the world’s most common insect repellents acts on the central nervous system in the same way as some – Read More...

LONDON ~ Britons are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change television channel if the remote – Read More...

WASHINGTON ~ Malaria, which affects some 500 million people a year worldwide, was first transmitted to humans by chimpanzees, according – Read More...

Medical researchers say they have used over-the-counter allergy drugs to ease Type 2 diabetes in obese mice, in a study – Read More...

TAIPEI ~ Taiwanese scientists said this week they had developed an organic compound that could help control the global swine – Read More...

SAN FRANCISCO ~ A young US start-up brimming with medical research veterans brought genetic testing to the masses this week – Read More...