Losing her 19-year-old son in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake was devastating to Liu Hongying, a farmer in her 40s in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County. And while the grieving goes on, today she holds her two-month-old daughter in her arms, a te... [More]
Foot-and-mouth disease was found in 69 pigs in south China's Guangdong Province, and local government said the epidemic has been under effective control. The disease was first spotted in 69 pigs in Longgang district of Shenzhen City on Marc... [More]
The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and health care professionals that the drug can be less effective in people who cannot metabolize th... [More]
A study has found that women who take the contraceptive pill can expect to live longer rather than increasing the risk of death, media reports on Saturday. The research, published in the British Medical Journal on Friday, observed 46,000 wo... [More]
A newly discovered primitive organism can be used in medical research in battling Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease, said a report released on Saturday. The organism, called Hydra, is a microscopic animal that lives in freshwater... [More]
Swedish researchers have found that blood vessels and muscles of the heart could regulate the uptake of fatty acids that people take through meat, milk products and other food. The researchers showed that VEGF-B can control levels of fatty... [More]
The breast cancer is increasing at a rate faster than before, health experts warned at a two-day African breast cancer conference opened in Uganda on Monday. Experts attending the third Annual Africa Breast Cancer Conference attributed the... [More]
UNICEF and the World Health Organization reported mixed progress in the global effort for improved water and sanitation on Monday. A joint report by UNICEF and the WHO showed that in 2008, 87 percent of the world population had improved sou... [More]
Researchers have discovered that infants respond to the rhythm and tempo of music and find it more engaging than speech. The findings, based on the study of infants aged between five months and two years old, suggest that babies may be born... [More]
Smokers who quit have a significant improvement in the health of their arteries within a year of their last cigarette, as media reported quoting a new study Monday. The improvement is the equivalent of a 14 percent reduction in the risk of... [More]
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