'Westernisation' causes growing obesity Oct 20, 2009
"A parallel series of disease patterns ... so diseases associated with overweight and obesity (rising incidence of diabetes and heart disease) while, at the same time, a poorer section of the society with all the traditional deficiency diseases. "Unfortunately, it's a reflection of the westernisation of lifestyles. " Dr Leeds said India, again as an example, had an estimated 60 million people who could be considered as overweight or obese "and what do those people do. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
'Skin and bones' Sep 15, 2009
We found 22 children with marasmus and kwashiorkor [two nutrient deficiency diseases] in the hospital. Lida Escobar has visited some of the areas worst affected by the crisis. (BBC News -- Americas)
The macabre joke of inflation Aug 21, 2009
Many young children suffered from deficiency diseases such as rickets, and at times tuberculosis reached almost epidemic proportions. In Mannheim, lung disease was reported in 43 families in one 220-household street alone. (Harper's Magazine)
* FEATURE : Thin is in for Singapore youth, even if it is too thin Jul 24, 2009
At that weight, Fauzi, who does not hold a regular job and sells ads on his blog, would be risking nutritional deficiency diseases and osteoporosis based on the BMI scale of the Singapore Health Promotion Board, a government agency. Fauzi, whose blog The Male Bitch was voted Singapores most popular blog for four straight weeks this year, denies he is encouraging anorexia, which afflicts many Asian youngsters. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Thin is in for Singapore youth Jul 24, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. " But Fauzi, who is also the creator of "The Thinspo Club" on Facebook's rival social networking site Friendster, said all he was trying to do was gather like-minded individuals to share slimming tips. "I just want Singaporeans to lead a healthy lifestyle as well," he said. Lee Huei Yen, the director of the Eating Disorders Programme, was sceptical of Fauzi's diet. "The diet does not sound healthy and balanced and this person may possibly have an... (Channelnewsasia.com)
NBHC Sailor saves life with bone marrow May 7, 2009
"But I would do it again if ever asked to." A bone marrow transplant can help people survive illnesses like leukemia, aplastic anemia, and some immune deficiency diseases. The forms of leukemia that are combated with bone marrow transplants are Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML), Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (AMML), Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), and Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML). (The Dolphin, CT)
Hitchens: Handing the Swat Valley to the Taliban Was Shameful and Wrong Mar 10, 2009
Instead, all ills will be blamed on the Crusader-Zionist conspiracy, and young men with deficiency diseases and learning disabilities will be taught how to export their frustrations to happier lands. Thus does the failed state become the rogue state. (Slate)
Is Zimbabwe Now a Rogue State? Feb 10, 2009
The situation has altered recently, however, and an examination of what has altered may help us to clarify when a state crosses the boundary from "failed" to "rogue." So great is the misery of the Zimbabwean people that deficiency diseases like cholera are now rife. And such is their degree of desperation that they have started crossing the frontier en masse, chiefly in the direction of South Africa, taking their maladies with them. (Slate)
