2015年1月27日 星期二

2015-01-28 Malaysia Health


The WSU Sign Post
   
Science Weekly: All nighters may not be helping you learn   
The WSU Sign Post
The late night cram is something college students are familiar with. However, a new study shows that sleep is what may help us learn the material needed to ace our classes. Sleep, memory and learning have been known to have strong correlations with one ...

Students shouldn't pull all-nighters: study   New York Daily News
Why all-nighters don't work   Bangalore Mirror
Why studying all night may not work   Times LIVE
Malay Mail Online   
Daily News & Analysis   
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Los Angeles Times
   
Paying pregnant women to quit smoking pays off, study says   
Los Angeles Times
Researchers have identified a common substance that makes smokers much more likely to kick the habit – money. The promise of up to $600 in shopping vouchers proved a powerful inducement to get pregnant women to quit smoking. Compared to women ...

Paying People Could Help Them Quit Smoking   TIME
Vouchers new key to kicking addiction   SBS
Fight bulging waistline, quit smoking with help of cyber friends, vouchers   Malay Mail Online
3News NZ   
Yahoo News UK   
Medical Xpress   
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TravelPulse
   
Ride Mexico City Subway for All of 10 Squats   
TravelPulse
Fusion.net's Rafa Fernandez de Castro reports an obesity epidemic has caused Mexico City officials to get creative in getting the populace to burn some calories. To that end, Fernandez writes, “the government of Mexico City will begin offering free subway ...

Mexico's latest way to beat the obesity epidemic: make commuters do squats for ...   The Guardian
Mexico City swaps squats for free subway rides   CTV News
Mexico City offers free transport to passengers doing squats in bid to curb rising ...   ABC Online
Channel News Asia   
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BBC News
   
Ebola crisis: World 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics   
BBC News
The president of the World Bank has warned that the world is "dangerously unprepared" for future deadly pandemics like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Jim Yong Kim, speaking in Washington, said it was vital that governments, corporations, aid agencies ...

World 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics: WB   Business Standard
Prevent Another Ebola With Insurance Plan, World Bank Head Says   NBCNews.com
World Bank: world 'dangerously unprepared' for pandemics   Free Malaysia Today

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Techworm
   
Samsung working on a wearable sensor to detect strokes early   
Techworm
Samsung's C-Lab has came up with a new wearable health sensor that monitors your brain, to warn you of an impending stroke. Two years ago, a group of engineers at Samsung Electronics wanted a breath of fresh air. So, they applied to undergo a project at ...

Samsung Designs Wearable Stroke-Detecting Device   Med Device Online (press release)
Samsung developing wearable headset that detects strokes   The Star Online
Samsung developing wearable headset that detects strokes, Report   Canada News

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NEWS.com.au
   
First Egyptian doctor jailed for female genital mutilation death in landmark case   
NEWS.com.au
AN Egyptian doctor has been sentenced to jail for performing a female genital mutilation procedure that killed a young girl. The landmark appeals court ruling overturned the original acquittal of the medic and the father of 14-year-old Sohair al-Bataa in ...

Egypt appeals court convicts two in female genital excision   Los Angeles Times
Egypt doctor convicted over girl's death in landmark FGM case   Al-Arabiya
Egypt convicts first person for carrying out FGM   Telegraph.co.uk
TODAYonline   
gulfnews.com   
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Kansas City Star
   
World must prepare for 'war' against a global pandemic: Gates   
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Berlin (AFP) -- Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates says the world must use the lessons from battling Ebola to prepare for any future "war" against a global killer disease, with the help of new technology. Gates, in Berlin for a donor conference of the GAVI ...

Donors pledge $7.5b to extend child vaccine drive   The Nation
Microsoft Corporation's Bill Gates, UK take lead in $7.5 bn pledge for children's ...   Financial Express
For Dollars Donated To Vaccine Campaigns, Norway Wears The Crown   NPR (blog)
Irish Times   
Chron.com   
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The Christian Times
   
Is Coffee Good For You? New Painkiller That Lasts Longer Than Morphine ...   
The Christian Times
Coffee has been found by researchers from a Brazilian university and a state-run agricultural firm to contain proteins that have a painkiller effect similar to morphine but one that lasts longer. While analyzing the coffee genome sequence and corresponding ...

Why your coffee really gives you a buzz   Panorama.am
Scientists find protein in coffee with effect like morphine   Prothom Alo (English)
Morphine like protein found in coffee   World Coffee Press
International Business Times UK   
Science 2.0   
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Daily News & Analysis
   
Is Ebola silently immunising some while killing their neighbours?   
The Age
If some are immunised, it could help end outbreaks quicker by giving secret protection to those lucky enough to be able to bat the infection away. Photo: AP. A recent sharp drop in new Ebola infections in West Africa is prompting scientists to wonder whether ...

Critical-Care Physician From Canada Fought Ebola From Day One   Infection Control Today
Ohio guard unit won't be needed to fight Ebola in Africa   Akron Beacon Journal
Drop In Ebola Cases Makes Scientists Wonder If Virus Immunizes As Well As It ...   Yahoo Health
Medical Daily   
Gulf Times   
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Free Malaysia Today
   
New injectible claims to zap double chins   
Free Malaysia Today
double chin A new drug capable of leveling out a double chin will be reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 9, according to Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, which is to market the drug should it get the nod. The drug, called ATX-101, ...

This injection could banish your double-chin   Metro
Double Chin Facial Injection, ATX-101, To Earn FDA Approval In May   Medical Daily
Facial injection may one day eliminate double chins   New York Daily News
The Guardian   
Financial Express   
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