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Hong Kong public hospitals plan to streamline procedures for adding new medications to their formulary, cutting approval time for effective remedies in half to five months.
Two liver transplants could not save a Hong Kong mother after doctors failed to prescribe her the antiviral drugs she needed to protect herself from the virus.
A comprehensive publicity drive is needed to ensure greater community awareness by the time the new legislation comes into effect.
But spending is very much about the future, and how well the city fares at achieving its objective will not be clear for a long time.
The drug Ozempic is magical for aiding weight loss but comes with risks, says author Johann Hari, who describes choosing the drug over obesity, despite its potential downsides, in his book Magic Pill.
Improvements in treatment method deliver cancer-killing drugs to tumour cells while avoiding healthy tissue.
New Frontier, chaired by Hong Kong’s former financial secretary, said it has completed the acquisition of the Hong Kong Integrated Oncology Centre as part of its expansion in the healthcare industry of the bay area.
Thein Swee Lay and Stuart Orkin received the Shaw Prize for Life Sciences and Medicine for research into treatment for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassaemia.
‘This is a day of shame for the British state,’ Sunak told parliament. More than 30,000 people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s after receiving contaminated blood.
Eating plant-heavy diets will help us reduce greenhouse emissions, and nudge theory – small interventions and gentle persuasion – is being used to persuade people to change their habits.
CEO Pascal Soriot is working to ensure AstraZeneca can independently supply drugs to major markets as the US pushes to reduce the industry’s reliance on China.
HKUST president Nancy Ip says she hopes doctors trained by university will help to alleviate city’s long-standing shortage of medical professionals.
Mainland China will become the largest single market for Mirxes’ core product, a stomach cancer detection kit that was key to the company’s development, according to Zhou Lihan, its CEO and co-founder.
A Seoul court rejected a request by doctors and medical students to stop a government plan to increase medical school quotas, as a months-long strike by junior medics drags on.
Dozens of Thai cannabis advocates urged the government to abandon its plans to re-list marijuana as a narcotic, a week after it announced its dramatic policy U-turn just two years after de-criminalising it.
Lupus has no cure, but people can live with the autoimmune disease – actress Selena Gomez is an example. My Lupus Diary, founded in Hong Kong by lupus sufferer Sapphire Shen, supports fellow patients.
Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March at the age of 62. He was the first living person to receive a gene-edited pig kidney transplant.
Readers discuss the move in Europe to legalise assisted dying, support for diversity in the Hong Kong Football Club, and the security arrangements for a transfer service for passengers on private jets.
Dr Pamela Lee, faculty of medicine’s assistant dean, says restructured curriculum will take place October and affect year 4 students.
Cannabis was decriminalised for medical use in 2018 and recreational use in 2022 under a previous government.
Coroner praises Michelle Wu, the daughter of the late Tang Kwai-sze, who was 44, for her offer to donate part of her own liver to her mother, and for her role in the inquest.
Snakebites remain a deadly threat in Nepal, especially among rural populations, but experts believe targeted awareness campaigns and increased treatment access could halve fatalities.
Readers discuss why the scope of practice of nursing and pharmacy should be expanded, and the need for improvement in the city’s postal service.
The procedure was popularised by celebs like Kim Kardashian and Gwyneth Paltrow – and now 3 women at a spa have contracted HIV
An adult male named Rakus chewed a plant used by people in Southeast Asia to treat pain and inflammation, then applied it to an injury on his right cheek.
Despite being touted as Hollywood’s latest miracle diet pill, Ozempic’s downsides include a gaunt-looking face … but there are ways to avoid it
Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners to receive eight months of training on the mainland and another 16 months in Hong Kong as part of government scheme.
Stress, anxiety and caffeine are among the reasons nearly one-third of American adults say they do not get the recommended seven to nine hours of rest a night. Experts offer five tips for better sleep.
Readers discuss why worries about AI being unable to provide the human touch in healthcare are overblown, the need for greater digitisation of government and business processes, and an inspiring example of efficiency.