Remember Chinese octomom? It seems that in the last five months womb-renting has been skyrocketing, considering the Chinese preference for Dragon babies. That aside, there have been other factors that have added to this rise. more ›

A 21-year-old man in Tianjin has had his penis cut off after what appears to be a botched circumcision procedure just two weeks before his wedding ceremony. more ›

Last year China Daily reported on a farmer in Yunnan who admitted that he would never dare to eat the vegetables he sells, due to the amounts of chemicals pesticides and fertilizers used on them. Instead he grows a separate chemical-free patch of vegetables for personal consumption. A practice that is unlikely to be restricted to this farmer alone. more ›

17,450 "health tonic" and "stamina booster" pills smuggled from China and confiscated by South Korean customs officials have been found to be made from aborted foetuses and stillborn babies. While no sicknesses have been reported yet by those who ate the pills, Korean doctors are warning that super-bacteria, germs and viruses have been detected in them and could cause health problems. China's Ministry of Health said that an investigation has been launched but it found no conclusive proof that the pills were made in China. more ›

Think you've got moves? Think again. Sun Fengqing, a 60-year-old grandma from Nanjing who recently took up pole dancing lessons, will put you to shame. more ›

In response to the recent announcement by Greenpeace that banned pesticides have been found in Lipton as well as domestic tea brands in China, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health have come out to say that residues of illegal pesticides found on the tea was due to wind blowing it over from other crops. more ›

The commonly seen Laiyifen, which sells titbits, sweets and preserved fruits, is now embroiled in this new food safety scandal along with other preserved fruits retailers. Laiyifen's rapturous logo won't reflect the moods of their shareholders and management anymore. more ›

Banned pesticides have been detected in Lipton, the world's best-selling tea brand as well as other Chinese domestic brands, claims Greenpeace. more ›

China's rampant smoking problem is not only bad for the health of its people, but might also prove detrimental to the health of the entire economy. Non-communicable diseases like cancer are taking their toll on China's workforce as they account for 80% of nation's deaths (almost 20% more than the global average), and consume 70% of all health spending. The tobacco industry alone has been implicated in the deaths of 1 million people (though the actual figure is probably substantially higher). more ›

A pair of 25-year-old twins from Yunnan have successfully received the first round of their female-to-male gender reassignment surgery at Shanghai's No. 411 Hospital of People's Liberation Army. They are now seeking to be the first twins in the country to officially change their gender. more ›

Ouch. A boy was rushed from Jiaxing in neighbouring Zhejiang province to Shanghai Children's Hospital with a pair of scissors lodged in the side of his head. Surgeons at the hospital successfully removed the scissors in a four-hour operation Sunday evening and the boy is now in stable condition. Shanghai Daily with the details: more ›

In the last five years, many patients have come up to me to ask: I don't smoke, don't drink, and I pay great attention to my diet. Why am I getting liver cancer, stomach cancer, or intestinal cancer? My house is very clean, why is my child getting leukemia? I can't help but think: If we're living in an environment where the air is polluted, the water is poisonous, the food is toxic and even the furniture is tainted, you'll fall ill no matter how health your habits are. more ›

Dr Wise Young, CEO of Chinascinet, and one of the world's leading researchers into spinal cord injuries, says China could hold the key to a cure that he has been searching for since he met late actor Christopher Reeve in the 1990s. [AFP] more ›

China’s Ministry of Health says it has sent medical experts to investigate a recent outbreak of Hepatitis C in the southern province of Guangdong, that has seen some 200 people infected. more ›

NGOs and activist groups have voiced their objections to a new proposal that would allow for real-name HIV tests and compulsory disclosure. The organizations worry that once implemented, such new regulations could discourage high-risk individuals from receiving tests, thus facilitating the spread of HIV. more ›

Like ordering McDonald's at 3am, there's little doubt that breathing Shanghai's smog (or Shmog™, if you will) isn't healthy for us. But with so many myths, unhelpful statistics and outright lies floating around, it's difficult to determine the genuine health sacrifices we are making by living in a city which often resembles Mordor. To find clarity within the info-fog, we've gone and done the research for you, and the following is what you need to know. more ›

Public hospitals in Hong Kong may stop admitting mainland mothers seeking to deliver their child in the territory to keep more resources for the use of local women. more ›

A controversial bill that is being proposed in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region will, if passed, make real-name HIV testing and disclosure compulsory. Under the regulation, which is still in draft form, HIV-positive patients would have to  inform their partners of their status within three days of receiving test results, failing which this would be done by health workers. more ›

Nicola Davison of The Guardian reports on the upswing in business that the surrogate industry is expecting in the Year of the Dragon. She speaks to a woman surnamed Gao, a surrogate mother on the hunt for the next infertile couple seeking a womb: more ›

A 7.4kg (15.5lb) boy born to a 29-year-old woman in Xinxiang, Henan province is now officially the heaviest baby in the history of China. Both mom and child are fine. The world record for heaviest baby was a 10.8kg baby born in Ohio in 1879. more ›

In a bid to boost the capital's blood supplies, Beijing Municipal Health Bureau has announced that the amount of blood university students donate will affect their academic grades. Supplies have been critically low since last winter, partially due to public mistrust caused by the Guo Meimei scandal. more ›

Hainan province's recent decision to build a 1.28million RMB gold toilet may have seemed like a logical, future-proof investment at the time, but the latest health findings favour traditional toilets, suggesting that squatting is actually better for your health. The science is explained on the website Slate: more ›

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A popular American English teacher has been helped out with her medical bills by her students and former colleauges at Xiamen University, after she made notice her struggle with Parkinson was financially and mentally engraving on her too heavily. more ›

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A man has passed away in Shenzhen a week after being admitted to the hospital for bird flu. This is said to be the first bird flu fatality since 2010: more ›

How do you damage the reputation of one of the nation's top universities and its affiliates? Why, by letting stupid interns change the name of your institution's cancer patients to make fun of their terminal illness, of course! The family of a patient at Fudan University's Cancer Center is furious with the institution after receiving a hospital bill that refers to their loved one as "drop dead Zhang." more ›

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Chinese-language edition of a campaign by Action for Aids, Singapore for World Aids Day 2011. more ›

A hepatitis epidemic believed to be caused by intravenous injections has broken out along the Henan-Anhui border. more ›