1.   She said all of them used medicines based on bear bile to treat disorders ranging from cancer to hepatitis.

2.   Traditional Asian medicine holds that bear bile can help treat a variety of maladies, from eye disease to hepatitis to cancer.

3.   Bear gall bladders and pills made of bear bile are being sold illegally at Chinese medicine shops throughout tightly controlled Singapore, animal welfare groups said Thursday.

4.   Four Chinese nationals were arraigned Monday on charges they tried to smuggle bear bile, musk deer testicles and other purported aphrodisiacs into the United States.

5.   After being tipped off by animal rights groups, the police bought medication in Chinatown allegedly made of rhinoceros horn, tiger penises and bone, and bear bile.

6.   The bear bile was extracted from Asiatic black bears, which are endangered and are protected by an international treaty that prohibits trade of the animals or their parts.