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1. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Doctors confident Hong Kong is prepared if Sars strikes again

   Posted Feb 25th 2013, 12:00am by Phila Siu

   ... of respiratory specialists and isolation wards, and the better understanding of how the disease spreads and thrives. Dr James Ho Chung-man, president of the g Thoracic Society, said there are about 170 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1157697/doctors-confident-hong-kong-prepared-if-sars-strikes-again
2. News - China - HEALTH

   'Beijing cough' an insult to capital, says doctor

   Posted Jan 21st 2013, 11:12am by Ernest Kao

   ... Hospital objected strongly to the term, saying it is impossible to link the symptoms to just air pollution, or one particular city. He, director of the respiratory department at Peking University ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1132869/beijing-cough-insult-capital-says-professor
3. News - China - HEALTH

   Doctors declare war on a deadly chest disease too long ignored by its victims

   Posted Nov 16th 2012, 12:00am by Alice Yan

   ... of Respiratory Disease, said most patients ignored COPD because its symptoms were mild at the initial stage and people generally did not understand that it was irreversible. It becomes progressively more ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083390/doctors-declare-war-deadly-chest-disease-too-long-ignored-its-victims
4. 1.6m died of respiratory disease last year: expert

   Posted Mar 29th 2006, 12:00am by Josephine Ma

   ... Health Smoking Pulmonology Respiratory Diseases Josephine Ma in Beijing The mainland had 39 million asthma patients last year, while 32.8 million people suffered from life-threatening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which also affects the lungs, according to a top health expert. Speaking at the launch of the Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases yesterday ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/542418/16m-died-respiratory-disease-last-year-expert
5. Passive smoking children face long-term health problems

   Posted May 22nd 2012, 12:00am

   ... households in the Tucson area in an effort to assess prevalence rates and risk factors of respiratory and other chronic diseases. Participants completed questionnaires issued every two years until ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/1001602/passive-smoking-children-face-long-term-health-problems
6. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   The lessons of Sars, 10 years on

   Posted Feb 20th 2013, 12:00am by Margaret Chan

   ... issued a stronger alert. It named the new diseases after its symptoms: severe acute respiratory syndrome. The WHO defined characteristic symptoms and asked all travellers to be alert to what ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1154055/lessons-sars-10-years
7. Ill smokers suffer in winter smog

   Posted Mar 07th 2007, 12:00am by Colleen Lee

   ... Environment Environment Health Smoking Pulmonology Respiratory Diseases Colleen Lee Yet another study has confirmed that air pollution is taking its toll on people's health - this time on patients with a smoking history. Public hospitals admitted 75 patients suffering from chronic lung disease on an average winter day, 10 more than the daily average of 65 over ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/584127/ill-smokers-suffer-winter-smog
8. Pollution link to surge in breathing problems

   Posted Mar 20th 2006, 12:00am by Patsy Moy

   ... pulmonary disease and other respiratory problems, including asthma. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was the fifth leading cause of death in Hong Kong in 2003, said HKU professor Mary Ip ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/541115/pollution-link-surge-breathing-problems
9. News - China

   China has efficient systems in place to tackle infectious disease outbreaks

   Posted Feb 22nd 2013, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... News China SARS Disease Control China Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com The mainland now has efficient monitoring and response systems in place to sound the alarm and tackle any outbreak of an infectious disease There is a traditional Chinese saying that a setback may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. That's certainly the case for the mainland's public ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1155645/china-has-efficient-systems-place-tackle-infectious-disease-outbreaks
10. News - Hong Kong

    Scientists warn of more serious disease threats than Sars

    Posted Feb 21st 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang

    ... News Hong Kong SARS Contagious diseases H5N1 Emily Tsang emily.tsang@scmp.com It's a decade to the day since the disease first hit Hong Kong. Scientists say the city can cope if it returns but there are other, more serious threats A decade on from the Sars outbreak, experts agree that the disease could return - but its effects are unlikely to be as devastating as in 2003. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1154871/scientists-warn-more-serious-disease-threats-sars

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