PARIS: All that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was to look handsome and get married. But the 30-year-old’s seemingly harmless hair transplant went fatally wrong.

PARIS: You’re probably familiar with the term ‘friendzone,’ meaning a friendship that will not turn into a love relationship.

TOKYO: A Japanese biotech firm says it has developed the world’s first early screening test for pancreatic cancer, using the powerful noses of tiny worms.

JAKARTA: A dozen Indonesian families whose relatives died or were injured after consuming tainted cough syrups have sued the government and companies accused of supplying the products, according to a lawsuit.

SANDAKAN: Painless but progressive, Osteoporosis, often undetected in the elderly population, is also known as the silent killer.

PETALING JAYA: Those with heart disease face a much higher risk of dying from flu-related complications, and it is time for Malaysians to wake up and take action to protect themselves from the flu.

RESEARCHERS are urging caffeinated coffee drinkers to limit their intake in order to reduce their chances of developing vision loss or blindness. According to a scientific paper in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, heavy caffeinated coffee consumption is associated with an increased risk of developing exfoliation glaucoma, the leading cause of secondary glaucoma worldwide.

There are many different types of dementia, but Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent type with more than 55 million people with dementia, and approximately 10 million new cases reported annually. In Malaysia, 8.5% of elderly over the age of 60 are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, which becomes more common as we grow older.

PETALING JAYA: Those with heart disease face a much higher risk of dying from flu-related complications, and it is time for Malaysians to wake up and take action to protect themselves from the flu.

LONDON: With record waiting times, staff shortages, financial black holes, and now a nurses strike over pay, the UK’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) is facing an unprecedented crisis.