678 Patients and 273 Medical Workers Contract Hepatitis C Infection in Singapore

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 15 Oct 2015

Nearly 1,000 patients and health staff need to be screened for the virus after the scare of hepatitis C infection widened due to four deaths so far in Singapore....Read More

Bodybuilder Dies Aged 20 After Taking Anabolic Steroids to Keep in Shape

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 13 Oct 2015

Fitness fanatic Oli Cooney succumbed to a lifestyle that included taking anabolic steroids in order to keep in shape for weightlifting, an inquest has heard. ...Read More

High Blood Pressure After Kidney Transplantation

Posted in Hypertension / High Blood Pressure Support group on Tue, 06 Oct 2015

According to recent statistics from the World Health Organization,around 68300 kidney transplants are performed every year worldwide. India is a hub foraffordable ...Read More

China Aims To Improve Access To Healthcare, Reduce Cost By 2017

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 14 Sep 2015

In a bid to overhaul a over-burdened healthcare system, China will push patients to seek medical treatment locally where wide gaps between urban and rural care often means people travel hundreds of mi...

New HIV Prevention Pill May Ward Off Infections In High Risk Groups

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 11 Sep 2015

Over 600 people who took an HIV prevention pill for more than 2 years were found to be free from the virus even in high-risk environments, said researchers....Read More

New Zealand to Host a 31-Day Stop Smoking Challenge to Encourage Its Citizens

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 10 Sep 2015

October turns out to be the quitting month for kiwis. Thousands of them will participate in the 31-day challenge to stop smoking called �Stoptober�....Read More

Cancer Patients in UK Dying Early Because of the Flaws in Government’s Medical Funding System

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 10 Sep 2015

A top official wih a drug company has said that cancer patients in Britainare dying early because of the governments stupid medical funding system....Read More

Over Seven Percent Adults in India Suffer From Varicose Veins Disease

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 08 Sep 2015

In India, more than seven percent of the adults suffer from varicose veins, said a survey conducted by the Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai, India. ...Read More

Jharkhand Lags Behind in Construction of Toilets for Community Sanitary Complex

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 01 Sep 2015

Jharkhand lags behind in construction of toilets in schools and other places, said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in a report. ...Read More

India Takes Legal Advice on European Union’s 700 Generic Drugs Ban

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 24 Aug 2015

To deal with the ban imposed by the European Union (EU) on 700 generic drugs clinically tested by GVK Biosciences, India is seeking legal advice. ...Read More