http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The Philippine health department warned the public on Friday against electronic cigarettes, saying the tobacco substitute could turn children into smokers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-philippines-e-cigarette.html Health Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:30:01 EST news284960686 (AP)—Rabies experts from 12 Asian countries on Friday concluded their annual meeting to exchange views and find practical solutions to the disease, which is still prevalent in the region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-asian-experts-rabies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:47:42 EST news268660052 The Philippines has stepped up screening of airport arrivals to prevent the entry of a mysterious disease that has killed 60 children in Cambodia, the health secretary said Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-philippines-mystery-cambodian-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:41:53 EST news260862104 Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Monday the government would vaccinate 700,000 babies this year to protect them from a virus that causes diarrhoea, a killer disease ravaging poor communities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-philippines-vaccinate-babies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:45:39 EST news260433928 Fifteen percent of the American active physician workforce was trained in lower income countries, which is beneficial for the United States both clinically and economically but may have negative impacts on the countries of origin that are losing their educational investment, according to a report published in the open access journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-percent-american-physician-workforce-income.html Health Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:00:15 EST news251557286 The World Health Organization called Monday for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was defying efforts to wipe it out across many countries in the Asia-Pacific region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-stepped-up-leprosy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:04:36 EST news248339061