| Chinese Clinic Rapped For Making False Claims
In an adjudication published recently, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has fully upheld the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) complaints about a company in Maidstone, Kent. The Everwell Chinese Medicine Centre was advertising Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs) and making inaccurate and misleading medicinal claims.
The MHRA raised its concerns with the ASA on 10 January 2007, that the public was at risk from claims being made in a leaflet produced by the company. The leaflet said that its Chinese medicines could treat terminal illnesses, as well as a wide range of other health problems such as ME, MS, paralysis, impotence, infertility, psoriais, arthritis, hypertension, blood pressure, strokes and depression, all of which are serious or prolonged medical conditions.
Obama defends foreign policy talk
She said, I don't I think we should talk about it. Well, I think we should talk about it. I think the American people ought to have a debate about our foreign policy because it's so messed up and if we don't talk about it we're going to end up repeating the same mistakes," Obama told an audience at a conference of the National Association of Black Journalists. In April 2006, Clinton was questioned about using nuclear weapons to prevent Iran from escalating its nuclear program. "I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table," she said. The Clinton campaign said her comments were made in a different context. Obama told the group of more than 1,000 reporters and editors that judgment trumped experience and sought to link Clinton to the Bush administration. "Being experienced is not enough.
Chinese medicine crosses cultures, gains in popularity
Picture yourself at a clinic, flipping through magazines. The doctor asks you to go into her office for a chat. She takes your medical history and asks you about your disease. Then she asks you for your wrist. She places three fingers under the bone of your thumb and to the outside of your wrist tendon. She changes the pressure, purses her lips. .
Environment: Surviving Summer's Noxious Brew
The oppressive summer heat may provide the perfect excuse to indulge in ice-cold drinks, lazy weekends and outdoor dining. But for many residents of Beijing and other congested Chinese cities, it's also a season to struggle with dry cough, irritated sinus or even a general fear of going outside. As summer starts to sizzle, the air quality also suffers. And in places such as Beijing, the combination of smog, dust particles, sand and heat all add up to what could seem to be a noxious brew. On occasion, with a little focus, you could actually taste the air. Dr Brent Powis, the World Health Organisation's Beijing environmental consultant, says the hot air fuels "the cocktail chemical mix" that is common during warmer days devoid of wind or rain. "It is worse in the summer," Powis says. "The increasing temperatures can actually increase the levels of ozone in the atmosphere, which can have significant health effects." Medical experts agree the government's push to close or move some large factories out of Beijing, in order to reduce air pollution for next year's Olympic Games, seems to be working.
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