Hong Kong family doctors get drug guidelines in war on superbugs
Family doctors in Hong Kong have for the first time been issued with guidelines on the proper use of antibiotics, part of efforts to combat the spread of superbugs resistant to the drugs. The Centre...
View ArticleInternational researchers seek Hong Kong participants for major study to help...
Hundreds of Hongkongers were invited on Monday to take part in an ambitious 10-year international study that aims to find breakthroughs in treating and preventing dementia, brain-wasting diseases that...
View ArticleDrug guidelines ‘useless’ without tracking how Hong Kong family doctors...
Guidelines for family doctors on the proper use of antibiotics would be “totally useless” if there is no way to monitor their prescriptions, a leading microbiologist has warned a day after the Hong...
View ArticleTwo in three Hongkongers use plastic disposables for dining, adding to city’s...
While most Hongkongers consciously avoid using plastic bags, at least two in three still use disposable utensils and straws when eating out, adding to the massive amount of plastic waste dumped in...
View ArticleLow-income diabetic children reusing old needles
Some diabetic children from low-income Hong Kong families repeatedly use disposable needles when testing their blood sugar levels because they struggle to afford spending HK$2,000 on medical...
View ArticleLooks like the hot weather is officially over as Hong Kong braces for a cool...
After an unusually hot and long summer, Hongkongers might have to bundle up this weekend as temperatures were expected to plunge to as low as 16 degrees Celsius on Sunday. The high temperature was...
View ArticleBlood pressure limits in Hong Kong to be reviewed after American Heart...
Hong Kong will not rush to adopt a new measurement of high blood pressure set by the American Heart Association, a health official has said. The US association announced on Monday that the measurement...
View ArticleNo more laundry: how a bug inspired Hong Kong engineers to invent clothes you...
Thanks to Hong Kong engineers you may soon be able to wash your hands of laundry forever – and it was all inspired by a tiny insect. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong have engineered a new...
View ArticleEight cases of tuberculosis confirmed at Hong Kong secondary school
Hong Kong health authorities confirmed on Tuesday that eight people from a secondary school in Sha Tin were infected with tuberculosis. The Department of Health was told about the infections in early...
View ArticleHong Kong taxis go greener as new fuel-efficient hybrids set to join fleet
Hong Kong’s taxi operators are set to embrace the era of the hybrid with the arrival of four energy-saving, next-generation Toyota taxis that now await the government’s importation approval. A...
View ArticleFifty pupils and teachers from Hong Kong school get blood tests and X-rays...
Blood tests and X-rays to detect tuberculosis were conducted on fifty pupils and teachers in a Hong Kong secondary school on Wednesday amid fears of a wider outbreak after eight people on the premises...
View ArticleHong Kong still has plenty of wasted space to solve its housing woes
The real embarrassment for Hong Kong is not that statistics have fallen to 2.8 persons per public flat but that in a rich city like Hong Kong the average public housing tenant shares only 142 sq ft of...
View ArticleWhich Hong Kong restaurant you choose may be key to healthier dining out,...
Where you eat might be more important than what you eat when dining out, according to the results of a consumer watchdog study released on Wednesday. A study between the Consumer Council and the...
View ArticleWhy Hong Kong lags behind Taiwan in the war against tuberculosis
People who have been in close contact with tuberculosis patients should be screened and required to take preventive drugs, Taiwan experts said on Wednesday, as an outbreak at a school in Hong Kong...
View ArticleExplainer: why superbugs in Hong Kong are a concern and what’s to be done...
Extra efforts have been taken in Hong Kong’s fight against superbugs by local health authorities during World Antibiotic Awareness Week, which runs till Sunday. On Monday, the city’s Centre for Health...
View ArticleHong Kong feels coldest weather this autumn after temperatures drop seven...
The long-awaited winter weather finally arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday as temperatures plunged about seven degrees from Saturday. It is expected to get even colder throughout the week, with...
View ArticleOne in 10 Hong Kong primary pupils suffer from serious depression, survey shows
About one in 10 primary schoolchildren in Hong Kong have symptoms of serious depression and should be given medical treatment, according to a survey of more than 1,300 pupils released on Sunday. The...
View ArticleHong Kong sewage plant to move into caverns in 11-year plan
Drainage officials will seek funding next year for the first phase of works to move a Sha Tin sewage treatment plant into a rock cavern in a massive project expected to last 11 years, according to Hong...
View ArticleHong Kong urged to learn lessons from Taiwan to better treat rare diseases
More than 12 years ago, Taiwanese mother Serena Chen lost her beloved younger son very suddenly. The energetic 21-year-old student was found dead by his desk, as if he was just taking a nap. Chen...
View ArticleLiver cancer risk higher for men above 50 who recover from hepatitis B, Hong...
Patients who recover from hepatitis B are still at risk of developing liver cancer, especially men aged above 50, according to a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. On Monday at a press...
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