http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters on the drug industry, health, fitness and medicine en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204607,philippines-raises-alarm-over-dengue-fever-108-dead-so-far.html Manila - The Philippines' health department on Sunday raised alarm over dengue fever in the country, where 108 people have died so far of the disease. The number of fatalities recorded from January 1 to April 5 was 46 per cent higher than 74 deaths i... Health Sun, 11 May 2008 05:50:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204607,philippines-raises-alarm-over-dengue-fever-108-dead-so-far.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204500,asia-pacific-health-officials-finalize-plan-to-combat-dengue.html Singapore - Health officials from the Asia-Pacific region have finalized a plan to combat dengue following a five-day meeting in Singapore. National plans will be guided by 38 specific recommended activities under the regional initiative, participant... Health Sat, 10 May 2008 01:30:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204500,asia-pacific-health-officials-finalize-plan-to-combat-dengue.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204494,fathers-spend-half-as-much-time-with-kids-as-mothers.html Taipei - Fathers love their kids just as mothers do, but fathers only spend half as much time with their small children as mothers do, a survey showed on Saturday. According to the Taipei Times, a survey by the Bureau of Health Promotion found that t... Health Fri, 09 May 2008 22:09:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204494,fathers-spend-half-as-much-time-with-kids-as-mothers.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204370,hfmd-kills-two-more-chinese-children-hundreds-of-new-cases.html Beijing - The death toll from a virally transmitted hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) rose to 34 Friday after the worst-hit province reported two more child fatalities and state media said the number of recorded infections this year had jumped to 27,500... Health Fri, 09 May 2008 11:23:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204370,hfmd-kills-two-more-chinese-children-hundreds-of-new-cases.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204283,hand-foot-and-mouth-toll-rises-to-34-in-china.html Beijing - At least 34 children have died in an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in China as the total number of infections has risen to 25,000, the official news agency Xinhua reported Friday. The toll rose with two more deaths in the eastern... Health Fri, 09 May 2008 04:48:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204283,hand-foot-and-mouth-toll-rises-to-34-in-china.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204129,thalidomide-maker-doubles-payout-to-german-victims-of-drug.html Aachen, Germany - The German company which invented the drug thalidomide confirmed Thursday it would double its compensation payout to German victims of the birth-defects scandal 50 years ago. Taken as a sedative, thalidomide was used by pregnant wom... Health Thu, 08 May 2008 12:26:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204129,thalidomide-maker-doubles-payout-to-german-victims-of-drug.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204069,new-zealand-warns-against-chinese-herbal-tea.html Wellington - New Zealand's Food Safety Authority warned consumers Thursday not to eat seeds in a Chinese herbal tea made from the plant abrus cantoniensis, which is also known as Canton love pea or herba abri, saying they were toxic. It said the tea,... Health Thu, 08 May 2008 09:48:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204069,new-zealand-warns-against-chinese-herbal-tea.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204021,two-thirds-of-indonesias-districts-in-malaria-endemic-area.html Jakarta - More than two-thirds of the 576 districts in Indonesia have been classified as malaria endemic areas, with more than 100 million people at risk of catching the disease, the country's health minister said Thursday. Malaria is a contagious d... Health Thu, 08 May 2008 06:18:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204021,two-thirds-of-indonesias-districts-in-malaria-endemic-area.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203903,activists-challenge-patent-on-african-anti-bronchitis-drug.html Munich - Activists said Wednesday they had challenged a European patent on a method of extracting an anti-bronchitis drug from plants, and would prove that the method is based on ancient African knowledge. The dispute before the European Patent Offic... Health Wed, 07 May 2008 16:53:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203903,activists-challenge-patent-on-african-anti-bronchitis-drug.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203760,hong-kong-warns-of-record-cases-of-deadly-virus-from.html Hong Kong - Hong Kong health officials on Wednesday warned of a record number of cases of the hand-foot-mouth disease which has so far killed 28 children in mainland China. Controller of the Centre for Health Protection, Thomas Tsang, said the govern... Health Wed, 07 May 2008 09:40:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203760,hong-kong-warns-of-record-cases-of-deadly-virus-from.