Oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, scientists said yesterday.

Around 16 percent of agricultural products for sale in domestic retail markets conntin excessive insecticide residuals, according to findings of an island-wide examination program released yesterday by the Cabinet-level Department of Health (DOH).

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced yesterday that they will include a five-in-one vaccination for children in the regular vaccination plans for infants to replace the three-in-one vaccination and the oral poliovirus vaccine.

The number of people newly diagnosed with cancer edged higher in 2007, with colorectal cancer remaining the most common form of the disease, ahead of liver cancer, according to a Department of Health report issued Friday.

Concern about the heavy metal cadmium in jewelry grew Tuesday as a California environmental group said new testing of adult necklaces and bracelets bought at three leading retailers, including Saks Fifth Avenue and Aeropostale, detected high levels of the toxic material -- as much as 75 percent by weight.

Cambodian authorities began a mass killing of ducks Wednesday after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus.

When doctors and staff realized that a cat living in a United States (U.S.) nursing home could sense when someone was going to die, the feline, Oscar, was portrayed as a furry grim-reaper or four-legged angel of death.

Cancer led the top ten list of labor killers in 2008, the Council of Labor Affairs said yesterday.

The Consumer's Foundation (CF) reported yesterday that 10 out of 80 inspected drinking straws are lead-tainted.

United States (U.S.) government health officials said Monday that patients taking a Bristol-Myers Squibb drug for HIV are at risk of a rare, but potentially fatal, liver disorder.