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House Republicans balk at "fiscal cliff" deal

01/01/2013 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington's last-minute scramble to step back from a "fiscal cliff" ran into trouble on Tuesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives balked at a deal to avert a budget crisis. Republican leaders in the House said they might try to change the bill approved by the Senate which voted to raise taxes on the wealthy in a late-night show of unity. That would set up a high-stakes game of chicken between the two chambers and risk a stinging rebuke from financial markets that are due to open in Asia in six hours. …

Asia, House Republicans

US Army to Asia: “We're Back”

12/07/2012 majac Exercise

Lt. Harold Fullmer talks with Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers during a joint exercise at the Kita-Fuji Training Area, Japan, in October. Fullmer belongs to a Texas National Guard unit, but more active duty troops will be appearing in the Asia …
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TIME

Asia, Harold Fullmer, Japan, Texas National Guard

Obama says not able to overhaul tax system, entitlements in two weeks: Bloomberg TV

12/04/2012 majac Your Health Matters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Tuesday there is not enough time this year to come up with an overhaul of the U.S. tax system and entitlement programs as Republicans want as a condition for an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. Obama told Bloomberg Television that despite weaknesses in Europe and Asia, he believes the U.S. economy is “poised to take off. …

Asia, Bloomberg Television, Europe

Novartis does not expect further sales bans of flu vaccines

10/24/2012 majac Your Health Matters

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Chief Executive of Swiss drugmaker Novartis is confident its flu vaccines manufactured in Italy are safe and does not expect further countries to ban sales or halt deliveries. In a conference call to journalists, Chief Executive Joseph Jimenez said Novartis shipped the two vaccines produced in Italy to European markets and parts of Asia. He said he did not expect other countries to take action to suspend deliveries but he could not rule this out. Novartis reported worse-than-expected third quarter sales on Thursday, dragged down by the loss of a U.S. …

Asia, Italy

Traditional Chinese Medicine in Asia

10/23/2012 majac Heart Disease

We're about to take an extended trip into China for deep language immersion, so I have been worried about my health that is still not stable. As luck would have it, I ran out of most of the natural medicines that we brought with us, so was forced to go …
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Asia, China, health

Army general: Pacific refocus means more exercises

09/24/2012 majac Exercise

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — The leader of U.S. Army forces in Asia and the Pacific says the service wants to exercise more with other nations in the region as the U.S. draws down from Afghanistan and the military refocuses its attention. U.S. Army Pacific …
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Afghanistan, Asia

New AIDS-like disease in Asians, not contagious

08/22/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV.

AIDS, Asia, HIV, United States

Western fast food tied to heart risks in Asia

07/20/2012 majac Your Health Matters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even relatively clean-living Singaporeans who regularly eat burgers, fries and other staples of U.S.-style fast food are at raised risk of diabetes and significantly more likely than peers to die of heart disease, according to a new study. With globalization, fast food – widely regarded as nutritionally poor – has become commonplace in East and Southeast Asia. But there’s been little research into the effects of western junk food on the health of non-western populations, especially those transitioning to more-prosperous lifestyles. …

Asia, health, Southeast Asia

HIV drug resistance creeps higher: WHO

07/18/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Drug resistance to HIV medicines has been creeping higher in parts of Africa and Asia but is not steep enough to cause alarm, said a survey released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday.

Africa, Asia, HIV, World Health Organization

Potent form of common child illness deadly in Asia

07/12/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Tran Minh Giang has spent more than a third of his young life in a Vietnamese hospital, and it could be many months more before he can go home. All for a disease that in Asia is as common as chicken pox, and usually about as severe.

Asia

Spain, UK raids seize 300,000 doses of fake drugs

03/20/2012 majac Your Health Matters

LONDON (Reuters) – Police across Europe have seized almost 300,000 doses of counterfeit anti-impotence and weight-loss medicines, highlighting the prevalence of fake drugs in the region. Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said on Tuesday that four people had been arrested in Spain and two in Britain following an international operation lasting several months. The suspects appeared to have been importing the bogus medicines from Asia – mainly China and Singapore – and distributing them via the Internet to customers throughout Europe, officials said. …

Asia, Europe, Spain, UK

Six arrested in fake medicine bust: Europol

03/19/2012 majac Your Health Matters

Six people have been arrested in a police sting in Spain and Britain, suspected of importing and selling large quantities of fake medication from Asia including Viagra, Europol said Monday.

Asia, Spain

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