WHO Raises Swine Flu Alert To Five

Share The World Health Organisation on Wednesday raised its flu alert to phase five out of six, WHO chief Margaret Chan said, signalling that a pandemic was “imminent” following the swine flu outbreak. “I have decided to raise the influenza pandemic alert from phase four to phase five,” the WHO director general announced after an [...]

Malaysia Has The Vaccine For Swine Flu

Share Malaysia has the vaccine for swine flu which can be used to stop the spread of the disease to this country. Veterinary Services director-general Datuk Dr Abd Aziz Jamaluddin said the H1N1 vaccine should be injected into pigs as a preventive measure following reports of 81 people killed by the swine flu in Mexico. [...]

Swine Flu Outbreak In Mexico

Share The Immigration Department has gone on the alert over a swine flu outbreak in Mexico and is ready to work closely with the Health Ministry to prevent the spread of the disease to Malaysia, its director-general Datuk Mahmood Adam said today. “We are awaiting instructions from the Ministry of Health by tomorrow and we [...]

Overweight Adults May Be Heart-Healthy

Share You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people, about half have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer [...]

Eyes May Carry Clues To Heart Disease

Share The eyes may carry important early clues to heart disease, signaling damage to tiny blood vessels long before symptoms start to show elsewhere, researchers reported on Tuesday. People with a type of eye damage known as retinopathy were more likely to die of heart disease over the next 12 years than those without it, [...]