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“Although these practices are considered alternative medicine in the Western world, they are a common part of medical care throughout East Asia, accounting for an estimated 40 per cent of all health care delivered in China,” Blessed Health Care founder …
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(Reuters) – People who eat plenty of fish may have a lower risk of colon cancer and, even more, rectal cancer, according to an analysis of 41 studies from around the world. The analysis, which appeared in the American Journal of Medicine, is the latest report that ties fish consumption to a number of possible health benefits. Jie Liang of Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases in Xi’an, China, and colleagues combined the results from 41 studies published between 1990 and 2011 that measured fish consumption and tracked cancer diagnoses. …
China is investigating claims vegetable sellers are spraying cabbage with harmful formaldehyde to keep it fresh, an official said on Tuesday, in yet another food safety scare to hit the country.
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PTI | 04:04 PM,Apr 30,2012 New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI) Government today said the Defence Ministry has received reports about a military exercise by China involving live firing of heavy and specialised equipment. In a written reply to a question in the Lok …
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By Peter Symonds Joint US-Philippine military exercises are currently underway that can only heighten tensions with China over disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea and in the Indo-Pacific region more broadly. Yesterday, 4500 US Marines …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong on Thursday suspended imports of poultry products, including eggs and frozen meat, from China’s northeastern Liaoning province for 21 days after the authorities there confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu. Hong Kong imported about 28,000 tonnes of frozen poultry and 103 million poultry eggs from Liaoning in 2011. “The outbreak in Dalian city was among chickens,” said a Hong Kong government spokesman, who had no further details. The H5N1 virus mainly affects birds, but occasionally jumps to people. …
(Reuters) – Eli Lilly & Co’s quarterly profit fell on plunging sales of its Zyprexa schizophrenia drug, but results handily topped Wall Street forecasts, helped by strong sales of anti-depressant Cymbalta and demand for the company’s animal health products. The earnings beat, relative to investor expectations, was also due to cost controls, surging demand in China for its products and because Zyprexa’s decline was not as steep as had been feared, said company spokesman Mark Taylor. The Indianapolis drugmaker said on Wednesday it earned $1.01 billion, or 91 cents per share in the first quarter. …
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of National Defense (DND) said on Monday that it sees nothing unusual with the naval exercises between China and Russia. “The China-Russia joint exercise is usual, this has been conducted before.
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TENSIONS OVER disputed areas in the South China Sea continued to intensify at the weekend as China warned the United States that its joint naval exercise in the region has raised the risk of armed confrontation. China has territorial disputes with …
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BEIJING: China and Russia launched their first joint naval exercises on Sunday, with war games in the Yellow Sea that come amid tensions between China and its Asian neighbours over territorial claims. The six days of drills – the first dedicated …
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A Russian naval fleet arrived at a naval base in Qingdao in east China on Saturday for a joint exercise with the Chinese navy. The seven naval ships all come from the Russian Pacific Fleet, including its flagship Varyag, a slava-class guided missile …
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