Chinese official tells Hong Kong not to seek independence
Zhang Dejiang issues warning during three-day ‘inspection visit’ after some groups called for more autonomy for the city...
View ArticleHong Kong under tight security for Chinese official visit
Hong Kong authorities have rolled out a massive security operation as they brace for protests during a top Beijing official’s visit to the semi-autonomous city, where tensions are rising over Chinese...
View ArticleRoche signs MOU with govt to Improve outcomes for patients with Breast...
By Myjoyonline.com| AA A partnership agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Health and global pioneer in pharmaceuticals, Roche, to improve access to care for breast cancer and hepatitis...
View ArticleUK farmers to cut antibiotic use to combat drug resistance
Taskforce will work with farming leaders and government to replace and reduce antibiotic use for livestock...
View Article'My brother's brain injury was ignored because of dementia'
The family of a man with mild dementia who was seriously injured in a road traffic accident says people living with the condition are being let down badly and not given the urgent medical care they...
View ArticleHow wrong HIV diagnose ruined a man's life
Imagine waking up one day and being told that you not only have an incurable disease, but also one that has lots of stigma attached to it. Now imagine being deserted by wife, children and neighbors and...
View ArticleChinese farmer who lived with...
A farmer in central China lived as an Aids patient for 10 years, was dumped by his family and outcast from society, before he found out that the diagnosis was wrong. Yang Shoufa, 53, told the Beijing...
View ArticleDementia Is Not a Death Sentence
Sitting on a bus the other day, I couldn't help but overhear two women discussing their friend, who had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. They expressed concern that they wouldn't be...
View ArticlePregnant mom with rare, aggressive cancer: 'I don't give up'
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Apryl and Peter Roberts' second daughter is sure to be a spirited little fighter. By the time she is born near the end of May, her mother will have climbed Seattle's Columbia...
View ArticleExperience: I was misdiagnosed with MS
Many people felt I should have been relieved or even ecstatic at this news. But all I could think about were all those years lost to a disease I didn’t have...
View ArticleLiveBBC Local Live: North Yorkshire fracking decision
Summary Live Reporting By Andrew Barton Get InvolvedGet Involved UpdateContaminated water 'wouldn't do a lot of good' - Farmer's fracking fears Sarah Urwin BBC Radio York News Posted at 09:22 Sarah...
View ArticleSummer sun signals relief from allergies
As temperatures start to climb, the incidence of allergic reactions begins to wane, as Yang Wanli reports. The most difficult part of the year for Zhou Yan ended with the official start of summer on...
View ArticleChinese news agency: Taiwan's leader is radical because she is single
Opinion piece says Tsai Ing-wen has an ‘emotional, personalised’ style because she does not have a husband and children...
View ArticleFarmer demands compensation after wrong AIDS diagnosis
ZHENGZHOU - A farmer in central China's Henan Province is seeking 2 million yuan (about 300,000 U.S. dollars) in compensation after he was wrongly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. Yang Shoufa, 53, from...
View ArticleChinese kids who climb cliffside ladder to get stairs
Beijing — Just to get home from school, they climb more than 2,500 feet toward the sky — on a ladder made of bamboo and secured to a sheer cliff face. After pictures surfaced of the challenging trek...
View ArticleModi has betrayed farmers: Moghe
Yavatmal: The Narendra Modi-led NDA government has completed two years in power. But he has betrayed the farmers across the country, alleged the former social justice minister Shivajirao Moghe in a...
View ArticleMicrosoft's upgrade push irritates Chinese users
BEIJING -- IT giant Microsoft is under fire in China as the company pushes users to upgrade their operating systems to Windows 10. The pop-up upgrade window does not offer a "decline" option, only a...
View ArticleInto the Light: Treating Schizophrenia in Chiapas (Partners in Health)
(Source: Partners in Health) Dr. Enrique Valdespino had no idea a man lived locked inside a shack three blocks from the clinic in rural Reforma, Chiapas, where he practiced medicine. Nor that the man,...
View ArticleDeath of Activist in Chinese Custody Sparks Outcry
The death of an environmental activist in police custody has sparked an outcry in China and highlights growing discontent among the country's middle class. Relatives have said Lei Yang left his home...
View ArticleBrave Co Antrim boy Garron Donnelly enjoys day with X Factor star as he...
A brave Co Antrim boy who is receiving treatment for cancer has enjoyed a fun-filled experience with an X Factor star at a special party held to salute the...
View ArticleRenowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang dies at age 104
BEIJING (AP) — Renowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang, known for her prolific output and marriage to an equally famous author, died Wednesday at age 104, state media said. Yang died at Peking Union Medical...
