A doctor provides checkups and information on Parkinson's disease in a rural community in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Shi Yucheng/For China Daily] BEIJING -- Doctors Thursday called for immediate diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease when about 1.7 percent of Chinese people above 65 were overtaken by this disease. Early diagnosis and intervention of doctors is very important for controlling Parkinson's disease, which is chronic progressive, said Chen Biao, chairman of the China Parkinson Alliance and chief of the Parkinson's Disease Research and Treatment Center of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, at an event on the World Parkinson's Disease Day, which falls on Thursday. China now has about 500 clinics for Parkinson's disease, where patients can receive interdisciplinary long-term treatment, Chen said. It is not the end of the world when a person is caught by this disease, said Chen Haibo, director of the Neurology Department of Beijing Hospital, at the same event. With professional treatment and intervention patients can live a quality life. The China Parkinson Alliance sponsored the National Parkinson's Disease Free Clinic Week, joined by 60 hospitals, to increase public awareness of the disease. China has more than 3 million Parkinson's disease patients, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total in the world, according to the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders. create your own silicone wristbandwristband-homemedical id silicone wristbandscartier rubber braceletrainbow silicone wristbands
People fill the street after the 6.7-magnitude earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, April 18, 2019. [Photo/IC] TAIPEI - A 6.7 magnitude earthquake jolted a sea area near Hualien county in Taiwan at 1:01 pm Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The quake lasted for about 10 seconds and lamps shook sharply inside buildings in Taipei. Many people screamed when the strongest earthquake this year rocked Taiwan. TV footage showed the earthquake smashed glass in buildings in Hualien, where the earthquake's highest intensity on Taiwan's 7-tier intensity scale was felt. The epicenter was monitored at 24.02 degrees north latitude and 121.65 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 24 km, the center said. No immediate casualties were reported. create your own silicone wristbandcartier rubber braceletcystic fibrosis rubber braceletssilicone wristbands australiarubber message bracelets<%2fcenter>
