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Ministry Press Releases

-	Health Ministry plans to improve rural sanitation
-	China to expand urban medical aid system
-	Manufacturers urged to use nutrition labels
-	Public health incidents kill 515 in 2007
-	Infectious diseases claim 1,000 lives in Dec.

-	Medical reform to launch in selected regions this year
-	Chinese healthier as life expectancy rises to 73
-	Gov't will spend more to reform healthcare
-	Bird-flu vaccine 'safe and effective'
-	China reports 223,501 HIV carriers, AIDS patients

-	Health Ministry blacklists 10 substandard cosmetics
-	Ministry: Uphold law, protect work health rights
-	Legislation published to ban smoking in public
-	Health authorities on 24-hour alert for holiday
-	Most Problematic Leukemia Drugs Recalled

-	Health Minister: China to Vaccinate Against 15 Epidemics
-	Health Authorities to Define Legal Brain Death
-	China Bans Hair Gel Products Containing Excessive Methanol
-	China Releases Emergency Plan for Heatstroke Incidents
-	Blood Collections to Be Videotaped Under New Orders

-	1,200 Illegal Medical Advertising Cases Probed
-	China Publicizes Strategy on Controlling Epidemic Outbreak
-	Foreign Applications for Organ Transplant Restricted
-	Health Watchdog Orders Recall of Substandard Nappies
-	New Oral Health Department Set Up

-	Oral Health Body 'Linked to Scandals'
-	Rural Residents Sign Up for Healthcare Network En Masse
-	MOH Outline Plan for National Health
-	MOH to Overhaul Leprosy Rehabilitation Centers
-	More than 10% of Imported Cosmetics Fail Quality Test

-	Ministry of Health Investigating National Oral Health Body
-	MOH: Cancer Most Lethal Illness in China Last Year
-	Ministry to Get Tough on Illegal Adverts
-	Bird-flu Epidemic Situation Stable in China
-	Organ Transplant List to Be Released Soon

-	Treat Emergency Patients Before Charging Fees
-	MOH to Cooperate with French Company for TB Prevention
-	China Steps Up Efforts to Fight Tuberculosis
-	China Tightens Control on Prescription Drugs
-	Measles on Rise in China

-	Healthcare Plans in Pipeline
-	Over 4.6 Mln Epidemic Cases Reported Last Year: MOH
-	Basic Medicine System to Quell Rising Drug Price
-	MOH Warns of Substandard Cosmetics
-	Bribery List to Target Drug Firms

-	Blood-Based Drug Suspected of Spreading Hepatitis C
-	Prevention of Norovirus Infection Ordered
-	Meningitis Claimed 14 Lives in China in Dec
-	Ministry of Health Warns of Spread of Flu
-	Healthcare for All Pledged

-	Health Minister Promises Reform of Medicare System
-	Chinese Children Taller and Heavier
-	City Doctors to Beef up Township Health Centers
-	China to Spread AIDS Prevention Knowledge to Children
-	China Vows to Crack down on Fake Medical Ads

-	China: No New Winter Bird Flu
-	Support to Minority Medicines Stepped up
-	HIV Children to Receive Free Anti-retroviral Therapy
-	China Vows to Eradicate Measles by 2012
-	Reg on Organ Transplants to Be Issued

-	71% of Chinese AIDS Patients on Anti-viral Treatment
-	HIV Cases in China Up 30%
-	Ministry Orders Inspections for Harmful Duck Eggs
-	Rabies Remains China's Most Deadly Disease
-	New Reg on Blood Donation Issued

-	Medical Joint Ventures Expand in China
-	TB Drug Resistance Survey to Carry out
-	Medical Teams Continue to Help Africa
-	Methadone Therapy, Needle Exchanges Leading HIV Battle
-	206 New Methadone Clinics Opened

-	Tighter Checks at Construction Projects
-	No Blind Foreign Models in Medical Reforms
-	Cautious for Leg-lengthening Operations
-	Suggestion to Abolish TCM Lambasted
-	Organ Donation, Transplants Regulated

-	Monthly Report on Public Health Emergencies Launched
-	Public Health Emergencies in September 2006
-	China to Continue to Send Medical Teams to Africa

News

-	China confirms new human bird flu case
-	British scientists developing spinal injury treatment
-	Stress could lead to cervical cancer
-	Oriental Magpie Robin tests positive for H5N1 virus in HK
-	City doctors give up good life for a worthy cause

TCM

-	Traditional medicines not always the tonic
-	TCM trial aimed to help prevent diseases
-	Experts agree global language of TCM
-	You need moxie to try moxibustion
-	Acupuncture used during heart surgery

Diet & Nutrition

-	Sugary drinks raise risk of gout in men
-	Eating broccoli may help fight heart disease
-	Eat radishes, skip the pharmacy
-	How to cook your catch
-	Coffee, tea linked to lower risk of kidney cancer

Researchers worldwide have discovered that eating fish regularly - one or two serves weekly - may reduce the risk of diseases ranging from childhood asthma to prostate cancer.

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