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Gene-sequencing company leads advances in precision medicine

From Mongolia to Oakland, a desperate quest to save a child

In the days after his 5-year-old daughter died from a rare brain disease, Gan-Erdene Ganbat’s desperate focus turned to his younger child, Nomin.

Saving women’s lives in Mongolia through cancer screening

Sharav Otgontsetseg, 37, from Ulaanbaatar’s Songino-Khairkhan district in Mongolia considers herself very lucky.

Thailand’s Bumrungrad eyes overseas growth as home demand slows

Bumrungrad Hospital Pcl, Thailand’s second-largest hospital operator, is looking for opportunities to expand in Vietnam, Myanmar and China, after a domestic political crisis prompted it to cut its revenue target this year.

New hospital to address Mongolia’s cancer crisis

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Mongolians are investing more money in their health and consequently, living longer, healthier lives.

Local ‘Denan Project’ Members Visit Hospital Project in Mongolia

ROXBURY – Three Litchfield County representatives from the Woodbury-based charity The Denan Project recently returned from Mongolia, where they met with staff and patients of a new hospital to which the charity provides critical support.

Denan Project of Woodbury Provides Free Health Care to 50,000 Globally

Dick Young is quite the world traveler.

Goodwill through the language of CE

8/15/2014 - BULGON, Mongolia -- U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brede Grorud and Mongolian Armed Forces Sgt. Erdenetsogt Bachuluun, electricians participating in Pacific Angel 14-4, stand in the poorly lit gymnasium of Bulgon, a Mongolian primary school, effortlessly repairing the building's electrical system though they are unable to speak the same language.

Pacific Angel 14-4 Mongolia Eye Exams

8/15/2014 - Capt. Ben Kolle, an optometrist assigned to the 374th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, gives a Mongolian citizen an eye exam as part of Pacific Angel 14-4 in Bulgan, Mongolia, Aug. 15, 2014.

Desert dust events may trigger myocardial infarctions

(HealthDay)—Exposure to Asian dust (AD), a windblown sand dust originating from mineral soil in China and Mongolia, a few days before symptom onset is associated with the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), according to a study published online July 29 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes.

Mongolia’s medical community open to providing care for transgender individuals

By Margaux Maxwell and Mathilde Michaud

Young Man from Mongolia Thanks Locals for Helping Him Through Life-Saving Surgery

(ABC 6 News) -- A young man from Mongolia is in Rochester to say thanks to the church and family that saved his life twelve years ago.

Black pepper saves life in an emergency

People’s Pharmacy on black pepper to stop bleeding, the risks of statins and mosquito-bite relief.

Mongolia marks World Blood Donor Day

Mongolia marked the World Blood Donor Day on Saturday, June 14, under the motto, “Safe blood for saving mothers”.

Powerful lesson can be learned from terrible Black Death

There is a powerful lesson from the medieval plague and the terrible Black Death.

NHIS boss addresses forum on universal health coverage in South Korea

Ghana’s growing and leading Health Insurance model was once again a case study and subject of discussion at an International forum on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) organized in Seoul, South Korea.

EPA Funds University Research on Cleaner Fuel Burning to Improve Air Quality

The World Health Organization estimates that cookstove smoke accounts for over 4 million premature deaths annually

Medical tourism figures on the rise

A 38-year-old woman from Khabarovsk, Russia, suffered from infertility throughout her 20-year marriage.

Infographic: 12 bizarre hangover cures

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If you regularly reach for a hangover cure, just be thankful you don't live in Mongolia.

Journey Fellowship Church in Slidell helps Mongolian girl receive lifesaving heart surgery

Three-year-old Suvd-Erdene, "Suvda," and her aunt are traveling to New Orleans from Mongolia so Suvda can receive lifesaving heart surgery.