China&#39;s rise in wealth brings fall in health
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China&#39;s economic transformation is damaging the health of many of its people, with millions of urban professionals suffering from stress and the change to more fatty western diets.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made expanding health care a focus in his annual parliament report, but doctors say the promises will make little difference to the country's poor in the absence of massive investment in services.
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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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An &quot;ever-widening&quot; gap between the quality of health care in the world&#39;s richest and poorest countries is happening in part because technological advances made by the pharmaceutical industry need to be applied more to delivery of care, according to a
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A big jump in the official statistics shows that the Chinese government is finally starting to take the epidemic seriously
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Chinese experts say the growing popularity of religious belief has been driven by social crises involving corruption and the expanding gap between rich and poor.
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An increase in chronic diseases in China is due to poor nutritional knowledge and a lack of educational programs, health officials say.
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Lucie Guo&#39;s grandfather died of cancer in China before she was born because doctors failed to detect the disease early enough to save him.
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China's health care system is struggling to keep pace with the country's economic growth and faces a major challenge in looking after its 1.3 billion people, the health minister said on Monday.
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But a new report from the Asian Development Bank also finds a growing gap between rich and poor.
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MODERN lifestyle is taking a heavy toll on the health of urban city dwellers in China. A study by the Chinese Red Cross of 16 Chinese cities, each with more than 1 million people, found that 75 per cent of
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From the mines of Australia to the forests of Myanmar, China's rapid growth is sucking up resources and pulling the region's economies in its wake.
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Chinese people are slightly fitter than   they were five years ago, but the nation's youth are also   noticeably fatter and their eyesight is deteriorating, Chinese   officials said on Monday.
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China is aging. According to statistics, citizens aged 60 and about account for nearly 11 percent of its 1.3 billion people. China is focusing on improving its insurance system to cope with the aging population
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TO Zeng Shaotang, a farmer from South China&#39;s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the medical bills he has to pay feels like a mountain on his shoulders.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent an ever-growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, forcing millions into the ranks of
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A national health report released Monday shows that progress in the nation&#39;s overall healthiness is slowing dramatically and even declining in some areas -- a trend that&#39;s reflected locally.