Medicine - Health
Asian women are at risk of arterial defects
A random artery abnormality can cause a heart attack and a sudden death in an adult without any prior warning, now is no longer a coincidence. One
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Asia: Discrimination must be eliminated with HIV infected people!
International team leaders say Asia has made progress in preventing HIV. However, discrimination attitudes towards HIV-infected people must be eliminated in order to ach…
Medicine - Health
Dengue outbreaks are at risk of outbreaks across Asia
Public health officials warn, this year dengue outbreaks are likely to break out in Asia and it will not exclude any country, from rich countries, keeping good hygiene l…
Medicine - Health
Asia lacks more than 60 million girls
The choice of sex for the fetus, abortion, and the attempt to kill female babies has caused Asia to lose over 60 million girls. This situation leads to a similar imbalan…
Medicine - Health
UNICEF: HIV / AIDS affects 10 million children in South Asia
Mohammad Naseer, director of social affairs for the South Asia Regional Cooperation Association (SAARC), said HIV / AIDS is having serious consequences with an increasin…
Medicine - Health
In 2020 can cancer in Asia increase suddenly?
By 2020, the rate of cancer in Asia will increase dramatically due to increased life expectancy and changing lifestyle. This will be a special health crisis for poor cou…
Medicine - Health
The demand for anticancer drugs is rising in Asia
In the face of the risk of cancer explosion in the future, the demand for analgesics and anti-cancer drugs is also increasing in Asia.
Medicine - Health
Asia is about to have a anti-blind drug factory
Genentech (US) has announced on March 28 that it plans to invest US $ 140 million to build a Lucentis anti-blind drug factory. This will be the first plant in Asia to pr…
Medicine - Health
Diabetes can reach 'pandemic' level in Asia
According to world health experts, Asians are six times more likely to develop diabetes than whites. In the coming decades, the disease can reach pandemic levels not onl…
Medicine - Health
Why do South Asians suffer more heart attacks?
South Asians make up a quarter of the world's population. Researchers already know that South Asians tend to have heart attacks at a younger age than those from the rest…
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Alerting the risk of new HIV infection in Asia
The UN Organization warns that more and more people are infected with HIV around the world, including in Uganda and Thailand - countries that were once considered to be…
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Vietnam has the highest number of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Asia and the Pacific
The World Health Organization's report on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) shows that Vietnam is currently the country with the highest number of people with…
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Bad developments in H5N1 in Asia and Europe
Two bad news were announced at the end of the week: H5N1 crossed the border into the European Union (EU) and found H5N1 resistant to Tamiflu in a Vietnamese patient.
Cancer
Asian spices reduce the risk of breast cancer
Previous studies have found that postmenopausal women who have taken estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have a higher risk of developing breast tumors.
Cancer
Asian women who eat western foods are more likely to develop breast cancer
Asian women who eat a Western diet high in meat, white bread, milk and pudding will have a higher risk of breast cancer.