Illness

7 Dec 2012

If people can make themselves healthy, should we blame them for getting sick? That is the question raised not only by broadening acceptance of the idea that people should assume some...

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New World patriarch Cheng Yu-tung in hospital with unknown illness

21 Sep 2012

Hong Kong property tycoon Cheng Yu-tung, who retired as chairman of New World Development in March, is in hospital with an unknown illness.

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Beating the odds - and competitors

3 Apr 2012

Raymond Chiu Hok-yin was born with epilepsy, an illness that can suddenly cause sufferers to shake uncontrollably. Because of the brain disorder, the boy's mental development was slightly impaired...

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Chop killer had just left hospital

31 Jan 2012

A psychiatric patient who killed a security guard yesterday had visited a public hospital just three hours earlier.

The guard was nearly decapitated in the frenzied chopper attack...

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Room to manoeuvre

16 Dec 2011

A child's bedroom is perhaps one of the most challenging spaces to design, especially when you want to avoid children outgrowing it too quickly, while keeping the space clutter-free and creating a...

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Extend mentor scheme to help community ills

8 Nov 2011

Castle Peak Hospital's management and staff are to be congratulated for introducing a recovery-orientated approach by employing former patients as mentors for those in the mental health system....

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Opinion

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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Body found in flat on Tai Po estate

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Risk of relapse for patients with mental illness

Patients with mental illness who do not show symptoms for up to two years can still suffer a relapse if they stop taking medicine, according to the latest study by the University of Hong Kong....

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Arts foundation hopes workshops will get more young people to open up about cancer

In polite company, cancer is not usually a topic of conversation. But the Youth Arts Foundation wants more young people to talk openly about the often hushed-up disease.

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Star diver back in top form

Wu Minxia is considered the second-best Chinese springboard diver. Her name used to appear behind her synchronised diving partner Guo Jingjing's, but she has captured a lot of attention this year...

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From the edge

A long strip of graffiti runs along the bottom of two walls flanking the entrance of Art Projects, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery's second space inside a Chai Wan industrial building.

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Have your say

Exercise has double-sided benefits

Moderate physical activity is the best way to stay fit and healthy, but fitness and health do not mean the same thing.

Fitness is...

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