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1. News - Hong Kong

   Court awards damages against top doctor

   Posted Nov 20th 2012, 03:49pm by Austin Chiu

   ... News Hong Kong Health Austin Chiu A prominent paediatrician must pay HK$314,608 in compensation for treatment that resulted in the amputation of a baby’s fingertip, the High Court ruled on Tuesday morning. The damages awarded against Dr Alvin Chan Yee-shing were far less than the HK$6 million claim sought by the child’s parents, but higher than the HK$260,000 that Chan had said he ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1086663/high-court-awards-damages-awarded-against-top-doctor
2. Business - Economy

   Austerity is hurting our health, say researchers

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 10:29am by Reuters

   ... professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at Stanford University, said their findings show austerity is seriously bad for health. In a book to be published this week, the researchers say more than ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1225824/austerity-hurting-our-health-say-researchers
3. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   My awakening after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 37

   Posted May 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Amy Wu

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Breast Cancer Health Amy Wu Amy Wu is glad she listened to her body and got checked, against advice Not me. This must be some mistake or a poorly executed joke, I thought. I am a healthy, athletic woman in my 30s. I have no medical history. I have never taken a sick day, so the news to come was especially hard to swallow. Three weeks ago on May 8, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1243566/my-awakening-after-being-diagnosed-breast-cancer-age-37
4. Lifestyle - Health - LAB REPORT

   Lab report

   Posted Apr 22nd 2013, 12:00am by Jeanette Wang

   ... Lifestyle Health LIFE Health Jeanette Wang jeanette.wang@scmp.com Beer to their heart Trying to stay off alcohol? Don't even allow yourself a drop. A study published last week in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal has found that drinking just 15 millilitres of beer can trigger the release of dopamine, a brain neurotransmitter linked with alcohol and other drugs of abuse. The 49 male ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1218405/lab-report
5. Working on a journey of discovery

   Posted May 19th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Health Chris Davis For Ting Chin, a senior research executive with global market research firm Ipsos, every research project becomes a journey of discovery. 'I love the fact that my job is all about people and understanding them,' ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/1001324/working-journey-discovery
6. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Hospital Authority faces increasing demands on its services

   Posted May 16th 2013, 12:00am by LEUNG PAK-YIN

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Hospital Authority Health Staff shortage Leung Pak-yin Leung Pak-yin says the Hospital Authority is constantly striving to meet increasing demands on services, which have been stretched by an ageing population and a rise in chronic illnesses Over the past 22 years, the Hospital Authority has grown and developed to become a leading public health ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1238363/hospital-authority-faces-increasing-demands-its-services
7. Lifestyle - Health

   Great E-scapes

   Posted Apr 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Kylie Knott

   ... to include a chapter on internet-use disorder. In 2010, London's top independent mental health institution, the Capio Nightingale Hospital, became the country's first tech rehab clinic when ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1220727/great-e-scapes
8. News - World - HEALTH

   WHO says patents are obstructing moves to fight Sars-like virus

   Posted May 25th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... search for potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned. Dr Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, in a blunt warning to the UN agency's annual ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1245372/who-says-patents-are-obstructing-moves-fight-sars-virus
9. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Wild fungus dish left hikers near death

   Posted Apr 27th 2013, 12:00am by Danny Mok

   ... News Hong Kong Wild fungus Health Danny Mok danny.mok@scmp.com A married couple thought the mushrooms they picked for dinner while hiking were safe, but they were among the most poisonous found in Hong Kong Tony Wu Tung-ping and wife Wong Ngan-lin were a fit and healthy couple. He could finish a marathon in less than four hours and she enjoyed hiking with him every weekend. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1224013/wild-fungus-dish-left-hikers-near-death
10. Comment - Blogs

    For some, running 100 miles around Mt Fuji is pure joy

    Posted Apr 25th 2013, 07:19pm by Jeanette Wang

    ... Comment Blogs trail running Health Sport Jeanette Wang The late Czech long-distance running great Emil Zatopek once said: "If you want to win something, run 100 metres, if you want to experience something run a marathon." I wonder what he would say about running four straight marathons (that's 42.195km each) in a row. I guess I could tell you the feeling sometime ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1223009/some-running-100-miles-around-mt-fuji-pure-joy

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