Health

April 10, 2012

Autism Cases ‘Increasing’

Autism in children appears to be on the rise, according to US health officials who said the rate has risen – Read More...
April 2, 2012

Bird Flu Claims Sixth Victim This Year in Indonesia

A 17-year old construction worker has died of bird flu in Lombok, the sixth death from the virulent disease this – Read More...
March 26, 2012

Chain-Smoking Eight-Year-Old to Kick Habit

An eight-year-old Indonesian boy who smokes more than a pack of cigarettes a day will undergo a month of therapy – Read More...
March 26, 2012

White Rice Link Seen with Type-2 Diabetes, Says Study

Health researchers say they have found a troubling link between higher consumption of rice and Type-2 diabetes, a disease that – Read More...
March 12, 2012

Cuba to Test New AIDS Vaccine on Humans

Cuba’s leading biotech teams have successfully tested a new AIDS vaccine on mice and are ready to soon begin human – Read More...
March 12, 2012

Vitamin E Linked to Osteoporosis

Japanese scientists say they have found a link between consumption of vitamin E and the degenerative bone condition osteoporosis, in – Read More...
March 5, 2012

Bird Flu Suspected in Bali Boy’s Death

Bali’s first bird flu death of 2012 is suspected by officials after a child from Badung died of flu-like symptoms – Read More...
March 5, 2012

Sleeping Pills Linked with Higher Death Risk

Sleeping pills are linked to a more-than fourfold risk of premature death, according to an American study published in the – Read More...
February 27, 2012

Bird flu Cases ‘More Common Than Thought’

Bird flu is believed to be a rare disease that kills more than half of the people it infects, but – Read More...
February 27, 2012

Bird Flu Claims Another Indonesian Victim

Tests on a 19-year-old woman who died last week showed she had contracted the bird flu virus, Indonesia’s third human – Read More...