Putting China’s rising infertility rate in the proper context requires doing the homework – China Health

www.chinahealthcareblog.com — The last couple of weeks have seen many news outlets covering China’s rising rate of infertility. The tone of the coverage has been panicky, and critical, in equal measure. Let’s look at how this story has been distorted, and how it can be corrected by means of a better opening sentence.

full story »

Putting China’s rising infertility rate in the proper context requires doing the homework

Login or register to post comments
487 reads

Submitted by Damjan_D

1 year 47 weeks ago

Tags:

2 Comments

wdbox 1 year 47 weeks ago

Good piece.

Damjan_D 1 year 47 weeks ago

I appreciate it. Just trying to give the full story...24/7 reporting cycle gets lazy sometimes.

Who Hao/Bu Hao'd It?

Similar Stories on HHR

The Back Story on 'Himalayan Viagra' - China Real Time Report - WSJ - 1 week 2 days ago

China's appetite for an obscure fungus found on caterpillars and foraged in remote regions of Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan has pushed prices to levels usually reserved for precious metals. But the competition for retrieving them can sometimes prove fatal. It is known as yarchagumba to some, Himalayan Viagra to others, and it fetches as much as $11,500 per pound.

The 5 Chinese Elements of Personality - 1 week 5 days ago

According to traditional Chinese culture, everyone's behavior and personality is determined by which of the five elements is dominant and which they are deficient in. What's your personality type?

An Awkward Conversation about Traditional Chinese Medicine - 2 weeks 1 day ago

A normal conversation with a student takes a strange turn.

Little Girl Gets Hand Cut Off, Grafted To Foot - 4 weeks 1 day ago

Nine-year-old Ming Li is just like any other little Chinese girl. Except she has to walk to school uphill both ways and still got run over and her hand cut off by a tractor. At the time, her arm was in such poor shape reattaching the hand was an impossibility. Thankfully, quick-thinking doctors were able to graft it to her foot while her arm healed, and successfully reattach it 3-months later.

Nature Traditional Asian Medicine Supplement - 5 weeks 2 days ago

Using scientific techniques to investigate the claims of traditional medicine as practised in countries such as China and Japan can help sort effective treatments from unfounded superstitions — and perhaps give modern medicine a few insights into holistic approaches borne from thousands of years of herbal remedies.

The cautionary tale of how China came to have the world's highest C-section rate. - 5 weeks 2 days ago

In Chinese hospitals studied in 2007 and 2008, 46 percent of babies were born though cesarean section—the highest documented rate in the world.
Interspersed with photos of pretty pregnant women, in a lavender font, Netease listed its six top reasons why women in China might opt for cesarean section.

China bird flu victim dies in Shenzhen city - 5 weeks 4 days ago

A man who had been diagnosed with China's first case of bird flu in more than a year has died in the southern city of Shenzhen, health officials say.

The 39-year-old bus driver was admitted to hospital with pneumonia but tested positive for the bird flu virus.

More Aflatoxin -- Toxic mildew found in peanuts - 5 weeks 5 days ago

Chinese food safety regulators in the southern city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province yesterday found carcinogenic mildew in peanuts and cooking oil.

The cancer-causing substance, called aflatoxin, triggered public concern this week after being found in milk products from dairy giant Mengniu.

Fudan University Cancer Center changes patient's invoice name to "Drop dead Zhang" - 5 weeks 6 days ago

How do you damage the reputation of one of the nation's top universities and its affiliates? Why, by letting stupid interns change the name of your institution's cancer patients to make fun of their terminal illness, of course!

Association for the health and development of Chinese immigrants created in Barcelona - 6 weeks 7 hours ago

The Shui Di (水滴) Association for Health and Development is a non-profit organization that has been created in order to assist the Chinese immigrant population living in the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan area.