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Innovative, life-changing tools key to ending TB epidemic

Society 1 year ago

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Innovative, life-changing tools key to ending TB epidemic

The government, together with global health leaders and partners, has called for swift action to end the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic through innovative approaches.

Ministry works with doctors, pharma company to curb smoking-related lung disease

Society 2 years ago

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Ministry works with doctors, pharma company to curb smoking-related lung disease

The Health Ministry is working with the Indonesian Society of Respirology (PDPI) and multinational biopharma company GSK Plc to scale up early diagnosis of chronic lung disease usually caused by smoking and expand treatment for millions of Indonesians suffering from such illnesses.

Why we need to act now for Jakarta’s population health

Opinion 4 years ago

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Why we need to act now for Jakarta’s population health

Even with the COVID-19 lockdown reducing air pollution globally, Jakarta’s air stayed as polluted as ever.

Struggling to end TB amid COVID-19 pandemic

Opinion 5 years ago

Struggling to end TB amid COVID-19 pandemic

Meanwhile, Indonesia is listed as one of the world's largest TB contributors with about 842,000 cases. The COVID-19 pandemic makes it harder to eliminate TB –which remains the world's deadliest infectious disease.

How does coronavirus kill?

Health 6 years ago

How does coronavirus kill?

Of the first 99 people with severe infection, three-quarters had pneumonia involving both lungs.

Research finds quitting smoking 'magically' reverses lung cell damage

Health 6 years ago

Research finds quitting smoking 'magically' reverses lung cell damage

Smokers have long been told their risk of developing diseases like lung cancer will fall if they can quit, and stopping smoking prevents new damage to the body.

Vaping linked to rare lung disease: Study

Health 6 years ago

Vaping linked to rare lung disease: Study

Doctors treating a patient with a rare lung disease usually caused by exposure to industrial metals say it may instead be the first case linked to vaping.

US probes link between vaping and lung disease as patient dies

Health 6 years ago

US probes link between vaping and lung disease as patient dies

A patient who had recently been vaping has died in the US after developing severe lung disease, officials said Friday, as authorities scrambled to find the cause behind almost 200 more potential cases.

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