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A huge boulder fell from the side of a mountain and hit a car passing by in Ya’an, in southwestern China’s Sichuan province. A policeman took the victims to hospital, braving the same area where the rock had fallen.
These two Chinese women have spent hundreds of thousands of yuan on plastic surgery. They say that they risk getting left behind by their peers if they don’t succumb to the temptation of cosmetic surgery.
A video of 12 boys and their football coach, who were rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand and are now recovering in a hospital, has been released by Thai health authorities.
A road collapse during a downpour in southwest China’s Sichuan province buried a 64-year-old man deep in mud. About five hours later, rescuers pulled him out and rushed him to hospital.
All 12 boys and their football coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand. Crowds cheered as the ambulance carrying the last boy was seen arriving at a hospital in Chiang Rai. Tuesday’s rescue attempt successfully extracted the remaining four boys and their football coach from the cave, where they had b…
Rapid urbanisation in the Pearl River Delta remains one of the major risks in infectious disease outbreaks, says leading Chinese virologist Guan Yi.
A Chinese surgeon suffered from appendicitis pain while performing surgery in eastern China’s Anhui province. He decided to take pain-killing injections and continued. He finished eight surgeries before getting treatment himself.
Residents in the impoverished village of Yugouliang in northeast China’s Hebei province gather for yoga sessions twice a day. Practicing yoga helps to improve the health of the elderly farmers, most of whom can’t work due to illness. Villagers want to develop tourism and fight poverty by encouraging yogis to visit t…
The traditional practice of ear picking in China, using fine instruments to remove ear wax and “massage” the ear canal, dates back generations. It is especially popular in the city of Chengdu, where ear picking craftsmen offer their services to customers in tea houses and public parks. But one ear picking practition…
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Martial arts star Jet Li finally broke his silence after photos of his frail appearance went viral and shocked his fans around the world. The actor has been suffering from hyperthyroidism and spinal problems.
The Lifeline Express is a train service in India that provides free medical treatment to underprivileged people living in rural areas. Volunteer doctors have taken care of more than one million patients and performed some 130,000 surgeries since 1991.
Sunscreen protects your skin from the damaging effects of UV radiation, and can help prevent skin cancer.
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Thirty-two Chinese tourists have been killed in a bus crash in North Korea, China’s foreign ministry said. The accident happened on Sunday night in North Hwanghae province. Chinese state television has broadcast images of the crashed coach in North Korea and the injured receiving treatment in hospital.
Feng Chuanzhong, 10, is the world’s first child patient to receive a 3D-printed jawbone transplant. Feng was diagnosed with ameloblastoma, a rare kind of tumour in the lower jaw. After the removal of the tumour, his lower jaw still couldn’t function well. As he was too small for a traditional transplant, his doctor …
Australian medical experts are working to contain the spread of a flesh-eating bacteria called Buruli ulcer, believed to have originated in west Africa before appearing in various parts of Australia since the 1930s.
A three-year-old girl in China’s Henan province was found to have a tumour on her eye. Her parents asked for donations on the internet, but after receiving the money, refused to send their daughter for treatment. Instead, they allegedly lied to donors that the girl was dead.
Only men loyal to the party can now donate sperm in Beijing. This is part of an announcement made by the Third Hospital of Peking University in a sperm donation campaign.
Winnie Chu wanted a home that gave her mental and physical clarity.
Unlike her predecessors who mostly kept a low profile, China’s first lady Peng Liyuan has been in the spotlight since her husband Xi Jinping became president. Peng made a name for herself as a popular Chinese folk music and opera singer. She now serves multiple international roles, including as the World Health Orga…
Panic gripped Hong Kong in March 2003 as the deadly Sars virus spread through the city. Many of the survivors are still feeling the after-effects.
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Taiwanese writer and social commentator Li Ao has died of brain cancer at the age of 82.
Cancer research charity the St. Baldrick's Foundation held its annual global “IHS Markit 24 hour shave-a-thon” on Thursday. Some 129 employees shaved or dyed their hair to raise funds for childhood cancer research.
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Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. Hawking lived for more than three decades with ALS, a type of motor neurone disease. Despite his condition, Hawking communicated with people from all over the world about science and technology. He enjoyed a special relationship with Chinese peopl…
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There will be 157 new emojis debuting in 2018 - all with a specific purpose, ranging from representing red-heads to containing zika virus. Emojis are becoming the language of the internet. The icons transcend languages and culture - making it an easy way for people around the world to communicate. There’s a story be…
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A burning van ploughed into a crowd of people in Shanghai on Friday morning. Eighteen people were injured and taken to hospital.
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A 17-month-old baby girl in Shenyang, China, was seriously injured after she fell onto a metal chopstick, which pierced her mouth and entered her skull. The chopstick was about 1mm away from her brainstem and a major artery. The girl, named Nannan, is recovering after doctors performed emergency surgery.
Police say the drug that caused a mass overdose in Perth, Australia has been identified as a prescription medicine used for travel sickness. Police say tests show Hyoscine is the only identifiable drug detected in the sample from th house where nine foreign backpackers aged in their 20s were found delirious or uncon…
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The lead singer for South Korea’s top boy band SHINee died on Monday after being taken to hospital unconscious. He was 27.
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The lead singer of South Korean boy band SHINee, Kim Jong-hyun, died after taken to hospital unconscious. Kim’s death was an apparent suicide, according to police.
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There are many sides to Jo Soo Tang. To the public, she is the co-chairman at the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation (HKAHF) and co-chair of the WHO Committee.
A robot developed by Tsinghua University has passed China's National Medical Licensing Examination. The robot named Xiao Yi scored 456, exceeding the acceptance line by 96 points.
Many of Hong Kong’s homeless are casual workers such as 34-year old Ka Hei, who became homeless after struggling with health problems.
When Michelle Siu was three months old, she had her eyeballs removed during cancer surgery. Despite her disability, she is a keen pianist and singer dedicated to volunteering.
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Hong Kong industrial building fire sends woman to hospital, triggers school evacuation.
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