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China announces world's first lung regenerative therapy

TongjiUniversityhasannouncedwhatitsaysisamajorbreakthroughinthetreatmentoflungdiseasebyrepairingtissuethroughstemcelltransplantation.Theregenerativetherapyworks

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Death toll in S. Korea's hospital fire rises to 33

Thedeathtollfromahospitalfire,whichoccurredattheMilyangcithinsoutheasternSouthKorea,hasrisento33,multiplelocalmediareportedFridaycitingthecountry'sfirefightinga

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Record number hit by 'flesh-eating bacterium' toxic in Japan

HundredsofpeopleinJapanhavebeeninfectedbyapuzzlingandpotentiallydeadly“flesh-eatingbacterium”in2017.Intotal,525patientswithstreptococcaltoxicshocksyndrome(STSS)

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Work begins in Sri Lanka for Chinese funded kidney hospital

ByAPDwriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Dec.6(APD)--WorkonakidneyhospitalbeingconstructedwithChinesefundingbeganinPolonnaruwainSriLanka’snorthcentralregiononWednesday.Chinai

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China observes World AIDS Day with new measures

ChineseauthoritieshavetakenavarietyofHIV/AIDSmeasures,asWorldAIDSDayisobservedFriday.ThenumberofpeopleinChinatestedforHIV/AIDSeveryyearhasnearlyquadrupledoverth

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Judge: Doctor who doesn’t use computer can’t regain license

ANewHampshirejudgehasdeniedan84-year-olddoctor’srequesttoregainherlicensetopractice,whichshehadsurrenderedpartlyoverherinabilitytouseacomputer.Thestatechallenge

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US regulators approve first digital pill to track patients

USregulatorshaveapprovedthefirstdrugwithasensorthatalertsdoctorswhenmedicationhasbeentaken,offeringanewwayofmonitoringpatientsbutalsoraisingprivacyconcerns.Thed

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FDA approves 'trackable' pill

USregulatorshaveapprovedthefirstpillthatcanbedigitallytrackedthroughthebody.TheAbilifyMyCitearipiprazoletablets-fortreatingschizophreniaandmanicepisodes-haveani

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FDA approves Roche drugs for rare types of blood, lung cancers

RocheHoldingAGwonU.S.approvaltomarketitsskincancerdrugZelborafforcertainpatientswithErdheim-ChesterDisease,araretypeofbloodcancer,andtomarketitsdrugAlecensaasaf

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“Treating patients is what I am living for”: 97-year-old Chinese doctor

ByAPDWriterYangSiyaoYuZaiji,a97-year-oldChinesegynecologist,isstilltreatingpatientsinapublicmedicalinstitutioninnorthChina'sShanxiProvince.Shealwayssays“Besides

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30 hospitalized with eye injuries in southern India

Atleast30peoplehavebeenhospitalizedwitheyeinjuriesinthesouthernIndianstateofTelangana,thestatehealthministersaidonFriday.Allthesepeoplesustainedinjuriesintheire

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Study: Tai Chi shows promise as a cardiac rehab exercise

TaiChi,atraditionalChinesepracticeinvolvingdeepbreathingandslowandgentlephysicalmovements,mayhelpheartdiseasepatientswhodecideagainsttraditionalcardiacrehabilit

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Australian researchers say they find ways to stop melanoma spreading

Researcherssayacombinationofnewtreatmentscanstopmelanoma,theworld'sdeadliestformofskincancer,andalsopreventitfromspreadingtootherorgans.Resultsfromtwointernatio

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German killer nurse Niels H probed over 84 more murders

AnurseservingalifesentenceformurderingtwopatientsinnorthernGermanyisnowasuspectinatleast84othermurdercases,policesay.The40-year-old,namedonlyasNielsHunderGerman

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China: World's fastest growing plastic surgery market

China's plastic surgery market is growing at a rate six times faster than the global average, according to a recently published report by a mobile app focusing on the industry.

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Apple aims to get an iPad in the hands of every hospital patient

Applehasmadegreatstridesinhealthinthelastfewyearsandifitgetsitsway,therewillbeaniPadinthehandsofeveryhospitalpatient.It’salreadystartedwithasmatteringofhospital

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Digital tech becomes new form of new medical treatment

Thereisnoeasywaytomanagepainortreattraumapatientsbutdoctorsandengineersnowbelieveimmersiveandmobiletechnologiesholdgreatpromiseinmedicaltreatmentfordrugabuse,po