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France advises 30,000 to have breast implants removed 

December 25, 2011
France advises 30,000 to have breast implants removed 

France’s health ministry has said there is no cancer risk from breast implants made by local firm PIP but recommended to the 30,000 women with implants to have them removed after eight cases of cancer. France’s health ministry on Friday advised 30,000 women with breast implants made by French firm PIP to have them removed [...]

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Social isolation speeds up growth of breast cancer

September 30, 2009
Social isolation speeds up growth of breast cancer

U.S. researchers found a depressing, socially isolated environment can alter the biology of a disease and speed up the growth of breast cancer, according to media report Wednesday. The findings, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, showed that social isolation can actually change the expression of genes important in the growth of mammary gland [...]

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Unexplained cancer deaths in delta village spooks residents

June 26, 2009

A very high incidence of cancer and resultant deaths in a Mekong Delta village in recent years has its residents living in fear and pain while health officials are clueless about cause. There are unconfirmed suspicions that presence of wartime chemicals in Bac Lieu Province’s Doi Village, a former military base, could be a factor, [...]

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Bra marketers make bogus claims of cancer prevention: officials

June 17, 2009
Bra marketers make bogus claims of cancer prevention: officials

The Vietnamese importer of a type of bra made in Taiwan has been exaggerating the manufacturer’s claims of the bra’s health-giving properties without government approval, according to a health ministry official. The illegal brassiere that the marketer claims prevents and treats breast cancer.LookAtVietnam – The Vietnamese importer of a type of bra made in Taiwan [...]

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Bra marketers make bogus claims of cancer prevention: officials

June 16, 2009
Bra marketers make bogus claims of cancer prevention: officials

The illegal brassiere that the marketer claims prevents and treats breast cancer The Vietnamese importer of a type of bra made in Taiwan has been exaggerating the manufacturer’s claims of the bra’s health-giving properties without government approval, according to a health ministry official. The Hanoi-based multilevel marketing company Thien Ngoc Minh Uy Co. Ltd. has [...]

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A mother’s love

May 27, 2009
A mother’s love

Famous overseas singer Y Lan (L) with her mother, legendary singer Thai Thanh, who Lan says is her biggest blessing Through all the hardships of her life, from leaving Vietnam in the 1980s to battling breast cancer in her fifties, overseas Vietnamese singing sensation Y Lan says it was her mother’s love that kept her [...]

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Breast cancer poses deadly threat to young women: health expert

April 8, 2009
Breast cancer poses deadly threat to young women: health expert

LookAtVietnam – More and more women, particularly those under 30 years old, are at risk of breast cancer in Viet Nam, according to Nguyen Ba Duc, head of the country’s National Cancer Institute. A breast cancer patient is being treated at a Ha Noi cancer centre.He said breast cancer killed more women than any other [...]

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Study shows pregnancy doesn’t worsen breast cancer

February 10, 2009
Study shows pregnancy doesn’t worsen breast cancer

Pregnant women who develop breast cancer have no difference in odds of death compared to other young breast cancer patients, said a study published Monday in the journal Cancer. The study is one of the largest to examine whether breast cancer hits pregnant women harder than other women. It contradicted some smaller, earlier studies that [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...