The total investment for the international hot spring resort currently under construction is 2.6 billion yuan (＄400 million).

A new study is advancing the possibility that mentally ill patients who do not respond to conventional therapies may benefit from battery-powered electrodes surgically implanted in their brains.

Insulin theoretically could contribute in that it is anti-apoptotic and mitogenic, whereas glucose might increase the risk by providing an energy source for malignant cells, the researchers explained

A region of DNA that can boost the growth of stem cells has been found in the largest ever study of human embryonic stem cells. The discovery could lead to safer cell therapies, says study co-author Dr Andrew Laslett from CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering. The research by the International Stem Cell Initiative involved 38 laboratories across the globe studying 125 ethnically diverse cell lines in parallel experiments.

Abdominoplasty and/or liposuction offer effective techniques for abdominal contouring to meet the needs of a range of cosmetic surgery patients, depending on the extent of their localized adiposity and skin flaccidity. While conventional abdominoplasty can provide excellent cosmetic results, it is also associated with a fairly high rate of serious wound complications, and there remains a sizeable subgroup of patients seeking body contouring for excess fat accompanied by mild skin laxity who may not benefit sufficiently from liposuction alone.

Scientists have made a key breakthrough in the search for a better treatment for bone marrow cancer. For the first time they have identified the genes responsible for an aggressive form of the disease, called multiple myeloma. Having the genes can increase a person's the risk of developing the condition by 30 per cent, a study has revealed.

A new breakthrough in health technology is showing positive signs in effectively treating cancer.  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are looking to combat cancer by building an immune system perfectly geared to do just that.  The new process involves using the body’s own defense system to kill cancer cells—similar to the way the body is able to fight off infections and diseases and better protect itself against instances of disease in the future.

On 18 November, Richard Grosjean became the first patient to receive a pioneering stem cell treatment in the upper part of the spinal cord. His procedure is part of an ongoing US-based clinical trial to assess the safety of injecting embryonic stem cells into the spinal cords of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Even though 96 percent of the Massachusetts population is covered by some form of health insurance, including the state-subsidized MassHealth program, a strong demand remains for no-cost medical and dental treatment. According to Arthur Peisner, board chairman of Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, there are up to 400,000 uninsured people statewide at any given time, including several thousand in this region.

The future of medicare — and how an aging Canadian population gets that medical care — is taking new shape as the country’s health ministers meet in Halifax. Their goal Friday amid competing provincial interests is to seek common ground on how to reform a system gobbling up an ever-larger share of budgets at an unsustainable rate.