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。...

Oral cancer is now the type of cancer most likely to be contracted by young Taiwanese men its mortality rate is expected to rise continually over the next decade, a public health official said yesterday. Chao Kun-yu, deputy director of...

Not even the U.S. government does that, " said Regan Hofmann, editor-in-chief of POZ magazine who tested positive for HIV in 1996...Yang Shih-yang, an official from the Centers for Disease Control, said he believes that the "harm reduction pilot projects...

The number of influenza A(H1N1)-related school closures in Taiwan has continued to hit a new high as the outbreak persists around the country, health authorities said yesterday...Friday, 1,925 classes in 802 schools remained closed because of A(H1N1) infections among the...

Taiwan is well positioned to compete with other Asian countries in promoting medical services to foreigners, especially overseas Chinese, because of the country's advanced medical technologies and highly qualified physicians, a Department of Health (DOH) official said yesterday. "Although...

Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) The current influenza A(H1N1) outbreak in Taiwan is expected to slow down in mid-December with the expansion of the ongoing vaccination program to the wider population, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Thursday...Tuesday, 1,474 classes...

New Delhi, Nov. 23 (CNA) A 13-member mobile medical unit from Taiwan left New Delhi Monday to provide free treatment to poor inhabitants of the Darjeeling and Sikkim areas on the northern tip of India...Chen Chih-fu, conducted a similar operation...

The first batch of U.S. bone-in beef, which is expected to arrive in Taiwan in the next few days, will be checked in accordance with the inspection procedures for other imported foods, an official of the Council of Agriculture (COA)...

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...