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203756,child-virus-death-toll-hits-28-who-backs-chinas-controls.html Beijing - The death toll from a virally transmitted hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) that has infected 16,000 children rose to 28 on Wednesday as the World Health Organization said it was satisfied with China's efforts to curb the spread of the virus. ... Health Wed, 07 May 2008 09:28:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203756,child-virus-death-toll-hits-28-who-backs-chinas-controls.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203702,hand-foot-mouth-disease-kills-10-children-in-vietnam.html Hanoi - Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), the viral illness that has killed 26 people in China this year, has also infected over 3,000 children in Vietnam since the start of the year, killing at least ten, health officials said Wednesday. Most of those... Health Wed, 07 May 2008 06:10:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203702,hand-foot-mouth-disease-kills-10-children-in-vietnam.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203654,more-preschools-day-cares-temporarily-closing-amid-ev-71-virus.html Singapore - More preschools and childcare centres in Singapore have been told to close amid increasing cases of a virulent strain of hand, food, and mouth disease (HFMD), health officials said Wednesday. Tests show that 26 per cent of the 10,490 chil... Health Wed, 07 May 2008 00:28:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203654,more-preschools-day-cares-temporarily-closing-amid-ev-71-virus.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203576,fabled-absinthe-all-a-hoax-german-scientists-say.html Karlsruhe, Germany - Absinthe, the green liqueur flavoured with aniseed which reputedly used to drive artists mad, was a hoax, a team of scientists said Tuesday, adding that it was only the strong alcohol in the drink that was damaging to health. Abs... Health Tue, 06 May 2008 15:22:02 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203576,fabled-absinthe-all-a-hoax-german-scientists-say.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203523,suspected-child-virus-cases-continue-to-rise-in-china.html Beijing - China on Tuesday said the number of suspected cases of a virally transmitted hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) among children had risen to about 12,000, as the World Health Organization promised support in curbing the spread of the disease. Lo... Health Tue, 06 May 2008 12:12:05 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203523,suspected-child-virus-cases-continue-to-rise-in-china.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203513,hiv-infections-on-the-rise-in-germany.html Berlin - Some 2,752 new cases of HIV were reported in Germany in 2007, a 4-per-cent increase over the previous year, the federal institute responsible for disease control and prevention said Tuesday. The biggest increase in HIV infections - 12 per ce... Health Tue, 06 May 2008 11:42:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203513,hiv-infections-on-the-rise-in-germany.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203475,asia-pacific-experts-drawing-up-dengue-fever-battle-plan--summary.html Singapore - Experts from 22 Asia-Pacific countries are meeting in Singapore to finalize an ambitious eight-year battle plan against dengue fever, participants said Tuesday. Organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Singapore's National Env... Health Tue, 06 May 2008 09:35:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203475,asia-pacific-experts-drawing-up-dengue-fever-battle-plan--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203376,asia-pacific-experts-drawing-up-dengue-fever-battle-plan.html Singapore - Experts from 22 Asia-Pacific countries are meeting in Singapore to draw up an eight-year battle plan against dengue fever, participants said Tuesday. Details in the Asia-Pacific Dengue Strategic Plan are being finalized during the week-lo... Health Tue, 06 May 2008 00:39:09 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203376,asia-pacific-experts-drawing-up-dengue-fever-battle-plan.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203321,german-health-authorities-say-sugar-okay-for-diabetics.html Berlin - Overturning decades of advice, a German public-health agency said Monday that diabetics should resume eating ordinary sugar and that special food for diabetics had no value. The ruling was issued by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment ... Health Mon, 05 May 2008 16:27:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203321,german-health-authorities-say-sugar-okay-for-diabetics.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203301,tests-find-killer-mrsa-bug-common-in-german-piggeries.html Bonn, Germany - Killer staphylococcus germs which defy antibiotics and which are rampant in some hospitals are also widespread on German farm pigs, health officials said Monday. Spot tests were ordered after last year's revelation that the germs are ... Health Mon, 05 May 2008 15:10:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203301,tests-find-killer-mrsa-bug-common-in-german-piggeries.html