When Web-surfer "Lachesis" found there were no anorexia support websites in China, she decided to set up an online group on Douban.com, a well-known social website in China.

The causes of anorexia nervosa are not clear, but experts believe biological and environmental factors and the current culture of being slim and popularity of dieting contribute to the illness.

Obsessing about body weight can be a debilitating, even fatal, condition, and it is affecting more and more of China's young.

Liu Sen has long struggled with adversity. The 14-year-old grew up in impoverished conditions and has lived with his grandmother, Li Genzhen, 83, ever since his parents died of AIDS when he was very young.

Eleven suspects involved in refining and selling gutter oil stood trial in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, on Tuesday.

China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd hopes to source 100 percent of its raw milk supply from large-scale farms.

Serious illness in the family is always disturbing, and when you are in a foreign country with a totally unfamiliar healthcare system, it can get downright traumatic.

Australian scientists are undertaking ground-breaking research into spider venom for use in medicine to fight breast cancer.

The health department of the US state of Oklahoma confirmed two more deaths of West Nile virus, bringing the state's death toll to three this week.