HIV Treatment Starts Faster in Chongqing, But Gaps Persist, Five-Year Study Finds
A five-year study of more than 34,000 newly diagnosed HIV patients in Chongqing, China, shows rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation improved ...
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Nursing students see community nurses as mothers, shields and even air
A study of 216 Chinese undergraduate nursing students found they conceptualize the community nursing role through metaphors of nurturers, guardians, ...
China’s Yingyangbao Supplement Slashes Childhood Anemia in Poor Rural Areas
An eight-year surveillance study in Hunan Province found that anemia prevalence among children aged 6 to 23 months fell nearly ...
Hidden Scourge: Genital Tuberculosis Strikes Young Women and Evades Diagnosis
A five-year Chinese hospital study of 5,123 women with tuberculosis shows that genital tuberculosis overwhelmingly strikes women in their twenties, ...
Physical Fitness Linked to Lower Depression Risk in Chinese Teens, Study of 10,000 Finds
A study of 10,327 Chinese adolescents aged 12 to 17 found that those with the lowest health-related physical fitness were ...
Tuberculosis and Diabetes Care Remain Fragmented in the World’s Highest-Burden Countries
A systematic review of 51 studies finds that tuberculosis and diabetes services in China, India, and Indonesia remain largely fragmented, ...
Diabetes Is Quietly Undermining Tuberculosis Treatment in Southeastern China
A five-year surveillance study in Fujian Province found that diabetes comorbidity among pulmonary tuberculosis patients rose from 7.3 to 12.1 ...
One in Five Healthcare Workers Faces Digital Violence, Major Chinese Survey Finds
A survey of 3,408 healthcare workers in Heilongjiang Province, China, finds that 22.4 percent experienced digital violence in the past ...
Male Psychiatric Nurses in China Reveal How Double Stigma Forges Professional Identity
A qualitative study of 16 male psychiatric nurses in China finds that professional identity develops gradually through pragmatic entry, double ...
Hepatitis B Vaccine Response Holds Steady in Children with G6PD Deficiency, Study Finds
A cross-sectional study in southern China found no statistically detectable difference in hepatitis B vaccine antibody persistence or reported post-vaccination ...
Who Leaves the Hospital Ready? Study Maps the Factors That Shape Recovery After Brain Aneurysm Surgery
A Chinese study of patients undergoing interventional embolization for intracranial aneurysms finds discharge readiness is only moderate and that residence, ...
Depression and Anxiety After Birth Travel Together: Study Maps Three Postpartum Paths
A longitudinal study of 474 Chinese mothers has mapped three distinct joint trajectories of postpartum depression and anxiety, revealing that ...
Why Breast Cancer Survivors Skip Lymphedema Screening: Beliefs, Barriers and Blind Spots
A qualitative study of 20 Chinese breast cancer survivors, framed by the health belief model, reveals that limited knowledge, underestimated ...
Brucellosis Resurges in Shandong as Two-Decade Study Reveals Rising Risk With Age and Birth Cohort
A twenty-year analysis of surveillance data from Shandong Province shows brucellosis incidence surged 75.3 percent annually between 2009 and 2015, ...
Smarter Prostate Cancer Screening: Blood Test Strategy Cuts Costs and Unnecessary Biopsies in China
A modeling study finds that adding the Prostate Health Index to prostate cancer screening in Chinese men is cost-effective, especially ...
Only Three in Ten: Online STI Self-Sampling Struggles to Win Trust Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Southern China
A survey of 984 men who have sex with men in Guangdong Province found only 30.1 percent were willing to ...
When Parents Decide: Confucian Ethics Drive Moral Distress in Chinese Pediatric Nurses
A qualitative study of 12 Chinese pediatric nurses traces how Confucian relational ethics generate, amplify, and constrain moral distress, pointing ...
Two-Thirds of Oral Cancer Patients in China Show Cognitive Impairment on Screening
A cross-sectional study of 567 oral cancer patients in Hunan, China, found that 67.4 percent screened positive for cognitive impairment ...
Most Women Know Folic Acid Prevents Birth Defects, Yet Few Take It Correctly, Study Finds
A large mixed-methods study of Chinese women finds that while nearly all know folic acid prevents neural tube defects, fewer ...
When Cancer Treatment Consumes Life: Lymphoma Patients Reveal the Hidden Burden of Time Toxicity
A qualitative study of young and middle-aged lymphoma patients in China reveals how the cumulative time demands of cancer treatment ...
