Chinese families with their babies rush to a hospital for checkups in Chongqing. China's toxic milk scandal escalated Monday as officials admitted nearly 53,000 children had been sickened by contaminated products and more countries moved to ban or limit Chinese dairy imports(AFP)

BEIJING, (AFP) -
China's toxic milk scandal escalated Monday as officials admitted nearly 53,000 [...]

Chinese families with their babies rush to a hospital for checkups in Chongqing. China's tainted milk scandal has spiralled into uncharted territory with authorities announcing nearly 53,000 children had been sickened while more countries moved to ban or recall Chinese dairy imports.(AFP)

BEIJING, (AFP) -
Nearly 53,000 children in China have been sickened by milk powder [...]

Chinese families with their babies rush to a hospital for checkups in Chongqing. China's tainted milk scandal has spiralled into uncharted territory with authorities announcing nearly 53,000 children had been sickened while more countries moved to ban or recall Chinese dairy imports.(AFP)

BEIJING, (AFP) -
Nearly 53,000 children in China have been sickened by milk powder [...]

- SUNDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — Women who had a lumpectomy
and radiation to combat breast cancer have an overall quality of life
several years after treatment that's on par with most adult American
women, a new report says.

“Treatments for breast cancer may decrease quality of life temporarily,
but this is evidence that survivors, on average, will [...]

- SUNDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — Can the smell of rotten eggs
or roses change the type of dream you have?

Quite possibly, new research suggests.

German researchers are reporting that when people smelled the scent of
rotten eggs while sleeping, the nature of their dreams turned decidedly
negative, while those who got a whiff of [...]

PEKIN (AFP) - Près de 13.000 enfants en bas âge en Chine ont été hospitalisés après avoir ingéré du lait frelaté, a annoncé le ministère de la Santé dimanche, selon les médias officiels chinois.
Selon le ministère, le nombre total d’enfants hospitalisés s’élève à 12.892, dont 104 bébés dans un état grave, a indiqué l’agence Chine [...]

- SUNDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) — Children who have continuing
recurrence of croup could be suffering from stomach acid reflux problems,
University of Utah researchers report.

Croup is typically recognized by a loud cough that often sounds like
the barking of a seal. The condition can cause fast or difficult
breathing, and sometimes wheezing. Croup has been [...]

Cancers cutanés, tumeurs de la vessie, des reins, des poumons et maintenant diabète ? D’après des chercheurs américains, le diabète de type 2 viendrait en effet s’ajouter à la longue liste des effets retards sur la santé, d’une exposition à l’arsenic.

Le Dr Ana Navas-Acien et son équipe de la Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of [...]

HONG KONG (Reuters) -
A new rapid test for the human
papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer, has
proven to be 90 percent accurate in a trial involving women in
rural villages in eastern China.

The findings were published in The Lancet Oncology, and
researchers said it could help pave the way for effective
screening to prevent cervical cancer in [...]

PEKIN (AFP) - Près de 53.000 enfants au total ont dû être soignés en Chine, dont près de 13.000 restent hospitalisés, après avoir consommé du lait frelaté à la mélamine, a indiqué lundi le ministère de la Santé.
Le nombre total d’enfants hospitalisés dimanche soir s’élevait à 12.892, dont 104 bébés dans un état grave, a [...]