by admin | Nov 19, 2025
About 80,000 people in Hong Kong live in nursing homes and 60 per cent of them suffer varying degrees of swallowing difficulties. That means if food is not prepared to the appropriate texture and size, they risk choking. Often, nursing homes compromise with a puree of...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
The AI-powered clinic was developed by the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) of HKU’s Faculty of Dentistry and the Prince Philip Dental Hospital (PPDH). It is a culmination of research efforts to improve risk assessment, treatment selection and...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
Many studies over the years have shown that city-dwellers benefit greatly from green spaces in urban areas. Now, the surprising discovery is that too much green space may be as bad as too little.Architects at HKU’s Urban Environments and Human Health Lab (UEHH Lab)...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
Dried blood spot cards contain tiny blood samples from newborns that allow for early detection of disease. They also contain valuable information for medical research. But using the cards for research is not a given. Parents worry that if the cards are shared or...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
In so doing, the team have not only revealed the evolutionary origins of genes critical to stem cell biology but also overturned a long-held belief that such transformative capabilities are only found in animal genes.The team, which was led by Dr Ya Gao, Dr Daisylyn...
