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TCM to play bigger role in China’s medical reform
BEIJING – A health official said that Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) will take a bigger role in medical reform as TCM has advantage in prevention and health care. TCM and western medicine complement each other, which is an important trait […]
Scientists may soon be able to find cure for cancer
Scientists have revealed that changes to the structure of the protein histone H3.3 may play a key role in silencing genes that regulate cancer cell growth. According to a study led by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at […]
Indonesian children suffer from stunted growth
Despite Indonesia’s achievement of becoming the world’s 10th-largest economy, the country is struggling to provide adequate childhood nutrition, with the number of children suffering from stunted growth remaining high nationwide. “One-third of children in Indonesia are suffering from stunted growth,” […]
Billions of people still lack good sanitation and water
A new report finds billions of people around the world still lack good sanitation and water, especially in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The World Health Organization report, on behalf of an inter-agency effort called U.N.-Water, says […]
NTU professors develop new way of detecting and treating tumours
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a unique way of detecting and treating tumour cells. The method, which was developed by associate professors Zhang Qichun and Joachim Loo, involves the use of a biomarker, which is made from […]
East Asia summit takes up regional malaria goal
Leaders of the 18 East Asia Summit countries have committed to an ambitious aim of eliminating malaria from the entire Asia Pacific region in the next 15 years. The bold move shows strong leadership on health security and responds head-on […]
Japanese docs to help India lower the cost of surgical devices
New Delhi – According to the health ministry, India currently imports 75-80 percent of surgical devices from medically advanced nations like the US, Japan, China, Britain and Singapore.’Not just one, in fact every surgical device used is imported from medically […]
Traditional Chinese medicine effectiveness studied with benefit of modern data analysis
Use of traditional Chinese medicine in the Western culture has been closely scrutinized and, often, downright criticized. On one hand, there are stories of people who credit the use of Chinese modalities for their ability to reverse ailments and vastly […]
Robotic surgery reaches new height
Invented in the United States more than a decade ago, robotic surgery has since reached new levels of competence in China. “We are one of the top teams leading the world in the field of robotic cardiac surgery,” said Professor […]
High levels of ‘good’ HDL found among Japanese
Blood tests conducted in various countries reveal that Japanese people tend to exhibit such healthy characteristics as a high level of “good” high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, according to a joint international study. However, although Japanese participants had low levels of […]
