Heart donations for transplant short of demand
2014-06-12
More than 500,000 end-stage heart disease patients need life-saving heart transplants each year in China, but only 200 can receive the surgery, said a national political adviser.
Comprehensive ban sought on tobacco ads, promotion
2014-06-10
Public health and tobacco control activists called for a comprehensive ban on all forms of tobacco advertising and promotion.
'Fruit and vegetable day' aims to raise awareness
2014-06-09
The National Health and Family Planning Commission has partnered with nutrition improvement civil societies to launch a "fruit and vegetable day", in a bid to raise public awareness of good health.
Overcoming autism through art
2014-06-09
Artwork created by autistic children is being sold to benefit their families, but the very act of creating the work is worth more than money can buy.
WHO reports increases for global life expectancy
2014-06-09
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said the global life expectancy witnesses "large" gain for children born in 2012 than that born in 1990.
Winner of Chinese medicine award announced
2014-06-09
Han Jisheng, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an honorary director of the Neuroscience Research Institute of Peking University Health Science Center, recently won the Cheung On Tak International Award for Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Medicine.
Health official: Iodine intake level safe
2014-06-09
China will stick to a wide use of iodized salt, and the current level of iodine intake is safe, said a health official, dismissing reports that linked salt iodization to increasing thyroid cancer cases.
China raises alert against surging cancer crisis
2014-06-09
A week-long campaign was held in Beijing to boost public awareness of cancer prevention and control, addressing a growing health crisis the country cannot afford to ignore.
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