Medicine

TREATMENTS

Into the light

14 Jun 2012

Enjoy the sun and not its harmful effects with radiance-restoring facials, writes Catharine Nicol.

4:31PM

Spring cleaning

8 Mar 2012

Put your best face forward with the latest in luxury organic facials, writes Victoria Ip.

1:52AM

Beauty before age

27 Sep 2012

Botox, fillers, lasers and more join the mainstream in ourquest for younger-looking skin, writes Catharine Nicol.

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Hutchison to develop herbal drug with Nestle

29 Apr 2013

Hutchison Whampoa's pharmaceutical unit has joined forces with Swiss food giant Nestle to develop a new drug, which they said had the potential to be the first Chinese herbal-ingredient-based drug...

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Doctor charged for not checking on patient after surgery

15 Apr 2013

A private surgeon charged with professional misconduct believed there was no need to examine his patient before discharging him despite his complaints of pain after surgery.

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Concern over retirement of Hong Kong sex-change surgeon

14 Apr 2013

The only doctor who can carry out sex-change operations in Hong Kong public hospitals is due to retire in two years, triggering concern that patients who want life-altering surgery may be left in...

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Opinion

Hari Kumar

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

Improved odds for liver surgery

A medical team at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam has transplanted livers from two donors to recipients of different blood types for the first time in the city, thanks to a new protocol.

5:30AM

How much do man-made chemicals affect our health?

An urgent hunt is under way across Scandinavia for the culprit causing testicular cancer rates 10 times the global mean. Scientists suspect a man-made substance or interaction between substances...

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Deadly Sars-like virus takes toll on British family

The widow of the first person to die of a new Sars-like virus in Britain has told of the tragic circumstances of his death. Azima Hussain, 33, giving her first interview, spoke of the devastation...

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HEALTH

Anti-HIV drug effort boosts life expectancy in South Africa

An intensive campaign to combat HIV/Aids with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection...

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MEDICINE

Prioritising rare 'orphan diseases' of the medical world

Mitochondrial disease is one of the orphan diseases - an ailment that has been ignored by the medical and pharmaceutical industries because of its rarity. There is no money to be made from finding...

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MEDICINE

The fight to diagnose mitochondrial disease in Hong Kong

After years of appeals for donations, equipment to diagnose mitochondrial disease was brought to Hong Kong a few months ago and will be operational at the Queen Mary Hospital next year, after a...

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