“We found a clear, inverse dose-response relation between vitamin E intake and liver cancer risk,” High consumption of vitamin E either from diet or vitamin supplements may lower the risk of liver cancer, according to a study published July 17… Read More ›
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Compound Formula Rehmannia alleviates dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 5-May-2014 Levodopa is the preferred treatment for Parkinson’s disease in the clinic. However, long-term use of levodopa may lead to various motor complications, among which levodopa-induced dyskinesia is the most common, severely affecting patients’ quality of life…. Read More ›
Chinese architect defends ‘phallic’ £154m skyscraper
Critics say the new People’s Daily headquarters in Beijing resembles a super-sized phallus but its designer argues that “unexpected interpretations” are part of architecture’s beauty The new office building of People’s Daily newspaper Photo: REX FEATURES By Tom Phillips,… Read More ›
China to restrict satellite TV stations to one foreign programme to push “morality-building”
Source: Reuters – Mon, 21 Oct 2013 03:18 AM Author: Reuters SHANGHAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) – China will allow satellite television stations to buy the right to broadcast only one foreign programme each year from 2014 as part of… Read More ›
Chinese ‘tough guy’ saws off his own leg to avoid hospital fees
Tom Mendelsohn Friday, 11 October 2013 A Chinese man has amputated his own leg using nothing more than a saw and a fruit knife, after doctors told him an infection had left him just one month to live. Zheng… Read More ›
Eli Lilly ‘concerned’ by China bribery allegations
23 Aug 2013 SHANGHAI (AFP) US drugmaker Eli Lilly said it was “deeply concerned” about allegations it bribed Chinese doctors to prescribe its products, the latest accusations of malpractice by foreign firms in the country. A former Eli Lilly sales manager… Read More ›
Chinese police allege Glaxo sales reps trained to offer sexual bribes
Chinese police have released new details of GlaxoSmithKline’s alleged crimes in China, claiming that sales representatives were given “clear directives” to offer bribes to doctors and were trained to cater “to their pleasures.” Xinhua reported that a woman, named as… Read More ›
BPA linked to obesity risk in puberty-age girls
Contact: Catherine Hylas Saunders csaunders@golinharris.com 202-585-2603 Kaiser Permanente OAKLAND, Calif., June 12 —Girls between 9 and 12 years of age with higher-than-average levels of bisphenol-A (BPA) in their urine had double the risk of being obese than girls with lower… Read More ›
BPA linked to obesity risk in puberty-age girls
Contact: Catherine Hylas Saunders csaunders@golinharris.com 202-585-2603 Kaiser Permanente OAKLAND, Calif., June 12 —Girls between 9 and 12 years of age with higher-than-average levels of bisphenol-A (BPA) in their urine had double the risk of being obese than girls with lower… Read More ›
NYU accused of KICKING OUT blind Chinese dissident over lucrative building deal with Communist government
NYU booting blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng amid Shanghai expansion: sources By JAMES COVERT Last Updated: 9:04 AM, June 13, 2013 Posted: 3:03 AM, June 13, 2013 EXCLUSIVE NYU isn’t letting a pesky thing like human rights stand in… Read More ›
China builds second aircraft carrier
Navy has a single carrier, the Russian-built Liaoning, and says another larger vessel is under construction Reuters in Shanghai guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 24 April 2013 00.23 EDT China’s first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-era Liaoning. Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty Images China will build… Read More ›
Higher soy intake prior to lung cancer diagnosis linked to longer survival in women
Contact: Nicole Racadag nicole.racadag@asco.org 571-483-1354 American Society of Clinical Oncology In this News Digest: Summary of a study being published online March 25, 2013 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, reports that Chinese women who consumed more soy before being… Read More ›
New Russian rocket battery poor man’s deterrent
© Photo: ru.wikipedia.org/ConcernAgat/cc-by-sa 3.0 How do you deter aggression by a big international bully if you are a small third-world country? North Korea has chosen nukes. Russian military engineers have proposed an alternative option. They have developed container versions of… Read More ›
Number of dead pigs found in Shanghai rivers rises to 16,000
Melanie Leather Friday, 22 March 2013 A police campaign to curb the illicit trade in sick pig parts in China appears to be having little effect as the number of dead pigs recovered in the last two weeks from… Read More ›
Ikea chocolate cake contaminated by SEWAGE: Officials in China destroy two tonnes of confectionary after disgusting discovery
Chinese authorities found cake contained high levels of coliform bacteria Nearly two tons of the chocolate almond cake was destroyed last year The company was caught up in the horsemeat scandal last week By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 09:37 EST, 5 … Read More ›
Poll: Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese goods over Senkakus dispute
Kyodo Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese products and almost all Chinese feel anti-Japan sentiment has intensified in the world’s second-largest economy since the government purchased three the Senkaku islets in September, a Kyodo News online survey revealed Saturday. The findings… Read More ›
Workplace BPA exposure increases risk of male sexual dysfunction
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Danielle Cass danielle.x.cass@kp.org 510-267-5354 Kaiser Permanente First human study to measure effects of BPA on male reproductive system November 11, 2009 (Oakland, Calif.) – High levels of workplace exposure to Bisphenol-A may increase the… Read More ›
Amid foreign donations scandal, Chinese government blocks access to obama.com
Posted By Matthew Boyle On 12:59 PM 10/25/2012 @ 12:59 PM In DC Exclusives,DC Exclusives – Blurb,Politics,World | The Chinese government has blocked access to the obama.com Web domain in the wake of an investigation by the conservative Government Accountability… Read More ›
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