Growing emphasis on health in China in recent years is turning sports apparel into fashion.
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Gou has endorsed the growing use of robots by arguing that they can free employees from repetitive and boring work, and some are specifically designed to operate in dangerous or special environments where conditions could pose a risk to human health, China Daily reported.
Further surveillance will help in understanding the virus's transmission, said Liang Wannian, director general of the health emergency division of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission.
While the source of the virus remains unknown, further surveillance will help in understanding its transmission, said Liang Wannian, director general of the health emergency division of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission.
It has also taken a 20% stake in Ping An Health, one of China's largest private health insurers.
And that will be very good for the health of the people of China and for the health of world environment.
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The U.S. is as dependent on China for its economic and military health and economic growth as China is dependent on the U.S. for its key markets, reserve finance, and global capitalist trading regime.
Michael O'Leary, head of WHO's office in China, told reporters in Beijing on Monday that the international health organization had confidence in China's efforts to track and control the outbreak of H7N9 infections, but that growing interest in the virus globally has prompted WHO to consider sending a team.
The numbers get even bigger when you consider health care demand in China and India.
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The PMI is a measure of health of companies in China, as it includes output, new orders, employment and prices across numerous sectors.
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International health experts have commended China on its transparency in reporting the spread of the virus, in sharp contrast to its handling of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2003, when 8, 096 people were infected worldwide and 744 died.
In the Early Childhood Care and Education category, Health Phone by Nand Wadhwani (China) was selected.
According to China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, all three became ill with coughs and fevers before developing pneumonia.
Patients now pay directly for only 35% of China's total health spending, compared with well over 60% ten years ago.
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According to China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, the men who died in Shanghai became ill with coughs and fevers before developing pneumonia.
Public health concerns have been high in China in recent months.
Hundreds of guests and staff were under quarantine in China on Saturday after health officials determined that a hotel guest had contracted the H1N1 virus.
Even at a domestic level this is noticeable in the promotion of the Chinese language and the provision of health care partly paid for by China.
Before the 1980s, health care was essentially free in China.
The South China Morning Post reports Health Minister Chen Zhu as saying that some 200, 000 people taking part in the anniversary celebrations will be the first to receive the vaccine.
Researchers estimate that in China, where smoking rates are rising quickly, a 10% increase in cigarette tax would cut consumption by 5% and increase revenues by 5%, enough to finance essential health care for a third of China's poorest 100m people.
China's science and health authorities plan to develop a vaccine for H7N9 bird flu within seven months, amid reports that the virus has been detected in ducks in Zhejiang province, the newspaper adds.
And China's hospital-centric health-care system provides only one general practitioner for every 22, 000 people.
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It found that 7.1% of Chinese adults were obese and 22.8% were overweight, Wang Longde, China's vice minister of health, told a news conference.
The health care sector is a hot topic in China these days, with everything from medical supplies to hospitals to vitamin supplements becoming a big business.
Acupuncture - the practice of inserting thin needles into specific body points to improve health and well-being - originated in China more than 2, 000 years ago.
The World Health Organization said yesterday it was in talks with China about sending experts to China to investigate the new H7N9 infections.
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Over the last 10 years China has made great strides in its health-care provision, enrolling 900 million people in various public schemes to ensure coverage of more than 95% of Chinese citizens.
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