Taiwan Health News

「醫師，我都睡不著怎麼辦？」剛踏入診間、苦著一張臉的病人問道。失眠是很多人的噩夢，調查顯示，國人四人中即有一人有失眠的問題。 失眠現象包括晚間入睡困難、睡眠中斷、早上過早醒來、或睡眠無法令人精神復甦，導致白天疲倦、記憶力受影響、注意力不能集中、甚或影響情緒。...

Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand, on Monday to provide local people with medical services and humanitarian care. Friday. The team will be made up of 10 physicians in internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, dentistry, gynecology and obstetrics, as well...

For modern ills traditional Chinese herbs have been repackaged to suit modern circumstances. (David Bu/The Epoch Times) Throughout history, mankind has been searching for ways to extend one’s longevity. Modern medicine, nutrition, and improved hygiene have been credited with extending...

A 52-year-old man in Taiwan's Taichung has died of the A/H1N1 influenza, bringing the island's death toll from of the disease to 28, local health authorities said Friday.     The man, whose name was not given, was confirmed to have contracted...

The Taipei City department of health yesterday suspended for three months the health care practice license of a celebrity plastic surgeon accused of medical malpractice involving silicone breast implants, local media reported. City health authorities red-flagged plastic surgeon Lee Chin-liang...

Taipei, Nov. 9 (CNA) Taiwan will collaborate with Canada to develop a vaccine that will be able to protect Taiwanese people and other Asians from the pneumococcus bacteria that causes pneumonia, an official said Monday. "The cooperative project is expected...

People identified as "heavy users" of flowers rated "emotion conditioning" as more important than "showing care to others," researchers in Taiwan found. Li-Chun Huang from National Taiwan University and Tzu-Fang Yeh from Da-Yeh University headed a research project that evaluated...

Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) The Department of Health (DOH) unveiled Saturday a plan that would make it compulsory for mental patients to receive treatment at the community level for their illnesses. If the plan is implemented, Taiwan will become the...

Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) has officially listed work-related mental illnesses as an occupational disease that entitles sufferers to labor insurance compensation. According to a proclamation published Friday by the CLA, employees who develop schizophrenia,...

Swine Flu Vaccination Program Begins Published: November 6, 2009 The Taiwanese government announced that by starting vaccinations against the H1N1 virus this week, it had begun the largest immunization program in Taiwan ’s history.