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Whether you have been living in China for years, or just arrived, the environment in Shanghai is unique. Language, traffic, air quality, and cultural differences can be challenging. And if a..

Feng XIE, Chief Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

Children’s growth and development refers to the overall process involving both physical and psychological development from birth to maturity.  Limb development is the most observable one. A..

Private: Laura JORDHEN, Chief of Family Medicine, UFH Family Medicine Fellowship-Preceptor

You may have heard some of the myths about influenza (and other) vaccinations, but read on ahead for some good advice on how vaccines keep you and your family healthy. Myths..

Chengjie SHEN, OBGYN Physician, Associate Chief Physician

Recently, the HPV vaccine has become a hot topic, and the outpatient department almost every day gives consultations about HPV, the cervical cancer vaccine and abnormal cervical cancer scree..

Jun WANG, Surgeon

After growing increasingly popular in the West overthe past decade, bariatric surgery, also known as weight-loss surgery,is now available at Shanghai United Family Hospital (SHU). For people..

Private: Jeanette BURKSCHAT, Section Chief of the Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, Specialist for Otorhinolaryngology (ENT)

Summertime, sunshine and swimming pools – we all like this time of the year. This is also the time of the year when the number of external ear infections increases. Otitis externa is a comm..

Richard EPSTEIN, Medical Oncologist

Nowadays, the travel destination of high-end Chinese elites has almost stretched to most hot tourist spots on the globe, even occasionally including the Polar Regions in which some adventure..

Chengjie SHEN, OBGYN Physician, Associate Chief Physician

Pregnancy is a happy journey, but sometimes there will be some ”small annoyances.”  Today, we will talk about UTI in pregnancy. What is a UTI? Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common ..

Feelings of Inferiority Inferiority is a negative sense of self-evaluation and self-consciousness. All of us have feelings of inferiority at one time or another. Alfred Adler, the master psy..

Private: Richeller YLING, Neonatologist

Treatment There is no proven treatment for colic and drugs are not recommended. Management is generally conservative and involves reassurance of parents. 1. Changing milk- Incidence of colic..