Tag Archives: health

Nine out of ten high school students in Xiamen have bad eyesight

Posted on 2012-09-29 by Barry van Wyk

Kids in Xiamen are apparently some of the unhealthiest in China. As the Haixia Daobao (海峡导报) from Xiamen reports today, nine out of every ten children in Xiamen have eyesight problems, two out of ten are obese, and rates of malnutrition and tooth … Continue reading →

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Bubonic plague in China

Posted on 2010-11-04 by Danwei

New research points to China as the origins of medieval outbreaks of bubonic plague, and an interview with Dr Yu Dongzheng, director of animal to human infectious diseases at the National Centre for Disease Control in Beijing:

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Zhang Wuben and the traditional Chinese medicine racket

Posted on 2010-06-18 by Eric Mu

How diet guru Zhang Wuben, a laid-off worker made himself a Chinese medicine doctor and then was denounced as a fraud.

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Hospitals in Sichuan to go smoke-free

Posted on 2009-10-30 by Joel Martinsen

From the Chengdu Evening News, a report about anti-smoking measures in the city.

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Beijing wants you to eat well, brush right, and exercise daily

Posted on 2009-08-06 by Eric Mu

To improve the health of city residents, Beijing’s municipal government has announced the start of a new campaign to achieve certain fitness goals within the next decade.

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Papers raise the alarm about swine flu

Posted on 2009-04-29 by Eric Mu

Most newspapers find a prominent spot on their front page for the swine flu outbreak as more and more cases are reported

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Posted in Front Page of the Day | Tagged Chengdu Evening News, epidemics, health, Hu Jintao, New Express, Oriental Morning Post, swine flu | Comments Off

Universal health care for China?

Posted on 2009-04-07 by Eric Mu

Oriental Morning Post: Most of today’s newspapers cast their eyes on China’s health service reform: a list of proposals compiled by the State Council was released yesterday and are expected to take effect within this year.

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