Saturday, January 03, 2004

News

Chinese tea 'may cure jaundice': A herbal tea used widely in China to treat jaundice could soon be used by doctors in the West. Scientists in the United States have found that Yin Zhi Huang (YZH) can stop the build-up of a type of bile that causes the condition.

WHO lauds China over suspected SARS case: The World Health Organization lauded medical officials in southern China for their efforts to determine whether a sickened man has SARS—praise that was welcomed Saturday by a government initially denounced for its sluggish response to the disease.

Valuable oracle bones unearthed in NW China: Chinese archaeologists have discovered two oracle bones, including one inscribed with the most number of characters ever in a single find, in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

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