LONDON,  (Xinhua) — Music could reduce rejection of heart transplants in mice by influencing the immune system, researchers said in a study published on Friday.

In the latest issue of British journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, researchers from Japan explained their experiment with mice that received surgeries of heart transplant.

Though the transplanted organs usually fail in seven or eight days due to rejection, their lives could be prolonged significantly if …

MAPUTO, March 24 (Xinhua) — At least 10 people were killed in a cholera outbreak in Mozambique’s northern province of Nampula, local health authorities reported on Saturday.
The authorities fear the deteriorating of the situation with more than 1,000 cases reported between February and March.
In a statement, the authorities said apart from poor sanitation, heavy rains in January and February were the main cause of the water-born disease.
The rains have left shallow waters …

LOS ANGELES—On the one-year anniversary of the passing of Elizabeth Taylor, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS group, noted that Taylor’s groundbreaking legacy on AIDS continues to live on.

Taylor, who died last year in Los Angeles at 79, was a fearless and …

VIENNA, March 21 (Xinhua) — Pregnancy doesn’t necessarily mean an increased risk of recurrence for hormone-dependent breast cancer patients, according to a new study released Wednesday at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Vienna.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women of childbearing age. As more women started a family later in life and the survival rate of breast cancer patients has improved in modern society, the number of patients who intended to have children …

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) — About 900,000 cases of active tuberculosis (TB) were discovered and treated in 2011, including 423,000 infectious cases, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced Monday at a press conference.

Xiao Donglou, a health inspector from the MOH, said at the press conference that China improved its ability to prevent and control TB last year, focusing on HIV/TB co-infections and cases of TB among the country’s migrant population.

Xiao said 1,701 HIV/TB co-infections were reported last year, as well …

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KATHMANDU, March 18 (Xinhua) — Thousands of chicken have died of bird flu at a poultry farm in Dallu, Nepali capital Kathmandu, according to Dr. Ram Krishna Khatiwada, program director at the Animal Health Directorate said Sunday.

The Directorate collected samples of dead chicken from the Dallu Layer farm on March 13 after its owner, Ranga Nath Poudel, reported death of chicken at the farm.

About 15,160 …

HONG KONG, March 17 (Xinhua) — A preliminary testing of a dead house crow found in Hong Kong’s Shek Kip Mei area has tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said Saturday.

The dead bird was found and collected at a planter next to a petrol filling station, outside Tai Hang Tung Recreation Ground on March 15.

The AFCD said further confirmatory tests are being conducted and …

SAO PAULO, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva finished his cancer treatment Friday and left the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo, hospital sources said.

Lula, who was in office from January 2003 to December 2011, would continue his recovery at home, and undergo medical examinations every four or six weeks, his medical team at the hospital said in a statement. He is not allowed to join the …

Supported by Global Art Group and Mironova International Art Group, the sale of the artwork benefits Vodianova’s Naked Heart Foundation

NEW YORK-Supermodel Natalia Vodianova held the annual benefit gala to raise funds for her Naked Heart Foundation on February 11th in Moscow. American artist David Datuna donated a portrait of Vodianova for a special auction held by Simon de Pury of Phillips de Pury & Company …

KATHMANDU, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) — More traces of bird flu or the H5N1 virus has been found in Eastern Nepal.
Around 8,000 chickens have died of the virus in the past few days in Sunsari district, east of Nepal.
Although it has been confirmed that the virus caused the deaths of the chickens, the samples have been sent to the United Kingdom for further investigation.
The district has been set on high alert to prevent …