A US study of workers in four factories in China concludes that exposure to high levels of a chemical found in everyday plastics products causes erectile dysfunction and other sexual problems in men, the Washington Post reported. The study, which was funded by the US government and published in journal Human Reproduction, is the first […]
Category: Health Care
Tomorrow morning, I’ve got to make a trip down to Fudan University’s Eye Ear Nose & Throat Hospital (EENT) to book an appointment with a retinal specialist. I’ve had problems with my retinas since I was 16 and need to go for regular eye checks – I’ve found the EENT hospital provides the best service. […]
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis will spend US$1 billion to turn China into one of its three major global hubs for research and development, the Wall Street Journal reported. Daniel Vasella, the company’s CEO, said China revenue has been growing at 30% a year for several years now. Based on this progress, the country is on […]
The World Health Organizations chief representative in China, Michael O’Leary, said that the actual death toll on the Chinese mainland from the H1N1 "swine flu" virus is likely much higher than reported, state media reported. O’Leary made the warning yesterday after China reported its third official H1N1 death. O’Leary said that many deaths around the […]
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) introduced price caps on more than 1,000 drugs yesterday, reducing prices by an average of 12%, the South China Morning Post reported. Prices were reduced on 1,057 brands of medicine, out of a total of 2,349. The prices of most other drugs were unchanged, although 6% considered to […]