en-my-hotdailynews: 2015-06-19 Malaysia Health

TIME

S.Korea: MERS outbreak has 'levelled off,' watching for more cases
Reuters
SEOUL, June 19 A health official said South Korea's outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) appeared to have levelled off, after authorities reported just one new case on Friday, bringing total infections in the country to 166. "Given the current ...

Thailand: First MERS Case Confirmed   New York Times
What's the economic impact of the MERS outbreak in South Korea?   The Globe and Mail
Rate of MERS infections in South Korea slows with one new case | Reuters   Firstpost
New Zealand Herald
GMA News
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TIME

Choosing your own diet to lose weight is no guarantee of success
Free Malaysia Today
Is it better to choose your own diet when you're looking to lose weight? Not necessarily, according to American researchers who led an experiment on the subject. First of all, the best diet is the one you can maintain meticulously and not the one that you ...

Choosing your own diet to lose weight no guarantee of success   The Malaysian Insider
Diet Plan Selection May Lead To Weight Loss   Immortal News
Picking a diet that appeals to you may not help you lose weight   The Globe and Mail
Maine News Online
Nature World Report
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CBC.ca

Human breast milk sold online for adults may be hazardous
CBC.ca
A growing online craze among some fitness communities, fetishists and chronic disease sufferers for buying and drinking human breast milk poses serious health risks, British experts said on Thursday. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, ...

What are the risks of drinking breast milk?   BBC News
Breast milk craze raises HIV fears   The Australian (blog)
Bodybuilders 'could get HIV from drinking human breast milk'   Telegraph.co.uk

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Japan, Steps Up Airport Controls to Prevent MERS
Prensa Latina
18 de junio de 2015, 11:35Tokyo, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) The main Japanese airports stepped up controls on people coming from South Korea with the view to prevent expansion of MERS outbreak, affecting that neighbor country. A protocol imposed by the ...

MERS sparks mask rush in Asia, but are they effective?   Daily Mail

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Now Blind Americans Can 'See' With Device Atop Their Tongues
Bloomberg
A new device that helps the blind “see” by using their tongues has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The BrainPort V100, cleared for 250,000 profoundly blind Americans without sensitivity to light, will cost about $10,000, said Robert ...

FDA approves device to help blind people 'see' by using their tongues   Washington Post
Miracle or magic? Device to make the blind 'see'   Malay Mail Online
FDA allows marketing of new device to help the blind process visual signals via ...   FDA.gov

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Little girls bear the brunt of malnutrition in India
TODAYonline
A two-month-old girl at a malnutrition intensive-care unit in Dharbhanga Medical College in the eastern state of Bihar, India. Despite India's economic boom, 46 per cent of its children under five are underweight, 48 per cent are stunted, and 25 per cent are ...

REFILE-FEATURE-Little girls bear the brunt in India's vicious cycle of malnutrition   Reuters
Indian children stay hungry, underage women getting married despite the ...   Hindustan Times
Little girls bear the brunt in India's vicious cycle of malnutrition | Reuters   Firstpost
DAWN.com
Daily Mail
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Tattooed mother told not to breastfeed for mental health reasons, court told
The Guardian
Mother's appeal against an order to stop breastfeeding is being heard in the family court in Sydney on Friday. Photograph: Katie Collins/PA. Bridie Jabour · @bkjabour. Thursday 18 June 2015 22.25 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ...

NSW mum fights to breastfeed bub   NEWS.com.au
Woman who got tattoos is barred from breast feeding   Irish Independent
Tattooed mother banned from breastfeeding 11-month-old son   Stuff.co.nz
9news.com.au
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Teens can't cook, don't care about diet: study
New York Daily News
Teens lack skills in the kitchen, according to a new study that concludes many adolescents consider microwaving a pizza to be cooking. They believe exercise will make up for a bad diet and smoking, say the researchers, whose study was published in the ...

Study warns of teens' poor cooking skills   The Malaysian Insider
Warning over poor cooking skills among teenagers   Medical Xpress
Millennials Can't Cook and Don't Care Who Knows It   Munchies_ Food by VICE

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