Reform to end reliance on drug sales
2015-08-07
Reforms aimed at ending county-level public hospitals relying on drug sales to supplement their incomes will be adopted at all such hospitals nationwide by the end of October.
Law enforcers should be given power to stop smoking in public
2015-08-07
A CONFERENCE VENUE run by China Tobacco Corporation in Beijing recently prevented law-enforcement officials from the capital's public health supervision bureau from entering the premises. This is the first case of its kind since Beijing implemented a strict tobacco-control law on June 1. Comments:
Unbalanced diets, lack of exercise hamper health of students, experts say
2015-08-06
Nutritional experts are urging Chinese youth to eat healthier foods and exercise more, citing a recent survey that found unbalanced diets had been hampering student health.
Doctor dedicates career to medical education
2015-08-06
In 2009, a renowned Tibetan living Buddha from western China's Sichuan province traveled to Qingdao so Doctor Lu Yun could perform laparoscopic surgery to remove his gallbladder.
Watchdog acts to prevent medical insurance leaks, manage costs
2015-08-05
Supervision of companies involved in a major national medical insurance program is to be intensified to prevent subscribers' personal details from being leaked.
Reform to relieve people of worries about medical bills
2015-08-04
The national plan to extend medical insurance to cover all critical illnesses for urban and rural residents who are part of the basic urban medical insurance and rural cooperative medical program will hopefully prevent households from going bankrupt because of the high costs of treatment for serious diseases.
Breast-feeding pushed for infant health
2015-08-04
Less than 28 percent of babies under six months old were exclusively breast-fed in China in 2013, compared with 67 percent in 1998.
Rule covers HIV as work hazard
2015-08-03
China's top health authority has issued a regulation recognizing HIV as an occupational hazard in some professions.
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