Chien lung biography of michael jackson
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Excerpt from Introduction for Global Medicine in China
INTRODUCTION
Diasporic Medicine
IN FEBRUARY , Chinese Canadian doctor Jean Chiang arrived in Yan’an, the main Communist stronghold in China.1 She described “miserable” living conditions.2 Often built in caves, Yan’an’s local hospitals in had no telephones, no centralized offices, and no record keeping. Patients had to bring their own bedding, which was frequently ridden with lice. As a result, typhus spread. Patients were examined on heated slabs of concrete, or kangs, which took up the entire length of an examination room, so that a doctor or nurse seeking to cross the room had to crawl over them. Patients suffering from emergency conditions often waited up to three hours for a stretcher. Women had trouble obtaining natal care and safe abortions. In one cave, two people were killed when the walls and ceiling collapsed. Chiang’s team immediately went to work addressing these conditions. She and her colleagues replac
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Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Oncol. Jul;10(7)– doi: /JTO
Abstract
Introduction
Results from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trials (CT) demonstrated no increase in the risk of lung cancer in postmenopausal women treated with hormone therapy. We conducted a joint analysis of the WHI observational study data and CT data to further explore the association between estrogen and estrogen-related reproductive factors and lung cancer risk.
Methods
Reproductive history, oral contraceptive (OC) use, and postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) was evaluated in , women with known HT exposures. Follow-up for lung cancer was through September 17, ; 2, incident lung cancer cases were ascertained, with median follow-up of 14 years.
Results
For all lung cancers, women with previous use of estrogen plus progestin of < 5 years (HR=; 95% CI ) were at reduced risk. A limited number of reproductive factors demonstrated ass
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Coco Lee
Chinese-American singer (–)
Coco Lee (Chinese: 李玟; 17 January – 5 July ) was a Chinese-American singer, songwriter and actress.[3][4] She is widely regarded as a significant figure and a primadonna. Her career marked the modernization of pop music in Asia and influenced many other artists. Her career began in in Hong Kong, and she gained early fame in Taiwan through a series of successful albums, establishing herself as an icon in Asia. During her life, she lived in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United States and Mainland China. Her diverse cultural experiences shaped her background and laid the foundation for her success in the entertainment industry. She released 18 studio albums, two live albums, and fem compilation albums.[5][6]
Lee has been described as 'Asian Mariah Carey' and "enormously influential".[7][8] She was also noted for her Americanized dance routines.[9] She voiced the lead character Fa M