The current issue of the newly revamped CityWeekend Beijing Parents & Kids magazine includes an air pollution story where I discuss tips on what you and your family can do to protect yourself while living here in Beijing. It’s essentially a follow-up study of my piece last autumn discussing my one week project walking around …

In the spirit of end of year lists, I thought people would be interested to see the most popular pages of 2009. As you can see, by far the most popular subject was air pollution. But there’s an overall common theme of Beijing-specific content that really caught on, including tips for ayis and the dreaded …

I’m very pleased that December ended on a high note for MyHealthBeijing, and I am very thankful to all my readers. This last month had interviews in China Daily, CityWeekend Beijing, and Radio Beijing. Now there is a Spotlight interview in the current bi-monthly Agenda magazine (Doctor Richard Speaks – Interview with MD Richard Saint Cyr, …

Last week I had the pleasure of a long 20 minute radio interview with Chloe from Radio Beijing, the bilingual radio station. Playing on AM radio 774 as well as the internet, they are part of the NetFM group. They have a weekly City Rhythm broadcast, and last week we had a good talk about preventive medicine …

OK, this has nothing to do with medicine — but, it’s a shame not to get free stuff, and many of your points expire in 2 days with the new year! Anyone that has a China Mobile phone accrues points, which you can use for free gifts on their website (in chinese only) at jf.chinamobile.com. …

Happy Holidays from MyHealthBeijing! I’ll be taking a few days off these next couple weeks. I wish you all a wonderful time and hope we all take advantage of these days to remember that our loved ones always come first…

I’m very flattered that CityWeekend has noticed my website and recently interviewed me for their latest edition, available now. You can view the article online here.

I’m very pleased to report that today’s China Daily has an interview and article about my website. It’s in the Metro section, lead article, part of a review of the air quality and automobile situation in Beijing. Here is the website link to the article.

There is a lot of press these days about the messy state of health care in the US. One issue less apparent now but a major issue in the future is the shrinking percentage of medical school graduates entering primary care (family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine). One reason is the massive debt load that medical …

Today is Thanksgiving in the US. It’s my favorite holiday, as all my relatives will gather in my mother’s house and feast for hours. It truly is a nice way to think about the previous 12 months and realize what indeed you are thankful for. Here in Beijing, I’m thankful that I found the wonderful …

I am very proud to report that this website has been peer-reviewed by the NGO Health On the Net Foundation, and was certified for inclusion in their HONcode list of the most ethical and trustworthy medical websites. More information from them: HON has been created for improving the quality of information intended to both patients …

No, not the virus — the vaccine. My clinic received our shipment of vaccine for staff members, and I was first in line…of a very short line. Yes, many of my staff chose not to take the vaccine, as well as my wife and a majority of Chinese people polled. It’s humbling that I can’t …