China Radio International (CRI) is a wonderful resource for expats, and I recently had the honor of a 10-minute interview with Julianne Page. She runs the China Now program, and I sat for their Expat Tales segment. You can hear the interview online here: Interview with Dr Richard Saint Cyr.

My wife has excellent local health insurance which covers an annual physical, so we’ve been going to one of China’s more famous physical exam centers, called Ciming Health Checkup. This apparently large chain has clinics all over China with one goal in mind — to do physical exams. Sort of. It’s not a hospital, it’s …

The following article is written by guest author and Beijing expat Dr. Melissa Rodriguez, N.D. Her website address is www.drmelissarodriguez.com For many expats, living in a busy metropolitan city like Beijing has many advantages. Benefits include exposure to a different language and culture, a plethora of delicious foods to excite the palate, and the chance …

I’m still recovering from the brutal jetlag of a Boston-Beijing flight, but I’ve spent my foggy-headed days and Ambien-infused nights thinking about my wonderful experience at a Harvard-sponsored medical education conference. While I was listening to lecture after lecture from Harvard’s top docs, surrounded by hundreds of primary care colleagues, I basked in the room’s …

I think we’ve all had enough of depressing food safety articles, haven’t we? So, I’ve decided to provide a ray of hope and tell you about a Chinese restaurant chain that is extremely healthy, inexpensive, fun, family friendly, and clean (“A” rating). It should be #1 on the expat mag lists of Top Chinese Restaurants, and …

I never thought spring would arrive this year, but here it is! After a miserably long winter, the chill is gone, the flowers are blooming — and the itching and sneezing has commenced. It’s hayfever time. I’ve prepared a slide show on the basics of hayfever for Beijingers; you can watch it full screen below …

The bi-weekly Beijing Healthcare Forum has announced their next lecture, this Wednesday at Gingko restaurant, at 845pm (drinks at 8). This week’s topic is “China’s Health Spending: Challenges for the Future”, given by Dr. John Langenbrunner from the World Bank. As usual, this is free and open to all, and it’s becoming a nice social event …

Those of you interested in the state of China’s healthcare should scoot over to the Lancet’s current magazine, available for free online (partly, with free registration). The Lancet, one of the world’s top medical journals, has been running an almost-annual series of articles on China’s healthcare. This year’s articles are top notch, and fascinating even …

I’m very happy to report that my website has been chosen as one of China’s top ten blogs. This list was put out by one of my top ten blogs, at Asia Healthcare Blog (Top China Blogs. The Best China Reads, Generation 20.10).Their spinoff, chinahealthcareblog.com, is a must read for anyone seriously interested in following …

I’m glad that my recent series of articles on expatitis has picked up some steam in the community. I’d like to give a big thanks to reporter Todd Balazovic at China Daily for picking up on this. In his article (It’s a wild, wild life for expats), he expands on the basic themes I laid out and …