Smoking 'kills six million every year'

New Straits Times

Friday, 12/07/2013

PANAMA CITY - Despite public health campaigns, smoking remains the leading avoidable cause of death worldwide, killing almost six million people a year, mostly in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

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Suicides highest among those in their 50s

The Star

Monday, 15/07/2013

PEOPLE aged 50 to 59 made up the largest proportion of suicide victims in Singapore last year, new figures show.

Last year, 57 men and 38 women in this age group took their lives.

There was also a worrying rise in suicides among people in their 60s and older.

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Ramadan incentive to give up smoking

The Sun

Monday, 05/07/2013

Kuala Lumpur : Muslims could take advantage of Ramadan to give-up smoking as they abstain from the habit during fasting hours, Malaysian Public Health Specialists Association(PPPKAM) vice-president Dr. Othman Warijo said yesterday.

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Flea bites giving the chills

The Star

Tuesday, 16/07/2013

Flea bites giving the chills
BY EDWARD R. HENRY

WHILE most people are by now well aware of the disease leptospirosis caused by rats, there is another little-known health threat that hides on the rodent.

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8 children die of food poisoning in India

Utusan Malaysia

Wednesday, 17/07/2013

8 children die of food poisoning in India

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