Two medical stories:
Nokia and Hepatitis B
The Financial Times reports: Nokia China hit with discrimination suit
Excerpt:
A Chinese job applicant on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Nokia alleging that a local unit of the Finnish telecommunications equipment company refused to employ him because he is a carrier of the Hepatitis B virus…
…Chinese companies routinely refuse to employ people who carry the Hepatitis B virus, even though it is mainly transmitted at birth, through sexual contact or by contaminated needles.
Stem cell blogs
Stem cell medical treatments are not considered controversial in China; as a result the treatments available are far ahead of what’s on offer in other countries. Virtual China has a roundup of stem cell treatment blogs and posts, including the following:
• Shenzhen Fieldnotes – stem cell therapy in Nanshan (click here if you’re in China – the blog is on the blocked Livejournal)
• China Stem Cell News, including medical history summaries of foreign patients who came to China for treatment