While at the opening of the fitness center in Nanjing that bears his name, Dr Ken Cooper recalled his ambitions as an 18-year-old attending a Baptist church in his native Oklahoma.
The recent past has seen huge leaps in medicine and its contributions to humanity. Vaccinations, antibiotics, and numerous drugs have improved our lives and increased life spans.
The summit was co-sponsored by the Jiading New City management committee, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Association of Chinese Medicine, and the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.
Innovation appears to be embedded in Werner Baumann's DNA. It is part of his makeup and the driving force behind Bayer AG's philosophy in China. As CEO of the sprawling German multinational life sciences company, the 55-year-old is committed to change. He also respects tradition.
Two students from Africa mix some pungent herbs, one lot to repel mosquitoes and the other to ease anxiety. They are among a group of Chinese students learning traditional Chinese medicine at one of the country's top universities.
Though the best place in the country to savor the speciality is Chongqing in Southwest China, there is no shortage of places in Beijing where you can experience the real thing. Xing Yi reports.
The Iron Palm technique is in the spotlight again after a practitioner broke eight bricks with one hand to win a martial arts contest in the 1,500-year-old Shaolin Temple in Henan province.
he police in Yibin, Sichuan province, are investigating the case of a 12-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby girl, and are pledging to hold the father accountable.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang Wednesday called on China and Nepal to step up their cooperation in research and application of traditional medicine. Wang made the remarks while touring a China-sponsored traditional Nepalese medical research training center in Kathmandu during his visit to the country.
Yantai will see rapid development in its medical and health industry as authorities are mulling over building an international bioscience innovation demonstration zone in the coastal city in East China's Shandong province.
Two disease control officials in Henan province have been punished for embezzling government subsidies paid to local HIV/AIDS carriers and forcing patients to buy drugs that were not approved by the China Food and Drug Administration.
Perhaps ancient medical wisdom can offer some pointers on how China should approach the problem of institutional corruption. I started applying small amounts of medicinal paste to several acupuncture points on my chest and back from day one of the first 10 hottest days of the lunar calendar.