January 17, 2012
A patient at the Vietnam Central Tropical Diseases Hospital with a contagious brain inflammation condition. A patient in northern Vietnam was Friday confirmed to have a contagious brain inflammation that could be fatal. At least five such cases have been reported in Ho Chi Minh City since December last year. The 21-year-old woman, identified as T.T.T., tested [...]
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January 16, 2012
Many overseas Vietnamese scientists have been returning to the country in recent years to work in education and research, and they are troubled by the indifference shown towards both pure science and their return. Educational institutions needed to be more enthusiastic about pure science or the country would suffer a severe brain drain that could last for a [...]
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October 22, 2011
BÃ Äá» (pumpkin squash) is considered as a natural brain tonic and it also helps prevent cancer and relieve constipation BÃ Äá» (pumpkin squash), a popular and cheap vegetable at any market and supermarket, contains three times more beta-carotene higher than liver, and five times more than a carrot. In the body, beta-carotene is transformed [...]
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April 12, 2011
Dogs and cats are the leading cause of rabies around the world. Rabies is a viral disease transmitted trough saliva that causes acute encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain. It is almost always fatal if appropriate treatment is not provided in time. Once the symptoms appear, the disease will always lead to death, in spite [...]
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April 11, 2011
Scientists say they have moved a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain after finding a way to map both the connections and functions of nerve cells in the brain together for the first time. In a study in the journal Nature on Sunday, researchers from Britain’s University College London (UCL) [...]
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February 11, 2011
Professor Allan Snyder displays a “thinking cap” (R) on a glass head at the University of Sydney. Scientists in Australia say they are encouraged by initial results of a revolutionary “thinking cap” that aims to promote creativity by passing low levels of electricity through the brain. The device, which consists of two conductors fastened to [...]
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February 8, 2011
Photo illustration of a brain scan. Human brains have shrunk over the past 30,000 years, puzzling scientists who argue it is not a sign we are growing dumber but that evolution is making the key motor leaner and more efficient. Human brains have shrunk over the past 30,000 years, puzzling scientists who argue it is [...]
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October 31, 2009
Controversy over a new type of brain surgery for epileptic patients is putting pressure on the Ministry of Health to make an official statement on the procedure’s efficacy. Dr. Pham Ty.LookAtVietnam – Controversy over a new type of brain surgery for epileptic patients, being performed at a hospital in the country’s central region, is putting [...]
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October 16, 2009
The Prime Minister has ordered an investigation into a central hospitalâs brain surgery unit after local media reported that epilepsy surgery there was leaving people paralyzed and with brain damage. The results of the investigation by the Ministry of Health will be released by October 30, according to a statement posted on the government website [...]
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October 14, 2009
Cell phone users might take more risks to come down with brain tumors, according to media reports Wednesday quoting latest research from U.S. Photo: XinhuanetIn earlier research, scientists did find a weak link between cell phone and brain tumors, whereas there was no clear indication of what risk the cell phone users were taking. “We cannot make [...]
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