A new research paper was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on September 30, 2025, titled “Lifestyle and hormonal factors affecting semen quality and sperm DNA integrity: A cross-sectional study.” In this study, Saniya Imtiyaz Chamanmalik, Rajendra B. Nerli, and Pankaja Umarane from KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research and Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre discovered…
A new China youth fashion trend of getting tooth tattoos by engraving words like “get rich” and “ensure success” on their dental caps has trended on mainland social media. Facilitated by dental institutions across the country, which provide tailor-made word or pattern inscriptions on tooth crowns for free to attract customers, according to a report…
BEIJING — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake injured at least 11 people, destroying houses and forcing thousands to relocate Saturday in northwest China’s Gansu province, state media said. The 11 people reported injured were taken to hospitals, state broadcaster CCTV said. Five of six people brought to one hospital were admitted for further treatment, the official Xinhua News…
An elderly man in his eighties has been arrested in Hong Kong for allegedly pulling out a medical tube from a male hospital patient whom he mistook for his wife. According to police, the incident happened on Thursday at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan, where the suspect was visiting his wife. “The…
Two young siblings in southwestern China tragically lost their lives after being stung hundreds of times by wasps, leading to the detention of the farmer raising the bees on charges of negligent homicide. This shocking event occurred on June 28 in a village in Muding county, Yunnan province, where a seven-year-old boy and his two-year-old…
A Hong Kong medical school has pledged to strengthen measures to uphold professional conduct after an exchange student was found to have posted a photo on social media taken inside an operating theatre, with the hospital involved slamming the “inappropriate” behaviour. The remarks on Saturday by the faculty of medicine at the Chinese University of…
A three-year-old boy in China has shocked the nation after he miraculously survived an 18-storey fall from his residential building, thanks to a tree that broke his fall. As a mark of gratitude, the boy’s father later adorned the tree with a large red flower. The incident unfolded on July 15 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province,…
A man in China who performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a woman who collapsed in the street has been accused of groping her chest by online observers. The controversy drew added attention online after the man told the media he was disappointed and frightened by the derogatory comments, Jiupai News reported. The woman collapsed on…
China has come up with a unique solution to address work-related anxiety and depression in burnt-out employees – a “Dislike Going to Work” clinic. This clinic in Hebei province in northern China has gained widespread attention from social media users across the globe. How did this clinic come into existence? The “Dislike Going to Work”…
To the editor: President Trump has threatened tariffs against Russia if a Ukraine peace deal is not reached within 50 days (“Trump threatens Russia with tariffs and boosts U.S. weapons for Ukraine,” July 14). That raises an immediate question for Trump: How many more people need to die? Can you imagine Trump’s rhetoric if President…