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Global health is priority for China

PREMIER Li Keqiang said China would continue to promote global health while providing help to other developing countries. Li made the remarks in Shanghai at the opening ceremony of the 9th Global Conference ...

November 22, 2016, Tuesday

Healthy cities name of the game for world’s mayors

THE 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion yesterday unveiled its key achievement — the Shanghai Consensus on Healthy Cities. This highlights a set of governance principles, which include the implementation ...

November 22, 2016, Tuesday

In 40-60% of lung cancer cases, cancerous cells will spread to brains: experts

ABOUT 40 to 60 percent of patients with lung cancer will have the cancerous cells spread to their brains while targeted medication with radiation is the effective measure to improve patient’s life quality ...

November 17, 2016, Thursday

12 teams enter final of national youth innovation competition

TWELVE teams out of 61 ones from middle schools and universities across the nation haven entered the final of Solve for Tomorrow Youth Innovation Competition, the organizers said today. The 61 teams ...

November 15, 2016, Tuesday

Shanghai facing big diabetes problem

ONE third of Shanghai’s residents over 35 are diabetics or on their way to developing diabetes, which has become a serious public health issue, the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention said ...

November 14, 2016, Monday

Cloud may obscure arrival of supermoon

A supermoon is set to take place on Monday, but expected overcast and cloudy weather may mean Shanghai residents won’t see the natural phenomenon. Supermoon, a popular term for perigee moon, happens ...

November 12, 2016, Saturday

World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery kicks off in Shanghai

THREE-DIMENSIONAL surgeries and surgeries with visual reality technology will be showed during the 15th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, which would last till Saturday. Specialists from 53 countries ...

November 10, 2016, Thursday

Teachers donate platelets

A TOTAL of 353 teachers and students at Fudan University, as well as eight from elsewhere, have volunteered to donate platelets for a Fudan student who was diagnosed with acute leukemia after the university ...

November 8, 2016, Tuesday

China’s scientists edge closer to building South Pole observatory

CHINA is near to building a South Pole Astronomical Observatory, according to four astronomers onboard the Chinese scientific icebreaker Xuelong or Snow Dragon, which left the port of Shanghai yesterday ...

November 3, 2016, Thursday

Nation’s first genome research on congenital heart disease launched

LOCAL medical experts kicked off the nation’s first genome research on congenital heart disease in order to look for disease-leading genetic causes and environmental factors, to raise possibilities for ...

October 28, 2016, Friday