My Health Beijing

During these hot summer evenings, my wife and I love to bike around Beijing’s hutongs. On every street corner and in every park, generations of families, friends and neighbors dance en …

“Leaves of three, let them be.” Sounds familiar to many of us, yes? This quote refers to the dreaded poison oak and poison ivy, plants which line the hiking trails and woods …

What can you do right now to prevent getting the flu?

As this H7N9 infection slowly gains steam, I thought I’d continue to post some quick updates, on top of my previous article mentioning prevention. I wanted to again mention a fascinating …

I suppose it was inevitable that the rest of China wouldn’t forever be immune to new cases of H7N9, until now limited to our southern China citizens. But yesterday the …

So there’s good news and bad news. The good news is actually really good news: as of today, we have yet to see one case of an H7N9 infected person …

I hope this H7N9 avian flu story stays small, but I’ve been getting a lot of patient questions already this week. So to keep people updated, I thought I would …

I’m a bit maxed out on my air pollution blogging and now am focused more on other environmental issues, such as water safety. A couple months ago I invited the …

I’m a bit sleep deprived these last few days, so please forgive me if I start to ramble. Everyone warned me that becoming a father would permanently destroy my eight hour …

Next week’s Spring Festival will already be my sixth here in Beijing, and Spring Festival Eve is always one of the highlights of my year. My wife and I spend a …

If the tooth fairy gave you 10,000 RMB every year in China that you could only spend on your health, what would you buy? Would you get an air purifier? …

It’s hard enough being a parent anywhere, but adding China-specific hassles could give anyone a headache. Here are my favorite parenting posts from 2012: Cough Syrups For Kids: Do Any …