A patient who had been paralyzed for two years due to a spinal cord injury is able to stand and walk independently, thanks to a brain-spine interface device that was implanted at Shanghai's Zhongshan Hospital.The patient is the world's first with total paraplegia to be able to stand and walk with the help of the minimally invasive BSI technology, the hospital announced on Tuesday.The pat...
Shanghai's Zhongshan Hospital says its clinical research, which uses one diabetes medicine plus medium-intensity lifestyle intervention, can enable 44 percent of obese or overweight diabetic patients to resume a healthy glucose level and stop taking medicine.The research has attracted international attention – a number of foreign hospitals and facilities have been in touch with the hospital...
After four months of trial operation, the world's largest endoscopy center announced its official opening at Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai on Wednesday, offering high-end and timely health care to patients and training for medical professionals from all over the world.The new center, which has its own building at 160 Fenglin Road in downtown Xuhui District, vowed to provide patients service...
Some medical professionals are not only clinical experts, but also inventors, which helps boost medical development and improve treatment outcomes.Zhongshan Hospital signed agreements on Thursday with companies to transfer ten scientific research achievements. The agreements were worth more than 100 million yuan (US$13.77 million).The projects involve self-developed reagents for cardiopathy, gas...
Health education made fun in children's training programsA series of training programs for children to learn about health and disease prevention through specially-designed courses such as self-made soaps and herbal bags has begun.The program is the first of its kind jointly launched by the government, hospitals, schools, businesses, and media to promote cross-border health education for chil...
Combined research on cancer patients' associated heart problemsLocal Western medicine doctors are teaming up with traditional Chinese medicine experts to launch joint research and enhance cooperation on heart damage during immunotherapy for cancer patients, experts announced at a training course launched by Zhongshan Hospital.The course attracted over 100 experts on oncology, caridology, and...
Shanghai doctors share Red Cross spirits from Morocco missionWith World Red Cross Day marked this week, local medics who work on a medical mission in Morocco digitally shared their experiences and stories of Africa and their pursuit of the spirit of the Red Cross.Dr Jiang Yunqi, an orthopedics physician at Zhongshan Hospital and leader of the 196th batch of Chinese Medical Team to Morocco's ...
Endoscopy center to meet local and international demandsThe world's largest endoscopy center is expected to open in Shanghai's Zhongshan Hospital later this year.It will offer high-end and international-standard medical services, as well as process and theory to patients, hospital officials said during the Shanghai Symposium of Endoscopology and Sino-Japan ESD Summit on Saturday.The hosp...
High-quality public hospitals attract expatriate patientsShanghai's Zhongshan Hospital has been named one of the nation's six role models by the National Health Commission on public hospital renovation, medical reform, professional capability, talent training and academic communication.To boost the high-quality development of public hospitals, the national authority has introduced guidel...
TV gala aims to raise awareness of rare diseasesWith the theme of "1 in 10,000," a gala sharing the stories of patients with rare diseases, scientific and medical professionals' devotion to patient care, new drug development and governmental and social support such as favorable policies and voluntary programs is being aired by Shanghai Education TV Station on Thursday, Friday and ...
