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1 week ago | 
ndtv.com | Karoline Kan
The main reasons behind cardiovascular disease were high blood pressure, dietary risks, air pollution. The number of people with cardiovascular disease surged by 148% in Southeast Asia over the past three decades, with the condition becoming the region's leading cause of mortality and morbidity, according to new research. A total 37 million people in the region suffered from cardiovascular disease in 2021 and 1.7 million died from it.
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1 week ago | 
japantimes.co.jp | Karoline Kan
The number of people with cardiovascular disease surged by 148% in Southeast Asia over the past three decades, with the condition becoming the region’s leading cause of mortality and morbidity, according to new research. A total 37 million people in the region suffered from cardiovascular disease in 2021 and 1.7 million died from it.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
Traffic in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. The rupiah is closing in on a pandemic-era low, putting pressure on Indonesia’s central bank to raise interest rates to support the beleaguered currency. (Bloomberg) -- The number of people with cardiovascular disease surged by 148% in Southeast Asia over the past three decades, with the condition becoming the region’s leading cause of mortality and morbidity, according to new research.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
Hi it’s Karoline in Singapore, where the average temperature last year tied for the warmest on record. This is dangerous for pregnant women. But before I explain ... Global warming is not just about the melting glaciers or the rising sea level. It’s also a real health risk.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
(Bloomberg) -- Demand for Covid tests is increasing in Hong Kong as cases surge in recent weeks, according to the top executive of diagnostic kit-maker Phase Scientific International Ltd. The Hong Kong-based company, which is a major provider of Covid testing kits in Asia Pacific, has seen business gain because of the Covid wave across Asia, Chief Executive Officer Ricky Chiu said in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Karoline Kan |David Ryder
Bloomberg — Una startup de origen chino ha inaugurado en Arabia Saudita la primera clínica del mundo en la que la IA diagnosticará a los pacientes, lo que supone un paso decisivo para sustituir a los doctores en la primera línea del tratamiento médico. Synyi AI, empresa tecnológica del sector de la salud con sede en Shanghái, puso en marcha en el mes de abril un proyecto piloto en la región oriental saudí de Al-Ahsa, con la colaboración deAlmoosa Health Group.
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3 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
AI “doctor” named “Dr. Hua.”(Bloomberg) -- A Chinese startup has opened the world’s first clinic in Saudi Arabia where artificial intelligence diagnoses patients, a key step in replacing human doctors as the first line of medical treatment. Synyi AI, a Shanghai-based medical technology company, launched the trial program in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Al-Ahsa region in April in collaboration with the country’s Almoosa Health Group.
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4 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
Hi, it’s Karoline in Singapore. China is proud of its forestation campaign, but people are wondering whether the government could have picked better plants. More on that in a moment, but first …China’s move to contain its northern deserts with a Great Green Wall has resulted in more than 30 million hectares of forest planted in 40 years.
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4 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Karoline Kan
19 hours agoOn the ground in Kashmir: The Independent reports live from wreckage siteIndia said it had conducted precision strikes in Pakistan in an overnight military operation on Wednesday, 7 May, following a terrorist attack in Kashmir that left 26 people dead and escalated tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Targets of the strikes were nine facilities allegedly linked to proscribed militant groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, Indian officials claimed.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Karoline Kan
Smog in New Delhi. (Bloomberg) -- Climate change may exacerbate the spread of infections that don’t respond to common antibiotics, with developing nations being most at risk, according to a new study in Nature Medicine. The study challenges the notion that the rise of antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is solely due to the overconsumption of antibiotics, putting a spotlight on factors such as healthcare spending, air pollution and raising temperatures.
