SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Koreans afflicted with dementia
jumped 2.4 times in the last five years due largely to an increase in life

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PENANG (Malaysia), Sept 18 (Bernama) -- A research team from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has discovered eight prehistoric human skeletons, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, in Gua Kain

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health has ordered that all candies found to contain impure powdered calcium carbonate (CaCO3) must be destroyed.

TOKYO, Sept. 18 Kyodo - Japan may allow the manufacture and sale of thalidomide as a treatment for blood cancer after the drug caused severe birth defects and was banned in the

Makkah, September 16, SPA -- Under the patronage of Prince Khalid
Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Makkah Region, the Makkah

The Senate has blocked the Rudd government's plan to scrap the Medicare dental scheme for the chronically ill.

New York/New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Job market seems to be turning gloomy not only in the banking space but also in the technology sector, with global IT giant Hewlett-Packard planning to slash close

Hanoi (VNA) - An HIV/AIDS website for Vietnamese youth was officially launched on Sept. 15.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- The government will make progressive