28-Jul-17 Chinese researchers have published the findings of a survey of 500,000 individuals about traumatic fractures. Sleeping less than 7 hours per day was identified as a risk factor, and alcohol consumption also incurred a risk effect. [image: China Herb Co.]

30-Jun-17 One in five Singaporeans will be over 65 by 2030, and most will have at least one chronic condition. Zuellig Pharma recently signed an MOU with a leading hospital group to develop early health screening using data analytics. [image: HPB / The New Paper]

14-Jun-17 14.4 mn kids in India are obese, the second highest after China with 15.3 mn. Egypt topped the list for adult obesity at about 35 percent. Lowest were Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1 percent. [image: ET Healthworld]

13-Jun-17  Economic improvements in India are resulting in a "dual-disease burden", a rise in communicable diseases and a spurt in non-communicable diseases, that cost the government USD81 bn in 2013 and are projected to grow at 17% to 2020. [image: ET Healthworld]

09-Jun-17 The latest available data indicated that 41% of adults in Asia are overweight compared to 35% in 1993, likely a result of the economic growth in the area over the past two decades. [image: Telegraph / AP]