Health

· Salt iodine levels to be reduced next year
· Second phase of trial vaccine testing begins
· Student with flu 'critical'
· Mainland reports 1st 'critical condition' case of A/H1N1 flu
· Illegal transplant of organs targeted
· Chinese make progress in using stem cells for difficult to treat neurological diseases
· Costa Rican president infected with A/H1N1 flu
· Aspirin lowers colon cancer death risk
· 'Warm' foods that can make light of summer ills
· Efforts to extinguish smoking hampered
· China's 'chubby' kids struggle to lose weight
· Risk of A/H1N1 flu death 'hard to avoid' in Chinese mainland: expert
· 300 children suffer lead poisoning
· US$10.5B poured into China health care reform
· 138 children tested of excessive lead in blood in northwest China
· HK concerns tour group being quarantined in Beijing
· China to set up health archives for all rural residents
· Beijing launches action plan to improve residents' health
· Hong Kong reports 245 new influenza A/H1N1 cases
· Chinese mainland A/H1N1 cases hit 2,200
· China's Ministry of Health pushes for digitally recording patient info
· Digging it: TCM gardeners get a diagnosis then DIY diet therapy
· Three-year program offers hope to cancer patients in rural areas
· 4th plague patient near death in NW China province
· Education ministry: no summer camp for Chinese students for A/H1N1 prevention
· Pneumonic plague kills 3rd man in NW China province
· Hong Kong records 206 new cases of flu A/H1N1
· Vitamin D deficiency may increase heart risk factors in kids
· China allocates 75 mln yuan to continue dairy subsidies
· Gov't to order a halt to HB screening
· Macao's A/H1N1 confirmed cases exceed 200
· HK reports third death related to new flu
· Breastfeeding, most preventive health measure
· Pregnant women should be priority group for A/H1N1 immunization, says WHO
· China launches national survey on occupational disease
· 7 children confirmed with A/H1N1 at Beijing summer camp
· HK reports invasive Haemophilus influenza
· Group urges smoking ban in TV, film
· A higher calling
· Six American high schoolers hospitalized for A/H1N1 flu in C China
· Confirmed A/H1N1 cases top 2,000 in Chinese mainland
· Experts: Sunbeds placed in highest category of cancer risk
· Doctors to drive anti-smoking initiative
· Influenza A/H1N1 cases exceed 3,000 in Hong Kong
· WHO: A/H1N1 flu spreads to most remote parts of the world
· Summer prescription: build up cool yin energy to beat the heat
· WHO confirms 816 A/H1N1 influenza deaths worldwide
· Health experts recommend 5 steps to avoid catching A/H1N1 flu
· Culture has impact on fight against cancer: study
· Canada approves Tamiflu for babies under one year old
· Fat babies spark health concerns later in life
· Beaten vendor in intensive care
· China outlines plans on health care reform in 2009
· Arab countries to exclude elderly, children from pilgrimage
· Canada reports first case of Tamiflu-resistant A/H1N1 flu
· China begins clinical tests for A/H1N1 flu vaccines
· Smog drains brain
· Global A/H1N1 flu death toll exceeds 700, says WHO
· Fetal exposure to pollutants may lower children's IQ
· New school year to start in HK amid new flu