6 d. ago China ‘PhD village’ reaches 33 doctorates, celebrates another doctoral student

A village in southeastern China has earned the nickname “PhD Village” due to its remarkable achievement of producing 33 offspring who have obtained doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, both domestically and internationally. Pengdao Village, part of Nanan City in Fujian province, gained widespread attention at the end of August after a video showcasing a grand scholarship presentation held at the local ancestral clan hall went viral, as reported by the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald. This...

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6 d. ago China’s ‘PhD village’ celebrates another doctoral student, brings total to 33

A village in southeastern China has earned the nickname “PhD Village” due to its remarkable achievement of producing 33 offspring who have obtained doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, both domestically and internationally. Pengdao Village, part of Nanan City in Fujian province, gained widespread attention at the end of August after a video showcasing a grand scholarship presentation held at the local ancestral clan hall went viral, as reported by the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald. This...

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9 d. ago Chinese doctor accused of attempting to smuggle cancer research from US to China

Chinese doctor accused of attempting to smuggle cancer research from US to China  Fox News

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2 w. ago China doctors remove 2kg hairball from girl’s stomach – caused by six

Doctors in China had to remove a 2 kg “hair ball” from the stomach of a teenage girl after she became addicted to pulling out and eating her own hair over a six-year period. In July, the 15-year-old, nicknamed Nini, from Henan province in central China, went to Wuhan Children’s Hospital in the neighbouring province of Hubei with her mother. The girl was extremely thin, standing at 1.6m but weighing only 35kg. Also, she had not menstruated for six months, the Hubei Daily reported. Her mother...

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2 w. ago China doctors remove 2kg hairball from girl’s stomach – caused by 6

Doctors in China had to remove a 2 kg “hair ball” from the stomach of a teenage girl after she became addicted to pulling out and eating her own hair over a six-year period. In July, the 15-year-old, nicknamed Nini, from Henan province in central China, went to Wuhan Children’s Hospital in the neighbouring province of Hubei with her mother. The girl was extremely thin, standing at 1.6m but weighing only 35kg. Also, she had not menstruated for six months, the Hubei Daily reported. Her mother...

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2 w. ago China punishes medical bosses after doctor abandons surgery to defend lover

Several top university and hospital administrators in China have been held accountable after a noted thoracic surgeon left an anaesthetised patient for over half an hour to confront a nurse in defence of his mistress, a junior doctor. The punishments respond to widespread public anger over the scandal, which broke in April, as well as questions about hospital management, professional ethics, and accountability within China’s medical institutions. A total of 19 officials from five prestigious...

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