China | Chinese Medicine Net

Archive for the ‘China’ Category

Chinese medicine gains support in TaiWan

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

BIOTECHNOLOGY: The health department has paved the way to allow some hospitals to be used for clinical trials of locally developed Chinese herbal remedies By Chuang Chi-ting STAFF REPORTER Tuesday, Jun 19, 2001, Page 2 To advance biotechnology in Taiwan, the Department of Health yesterday officially certified seven hospitals to operate as the nation's ...

Posted in China, Modernize | No Comments »

China legalizes apprenticeships for traditional Chinese medicine

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's traditional medicine authorities on Wednesday legalized apprenticeships for training doctors as an alternative to medical schools.

Posted in About TCM, China, Modernize, News, Study | No Comments »

China making headway in battling TB(Tuberculosis)

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- China has made "huge progress" in the past five years in the fight against tuberculosis(TB), said an official of a global TB program on Friday.

Posted in China, Diseases & Conditions, Lung, News | No Comments »

Public Healthcare calls for reform

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

BEIJING, Jan. 13 -- Liu Guosheng, a 38-year-old migrant worker in Wuhan in Central China's Hubei Province, was diagnosed with tuberculosis in a free health examination last month. That was the first health examination he had had in the past 20 years.

Posted in China, News | No Comments »

Doctors advised to drop anti-flu drug

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

BEIJING, Jan. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- Canada's public health agency , following in the footsteps of U.S., instructs doctors not to prescribe a flu drug called amantadine. This drug has been proved ineffective in killing flu viruses that circulate in both countries.

Posted in China, Cold and Flu, Diseases & Conditions, News | No Comments »