Genetic Disorders

26 Sep 2012

A prolific Danish sperm donor has passed a potentially severe genetic disorder to at least five of his 43 children after a screening test failed to catch that he had the disease, health officials...

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Patients with weak muscles to get new wheelchair-friendly car

30 Nov 2011

When Fok Tan Mei-ling's son was diagnosed a few months after birth with an acute neuromuscular disease, she learned that he would not survive and there were no other families to turn to for...

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HK$10m funding urged

27 Oct 2011

The Hospital Authority is being urged to allocate HK$10 million to increase specialist staff to treat adult patients with the blood disease thalassaemia and the blood-clotting ailment haemophilia...

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Spinal muscular atrophy patients to benefit through vehicle donation

27 Oct 2011

Families involved with the SMA Charitable Trust will receive funding from Operation Santa Claus (OSC) to buy a car that can transport wheelchair-bound spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients...

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Pregnant with life-saving ideas

16 Jul 2011

Professor Rossa Chiu, of the department of chemical pathology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has recently received two prestigious international research awards in recognition of...

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Checkups should be a top priority

23 Jun 2011

When that long-awaited wedding proposal finally comes and you are both blissfully happy, your mind is usually filled with the all-consuming task of planning the wedding and health checkups are...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Look who pitched in to do their festive bit

The efforts of a colourful cast of characters helped to make this year's Operation Santa Claus such a success.

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Patients rally for home help

It is tradition for Chinese families to stay at home and have a meal together to mark the winter solstice, which fell last night.

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Crusaders score a special victory

Peter 'Rooney' Lam pumped his fists in the air after scoring the winning goal for the Hong Kong Football Club Crusaders in their opening game against the visiting Fulham Badgers.

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All for a worthy cause

The ethics of corporate social responsibility have become an inherent part of business. It's important to be seen to 'give a little back' and upmarket watch brands would have plenty of worthy...

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Students overcome severe disabilities to achieve academic success

Lau Hiu-fung, a student who can barely move his limbs and who typed a 70-page thesis by using a chopstick to tap the keys on a computer keyboard, graduated with first-class honours yesterday....

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Master motivator drums up inspiration

The children at Yew Chung International School remember Nick Vujicic not just for his inspirational message but also for his 'chicken drumstick'.

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