BEIJING, Oct. 17 — Terminologies of traditional medicine should no longer be lost in translation.    The world’s first document listing international standard terminologies of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) was jointly launched in Beijing yesterday by the World Health Organization(WHO) and China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (CACMS).
    The document contains nearly 4,000 terms covering eight categories including [...]

    BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — China has worked out bio-safety and ethical guidelines to regulate the research on stem cell and genetic modification, said Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Xueyong on Tuesday.
    ”We attach great importance to moral and ethical issues in the research on stem cell and genetic modification,” said Li, a delegate [...]

    HONG KONG, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — A study found that a substance called “lupeol” contained in fruits may help beat head and neck cancer, announced the University of Hong Kong which made the result public here Tuesday.
    The study, conducted by the university’s Faculty of Medicine, revealed that lupeol, a compound rich in fruits, selectively targeted [...]

   JINAN, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — China has been a decrease in the incidents of major animal epidemic diseases, such as bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease, in recent years, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture on Sunday.    In 2004, China had 50 outbreaks of bird flu. In 2005, 31 cases of bird flu in [...]

    SHANGHAI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu has vowed to establish a medical service system which covers all urban and rural Chinese by 2010.    The Ministry of Health will deepen the ongoing medical reform to attain the objective, the minister said at a Sino-American medical forum opened in Shanghai, China’s leading metropolis, on [...]