View ArticleAcclaimed Chinese Writer, Yang Jikang, Dies Aged 105
Yang, the first to translate the Spanish classic Don Quixote into Chinese, remained prolific even late in life, publishing her last novel aged 103 By staff reporter Lu Yueling (Beijing) – Renowned...
View ArticleChinese kids who climb cliffside ladder home will get stairs
BEIJING (AP) - Just to get home from school, they climb 800 meters (more than 2,500 feet) toward the sky - on a ladder made of bamboo and secured to a sheer cliff face. After pictures surfaced of the...
View ArticleFinally allowed 2nd child, older Chinese parents turn to IVF
China's decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy pressure on clinics and breaking down past...
View ArticleFor Latinos with cancer, one support group seeks recovery among friends (St...
(Source: St Joseph Hospital of Orange) Getting a cancer diagnosis is scary. But getting a cancer diagnosis without being able to understand your doctor is even worse. Maybe that's why, according to the...
View ArticleCUHK Sets up World’s First Research Registry on Early Onset Dementia in...
(Source: The Chinese University of Hong Kong) In order to better understand the causes and impacts of early onset dementia in the Chinese population, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has set...
View ArticleInternationally Renowned Global Health Advocate Dr. Paul Farmer to Present...
(Source: ASCP - American Society for Clinical Pathology) May 31, 2016-Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, internationally-renowned global health advocate, cofounder of Partners In Health (PIH), and chair of the...
View ArticleAuthor found fame writing about Mao’s purges
YANG JIANG Author 17-7-1911 – 25-5-2016 Yang Jiang, a Chinese author, playwright and translator whose stoic memoir of the Cultural Revolution remains one of the most revered works about that period,...
View ArticleAcross China: China's "toilet revolution" gains steam (Beijing Municipal...
(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) When Chen first saw the well-appointed building at a remote scenic area in southwest China, he mistook it for a coffee house. 'It looked quite urban and had a lot...
View ArticleLiving With Dementia' Captures The Reality Of Life After Diagnosis
At 55 years old, Chris Roberts often gets lost in his own home. At times he has to ask his wife, Jayne, how to get to the bathroom and regular household appliances, such as a kettle, can confuse him....
View ArticleChinese users aren’t happy with Microsoft’s push for Windows 10 upgrade
(Reuters) – Chinese users of Microsoft products are criticizing the software company’s push to get them to mandatorily upgrade their Windows operating systems, the official Xinhua news agency reported...
View ArticleTo Be Both Midwestern and Hmong
The brothers gripped the sides of their small boat in fear and stared at the water in silence and shock. They were terrified their dad had been under too long. It was 1989, and Samuel and Methuselah...
View Article'We were abandoned', says mother of man who killed himself
In January 2013, 25-year-old Chris Wood, from Cardiff, killed himself. He had been suffering from mental health problems for several years. An independent report says his death could have been...
View ArticlePa. doctor who built drug 'empire' and 'sex-for-drugs scheme' sentenced to...
A central Pennsylvania doctor who came to symbolize the ills of a nation's industrialized drug treatment sector has been sentenced for crimes including a sex-for-pills scheme he employed in building an...
View ArticleHung Hsiu-chu talks up ‘Chinese nation’
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) said yesterday that the Tiananmen Square Massacre, “temporarily obstructed the forward march of [China] mainland,” but that nation then...
View ArticleChinese kids who climb dangerous cliffside ladder to get to school may...
BEIJING -- Just to get home from school, they climb 800 metres (more than 2,500 feet) toward the sky -- on a ladder made of bamboo and secured to a sheer cliff face. After pictures surfaced of the...
View ArticleNo country for academics: Chinese crackdown forces intellectuals abroad
Political scientists and law experts flee to America as Beijing’s grip on freedoms in China intensifies under President Xi Jingping...
View ArticleRiches to rags: Inside Beijing's first stock exchange
Beijing (CNN)More than 100 years ago, this grand building was a thriving hotbed of finance -- dozens of traders bought and sold currencies, stocks and bonds. Today, China's first stock exchange is...
View ArticleAmerican Heart Association and Chinese Society of Cardiology Announce...
(Source: American Heart Association) BEIJING, June 6, 2016 - The American Heart Association and the Chinese Society of Cardiology, a branch of the Chinese Medical Association, today signed a formal...
View ArticleRichard McGhee beat leukaemia, but then, mysteriously, things got really bad
Richard McGhee and his family believed the worst was behind them. McGhee, a retired case officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency who lives near Annapolis, Maryland, had spent six months battling...
View ArticleElderly Patients With Glioblastoma Live Longer With Chemoradiation Using...
(Source: ASCO - American Society of Clinical Oncology) ASCO Perspective 'Glioblastoma is frequently diagnosed in older individuals, and these are important data showing that our best therapies can work...
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