Courageous diplomat lauded
IT was Dr Feng Shan Ho (1901-97), Chinese consul-general in Vienna, who saved several thousand Jews in Nazi-occupied Austria from the Holocaust by issuing them with Chinese visas in 1938 and 1939.
Beating baldness with surgery
IT'S not uncommon for balding people to have a line of hair remaining at about the level of the ears.
Study links milk, ice cream to prostate cancer
SAN FRANCISCO - New data from a long-term study suggest a possible link between consumption of dairy products, including whole and skim milk, cheese and ice cream, and an increased risk of prostate cancer, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health said on Tuesday.
Heart attack risk not seen with fen-phen
CHICAGO - Dieters who took the since-recalled drug cocktail known as fen-phen raised their risk of developing a heart valve problem but were not at higher risk of suffering a heart attack, a study said on Tuesday.
A-Z of fashion from lgerdo
GUCCI shoes with Louis Vuitton bag or Christian Dior suit and Fendi bag... Which should it be?
Treatment for tired eyelids on tired eyes
EVERY woman knows wrinkles will first appear around her eyes. But do you know the reason?
Hospitals co-operate in neurology
RENJI Hospital announced last week it will be co-operating with the Shanghai Neural Studies Institute attached to the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Renji is Shanghai's oldest clinic specializing in integrated traditional Chinese therapies and Western therapies. "Our research achievements can be more easily tested and applied with the co-operation of Renji Hospital. The partnership will be to the benefit of the patients," Wu Jianping of the neural institute told a local newspaper. This latest co-operation follows the news last week that Huashan Hospital has established a neural surgery unit in conjunction with five other local hospitals. Huashan's former department of neural surgery enjoyed an international reputation in neurology. But in recent years, the ward had been over-stretched, inundated with sufferers seeking treatment. The new unit devoted entirely to neural surgery is affiliated to Huashan Hospital. The five other clinics which will also run the centre include Putuo District People's Hospital and Punan Hospital. "With five new hospitals contributing the problem of over-crowding should be relieved, clearing the way for technological upgrade in these hospitals," said Liu Jun, director of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau. (Star News)
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