Australian researchers have stumbled on a breakthrough treatment for a prevalent form of cancer, which they believe could be the biggest discovery in 30 years.
The vast swathes of polluted land and contaminated ground water caused by decades of reckless development has left its mark on China: This is a threat that can no longer be ignored.
China has promised better treatment for mental illness and to expand medical aid to more patients, many of whom have been neglected until the troubled turn troublemaker.
An international animal welfare agency has appealed for help for koalas injured in the Victorian and South Australian bushfires - through the donation of mittens for their burnt paws.
Thirteen years ago, Li Guo (a pseudonym), then 33 years old, was diagnosed with HIV, a virus he contracted as a result of rampant illegal blood collection in central China's Henan Province.
The first British Ebola patient, a 29-year-old male nurse named as William Pooley, has been treated with the experimental drug ZMapp in a London hospital.
Researchers from the U.S. and Canada said Wednesday they have successfully used an experimental drug to save the lives of monkeys with Marburg virus, a deadly virus closely related to Ebola virus that killed over 1,200 in West Africa this year.
Botox, the popular wrinkle eraser, could also be effective in treating stomach cancers, a new study said Wednesday.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday pledged to give equal treatment to foreign companies in China, and create an operation environment with fair competition.
Pakistan on Wednesday rejected a request by former military President Pervez Musharraf to allow him to go abroad for his own treatment and to look after his ailing mother, officials said.
Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush remains hospitalized in Houston for treatment of a respiratory-related ailment Thursday, a family spokesman said.
Anti-nausea drug metoclopramide taken during pregnancy was not associated with significantly increased risk of major congenital malformations, spontaneous abortion, and stillbirth, a study said Tuesday.
Offering free treatment to HIV carriers who have not yet been diagnosed with AIDS has proven effective in reducing the mortality rate and virus transmission in many counties, said Ge Xianmin, an AIDS prevention official with the Guangxi health authorities.
Venezuela's ailing President Hugo Chavez, recovering in Havana from cancer surgery and a lung infection, has emerged from the delicate post-operative stage and is in a new phase of treatment, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Sunday.
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