My Health Beijing

This month I hit a milestone on my Sina Weibo microblog; I finally reached 10,000 fans. It took more than two years, and I suppose I could have sped it …

I’ve had a great time writing over 500 posts on this blog, but now I’m spending a lot more of my social media time sharing health advice via my medical …

I reached a milestone last month with this blog — I’ve written 500 posts over these wonderful three years.  Here’s a list of the top fifty of all time: my …

On this week’s “health headlines” podcast I discuss a provocative case-control study that suggests that the more dental x-rays people get (especially when under 10 years old), there is a …

I’ve seen a lot of strange headlines for health articles, but last week I saw two that really stood out for sloppy journalism on top of shoddy research. The first …

A couple years ago I wrote a post discussing data showing how some red meats are bad for your heart; now a major new study again confirms this concept. This huge …

Obesity is a major health crisis all over the world now, and it’s clear both to patients and to doctors that losing weight — and keeping it off — is …

Coffee addicts should rejoice at today’s news: another study shows a link between drinking coffee and lowered risk of developing diabetes.

Podcast: TCM has quite a few unusual ingredients, but this bear bile issue really pushes the boundaries…

Podcast: You get what you pay for in China, part 233: cosmetic surgeries in beauty parlors — not a good idea.

This week’s podcast: green tea can help elderly citizen’s quality of life; and the WHO reminds us that 30% of cancers are preventable

We all know far too much about air pollution, but did you know that noise and light pollution can also harm our health?