18+ hour, 31+ min ago   (183+ words) Filipino men rarely seek help for mental illness, despite making up 80 per cent of suicide deaths. Advocates say it’s time for change Richardson Mojica is no stranger to thoughts of ending it all. The 40-year-old university professor and mental health…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (206+ words) Sleep expert and anthropologist David R Samson sheds light on how human sleep evolved from apes to hunter-gatherers to modern societies For most people, bedtime is a routine matter of turning off the lights and hoping for eight hours of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (188+ words) One individual even admits to chewing on dog chew sticks to help alleviate severe exam anxiety Young dieters in China are increasingly turning away from low-calorie foods in favour of a new trend: chewy snacks. On social media, they are…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (213+ words) Hong Kong director of health cites data showing unvaccinated children and elderly are four to five times more vulnerable than vaccinated individuals Unvaccinated children and elderly people are four to five times more likely to face serious complications or mortality…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (200+ words) Nearly 13,000 people fell ill across 21 states in the nation’s largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak US health authorities on Friday declared the ⁠nation’s largest recorded cyclosporiasis outbreak ⁠over, after contaminated iceberg lettuce sickened thousands, though ⁠the FDA said it was still probing…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (198+ words) Doctors say hospitals have resorted to rotating power cuts between buildings, putting patients in ‘severe danger’ As power cuts cascade through one of Gaza’s largest functioning hospitals and patients wait for treatment in sweltering wards, doctors warn that shortages of…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (282+ words) Readers discuss how the community can work together to prevent suicides, sentencing in cases of sex crimes, and responsible pet ownership World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10 is a timely reminder that suicide prevention cannot begin only at the point…...

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5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (168+ words) The South Asian nation of 170 million has recorded 1,002 deaths and 187,484 infections among children since March The death toll from measles in Bangladesh topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said on Wednesday, admitting that failures in a vaccination drive could have…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (187+ words) In three days last week alone, close to 2,000 students suffered from food poisoning after eating meals from Prabowo’s flagship programme A series of illnesses were reported in Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi in the past week. The latest was on Tuesday…...