National Institute Of Health

Hong Kong- A Hong Kong anti-smoking campaigner who for a quarter of a century has been a thorn in the side of the tobacco industry in Asia was Sunday celebrating a major international award for her crusading work. Dr Judith Mackay, labeled one of the...

Beijing - Chinese authorities released a long-awaited health reform action plan last week, but it is only the first step in a long march towards curing endemic problems marring the country's medical system, analysts say. Over the next three years, 85...

Vienna - A court in Austria has thrown out a suit brought on behalf of a baby born with a deformed spine aimed at acknowledging his dignity of life, local media reported Thursday. The lawsuit against the Austrian state was brought in the name of baby...

Singapore - Child-care centres and kindergartens in Singapore are stepping up cleaning of classrooms as the number of children coming down with hand, foot and mouth disease nears the official epidemic level, a newspaper reported Thursday. Last week...

Saarbrucken, Germany - For professional cyclists, track and field athletes and weightlifters the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs is a serious offence. But amateur athletes and people who are simply dedicated to a chosen sport ro...