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Monday, December 11, 2000, updated at 14:03(GMT+8)
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Sino-US Program to Combat Heart Disease in China

Medical researchers from China and the United States will join hands to combat heart diseases in China.

The Harvard Medical School and Edwards Lifesciences, a leading US researcher and producer of medical products, have launched the Edwards-Harvard Education Program in Beijing.

The program will bring medical teams to China to perform surgery, host lectures for Chinese surgeons, send Chinese medical workers overseas to have professional training and sponsor key surgeons to attend international academic conferences. The program aims to make surgery available to more Chinese patients.

Heart and brain diseases have become a major cause of death in China, accounting for 39.6 per cent of disease related deaths last year, compared with 10.1 per cent in 1957.

Edwards, previously known as the Cardiovascular Business Group of Baxter Health Ltd, has sponsored medical education projects in China since 1998.

With an investment of 1 million U.S. dollars over the past two years, Edwards has provided equipment and facilities for infrastructure in five hospitals in China, and provided opportunities for exchanges among Chinese surgeons and foreign experts.







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