Scottish scientists to undertake brain tumour research
Scottish scientists are set to take part in groundbreaking research to help develop new brain tumour treatments and better understand the final stages of cancer. Experts in Edinburgh will receive a...
View ArticleThe Chinese dominate the 'Panama Papers' — the global list of people and...
The practice is common on the mainland as businessmen there can more effectively skirt capital controls or set up joint ventures with overseas partners. Offshore companies are also popular in Hong Kong...
View ArticleImperial Bells of China: an ancient musical discovery brought to life at the...
"Music," Confucius writes, "produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without." Zeng Hou Yi, the Marquis Yi of Zeng, so loved music that when he died in 433BC, he was buried with bronze...
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 ArticleChina: Detained Activist, Journalist Denied Needed Health Care (HRW - Human...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (New York) - The Chinese authorities should immediately ensure two critics of the government whose health is deteriorating have immediate access to adequate medical...
View ArticleNew clinic to help youngsters with undiagnosed conditions (Greater Birmingham...
(Source: Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group) 10 May 2016 Four-year-old Brooke Robinson was the first of hundreds of patients set to benefit from a pioneering new clinic for young people with...
View ArticleA major stakeholder in fighting diabetes
Year after year we are seeing an alarming increase in the number of people getting obese and contracting chronic lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. In fact, as per a rather interesting report...
View ArticleGenome study offers new hope for children with rare diseases (The University...
(Source: The University of Queensland) An international team involving University of Queensland researchers has used advanced genome sequencing to diagnose 30 patients with unresolved rare diseases....
View ArticlePeople avoiding GP appointments about dementia 'scared life will be over'
People put off visiting their GP with symptoms of dementia due to fears that their lives "will be over", research suggests. A poll for the Alzheimer's Society found 56% of 1,000 GPs had diagnosed...
View ArticleAction needed to ensure high quality and personalised care for everyone at...
(Source: CQC - Care Quality Commission) A national review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that people from certain groups in society are experiencing poorer quality care at the end of...
View ArticleChinese man aquitted after 20 years in jail, to get $400,000
BEIJING: A Chinese court is compensating a man with $400,000 for spending more than 20 years in prison for murder, on false charges. Chen Man, now in his early 50s, was given a suspended death sentence...
View ArticleChinese Probe Casts Chill Over Baidu's Advertising Business
A Chinese government investigation into Baidu Inc.’s search business following the death of a cancer-stricken college student threatens one of its largest sources of advertising revenue. Health and...
View ArticleDetained activist, journalist denied needed health care in China
May 6, NY: The Chinese authorities should immediately ensure two critics of the government whose health is deteriorating have immediate access to adequate medical care. Imprisoned veteran activist Guo...
View ArticleChina: Detained activist, journalist denied needed health care
May 7, NY: The Chinese authorities should immediately ensure two critics of the government whose health is deteriorating have immediate access to adequate medical care. Imprisoned veteran activist Guo...
View ArticlePeople Are Delaying GP Appointments Over Fears Dementia Diagnosis Means 'Life...
People are being put off visiting their doctor with symptoms of dementia as they fear their "lives will be over" once they are diagnosed, new research has suggested. A poll of 1,000 GPs by the...
View ArticleDementia myths might be delaying people from getting treatment – poll
Six in 10 surveyed by Alzheimer’s Society say they fear being diagnosed with dementia would mean ‘life is over’...
View ArticlePortraits proclaim 'changing narrative' of childhood cancer
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two words, five syllables, thrust Sumbul Naqvi into a dark depression. "Ewing's sarcoma," a rare type of cancer that gnaws at bones and soft tissue, typically in the pelvis and...
View ArticleFrom seizures to fatigue, what it’s really like living with lupus
Around 90% of lupus sufferers are female. Here, Laurence White talks to local two women about coping with this debilitating and incurable condition. Lupus is a poorly understood chronic illness which...
View ArticleDivorce- A Stigma our Society needs to Overcome
Divorce! What is your first reaction to this word? What image does this word bring to your mind? Whenever I hear this word, my mind instantly takes a turn towards the negative side. Words like ugly,...
View ArticleEight Things Nobody Tells You About Coeliac Disease
Last week was Coeliac Awareness Week. This is something I'm really passionate about- although I'm not coeliac myself, since writing more about gluten-free I've become much more aware of the disease and...
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