Study Shows Majority of Chinese Urban Dwellers Sick
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A new study conducted by the Chinese Red Cross shows that some three-quarters of all Chinese city dwellers are in ill health and that life expectancies are declining for skilled and educated workers.
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Cases of drug resistant tuberculosis are higher than previously estimated and three nations -- China, India and Russia -- account for more than half of all cases worldwide, according to new research.
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A Chinese study has found that children from wealthy families are more likely to suffer bad nutrition than those from low-income homes, partly because they eat more fast food, state media said on Friday.
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Nearly a fifth of the food and consumer products checked in a nationwide survey in China this year were found to be substandard or tainted.
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Business & money: New research indicates almost three-quarters of people are worse off as a result of looking after a disabled or chronically sick relative.
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The number of obese people in China doubled to 60 million in the 10 years to 2002 with diseases related to an unhealthy diet and lifestyle also on the rise.
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Chinese state media said Tuesday that reported cases of HIV/AIDS jumped 30 percent in 2006, compared to the year previous, with intravenous drug use the main source of infection.
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Increasing numbers of Chinese urban women are  suffering from breast cancer due to unhealthy diets and a spike in work stress in the rapidly modernising country, state media said Tuesday.
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There are totally 1.8 million cancer sufferers in China, with an incidence of disease reaching 70/100,000, said Wu Fan, director of the National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention.
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Hospital practices are more to blame than how sick a person is for infections acquired by hospital patients, researchers reported on Monday, urging medical centers to do more to curb these infections.
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Sinusitis and bronchitis take a significant toll on a personâs ability to participate in everyday life and have a sizable economic impact, accounting for more than 30 million missed workdays each year, according to survey results released by Berrylin J
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Nearly 100 people, apparently  including many children, have been taken to hospital with  encephalitis B in southwest China&#39;s Yunnan Province, Xinhua  news agency reported on Saturday.
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Nearly 100 people, many of them children, have been sent to hospital after an outbreak of encephalitis B in southwest China, state media said Sunday.
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A survey finds that more than 30m Chinese children are suffering from mental health or behavioural problems.
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Hong Kong's air pollution is causing higher hospitalization of elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, an academic study has found, and experts on Tuesday called for urgent improvements in the city's air quality.
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People who are ill with respiratory or  urinary tract infections face a higher risk of heart attack or  stroke while they are sick, researchers said on Wednesday.
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The number of obese people in China doubled to 60 million people in the 10 years to 2002 with diseases related to an unhealthy diet and lifestyle also on the rise, the government said.