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Burning inside out: GERD’s quiet toll on young women

Young women are arriving at clinics across the country, their chests burning and sleep eroding, their bodies quietly protesting a life of overwork, skipped meals and unrecognized stress.

3 weeks ago
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Prevention matters: Keeping cataracts and glaucoma at bay

Regular eye examinations can detect sight-threatening conditions early, particularly in people at higher risk. ...

3 weeks ago
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Novartis pauses trials of experimental cell therapy after three deaths

The halt was implemented on August 24 after Novartis was notified of three cases of a severe, life-threatening immune reaction. Complications from the reaction, in which the body's defense system overreacts and attacks its own organs, led to the deaths, the Swiss drugmaker said. ...

3 weeks ago

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US health officials say vaping illness may have multiple causes

US health officials said on Friday there may be more than one cause behind the nationwide outbreak of serious lung illnesses linked to vaping, and that they have not yet seen a meaningful drop in new cases.

6 years ago
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By the way: Message to ad execs, please quit

There are many dreadful ways to die; preventable tobacco-caused lung and heart diseases rival the Inquisition. They’re the biggest killers in Indonesia. And the kids are getting hooked. The number of under-18 smokers is rising.

6 years ago
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A mother’s stress before and during pregnancy could affect her baby’s brain: Study

New UK research has found that if a woman experience stress before or during their pregnancy her baby’s brain development could be affected.

6 years ago
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Four lifestyle changes which could boost your mental health

To help you take care of your own mental health, today and throughout the year, here we round up four lifestyle changes that can be easily made to help boost our mental well-being.

6 years ago
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Volunteers, professionals collaborate to address mental illness

A stigma is still attached to mental illness in the minds of many Indonesians, but volunteer groups are seeking to change that.

6 years ago
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Pink Shimmerinc emphasizes the importance of self-exams

Breast cancer awareness community Pink Shimmerinc shares the struggles of survivors and emphasizes the importance of breast self-examinations.

6 years ago
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Celebrity HIV disclosures whittle away at stigma

The image of Britain's Princess Diana shaking hands with AIDS patients at a London hospital in 1987 was hailed as a milestone in the battle against the stigma surrounding people with the virus.

6 years ago
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SHL promotes foot wellness, offers shoes with built-in insoles for haj pilgrims

Around 20 percent of each batch of haj pilgrims are flat-footed or have the pes planus deformity, which means they are likely to walk slower and become more easily exhausted.

6 years ago
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Paralysed man walks again with brain-controlled exoskeleton

A French man paralyzed in a night club accident can walk again thanks to a brain-controlled exoskeleton in what scientists said Wednesday was a breakthrough providing hope to tetraplegics seeking to regain movement.

6 years ago
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Vaping-linked lung injury kills 18, sickens 1,080 in US

The number of patients suffering from probable lung injury associated with e-cigarette use has surged to more than a thousand, US health authorities said Thursday, while the death toll from the outbreak now stands at 18.

6 years ago
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Smartphone addiction may help identify depression

American researchers have attempted to determine if being addicted to one's smartphone can lead to depression or if people who are subject to depressive symptoms are more vulnerable to this type of addiction.

6 years ago
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Think big, start small and act now on family planning

The youth representatives that attended the international family planning conference in Yogyakarta want to be involved – not just heard – regarding the development of sexual and reproductive health programs that target them.

6 years ago
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‘1001 Ways of Talking’: Campaign aims to bring parents, teens closer

The teen years may, if not handled right, turn into a period of conflict between parents and children. A new campaign aims to bring them together.

6 years ago
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Hold the vodka: Russians cut drinking 40 percent under Putin

Russians might have a reputation as a nation of hard drinkers, but a report by the World Health Organization published Tuesday showed their alcohol consumption has dropped by more than 40 percent from its peak in the early 2000s.

6 years ago
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#IDECIDE4MYSELF study unpacks empowerment

A recent study has found that more than half of young people in Indonesia say they are not happy with who makes decisions in their lives – most of these unhappy respondents were girls.

6 years ago
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Red meat unhealthy? Maybe not, researchers say

Cutting back on red meat is standard medical advice to prevent cancer and heart disease -- but a review of dozens of studies has concluded that the potential risk is low and evidence uncertain.

6 years ago
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Family planning: Indonesia looks beyond population control

Indonesia's family planning program was once so successful that a Chinese minister disclosed that his country learned from Indonesia.

6 years ago
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Breaking the stagnation: Conference aims to open discourse on Indonesia’s family planning program

Indonesia’s family planning program, once the nation’s pride, suffered a critical setback and stagnated following the implementation of decentralization in 2001.

6 years ago
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Most vaping-related lung injuries linked to marijuana products: CDC

Many of the hundreds of e-cigarette users who have developed lung problems in recent months, some of them fatal, used black market marijuana products, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.

6 years ago
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Heart health campaign aims to raise awareness among youth on World Heart Day 2019

An unhealthy heart can be fatal in the long run and despite this, young people in Indonesia tend to overlook the importance of taking care of this organ.

7 years ago
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Sleep like Beckham, eat well like chef Pang

British soccer star David Beckham loves having chamomile tea just before going to bed while celebrity chef Jeremy Pang finds kneading dough and slicing ingredients therapeutic and helps him sleep better.

7 years ago
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#OneMoreHour: The power of sleep

Sleep is for the weak, some say, but facts show that sleep is the key to success.

7 years ago
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Walmart to stop selling e-cigarettes amid vaping illnesses

Walmart Inc. will stop selling e-cigarettes in its U.S. locations as the country grapples with a string of vaping-related deaths.

7 years ago
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Moderate alcohol consumption may help type 2 diabetes patients

A meta-analysis study shows that low to moderate daily alcohol consumption may improve the metabolism of patients with diabetes type 2.

7 years ago
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How dangerous is vaping? The science remains hazy

So what do we know for sure about electronic cigarettes?

7 years ago
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Black carbon from air pollution found in placentas: Study

Black carbon particles typically emitted by vehicle exhaust and coal-fired power plants have been detected on the fetus-facing side of placentas, researchers said Tuesday.

7 years ago
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Mint, menthol e-cigarette liquids high in cancer-causing compound: Study

A cancer-causing compound banned by U.S. regulators last year as a food additive has been found at potentially dangerous levels in mint and menthol flavored e-cigarette liquids and smokeless tobacco products, researchers said on Monday.

7 years ago
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New York to ban flavored e-cigarettes after illnesses, deaths

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes besides tobacco and menthol in response to a recent nationwide spate of sometimes deadly lung illnesses that U.S. health officials have linked to vaping.

7 years ago
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Kenya becomes third country to adopt world's first malaria vaccine

Kenya on Friday became the third country to start routinely innoculating infants against malaria, using the world's first vaccine to combat a disease that kills 800 children globally every day.

7 years ago
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Four things to know about vaping

The Trump administration has announced it will soon ban flavored e-cigarette products to deter an ever growing number of young users. It comes amid an outbreak of vaping-linked severe pulmonary disease that has killed six people and sickened hundreds.

7 years ago
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