June 1, 2011
Elderly people exercise in a park in Hanoi The article about the challenges of an aging population (issue no.85, Vietnamese elderly face “double health burden”), refers to developments that could have been foreseen much earlier. It was apparent to me in the UK in the 1950s that the pay-as-you-go pension scheme was merely a blank [...]
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April 16, 2011
The elderly have a harder time multi-tasking than young adults because older people are far less nimble at switching neurological connections in their brains between activities, according to research released on Monday. The findings of neuroscientists from the University of California at San Francisco add new insights to a growing body of studies showing [...]
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August 2, 2009
The country celebrates the Day for War Martyrs and Invalids annually on July 27. Many efforts are being made all over the country to help families of war martyrs find remains of their family members. Soldiers of Kon Tum Province and family members of war martyrs search for the remains of fallen soldiers.LookAtVietnam – The [...]
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June 30, 2009
A link between the diabetes treatment Lantus and cancer as suggested by studies “cannot be confirmed nor excluded,” and need further research, according to medical experts Tuesday. A diabetic patient injects himself with insulin at the J.W.C.H. safety-net clinic in the center of Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles July 30, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)Lantus made [...]
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March 26, 2009
People in old age who lack family and friends, or who feel lonely despite having others around them, tend to be in poorer physical and mental health, a new study released by Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows. Researchers found that among roughly 3,000 U.S. adults ages 57 to 85, those with few social [...]
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March 24, 2009
Oral vitamin D supplements at a dose of at least 400 international units per day are associated with a reduced risk of bone fractures in older adults, according to results of a meta-analysis published Monday in the U.S. journal Archives of Internal Medicine. “The anti-fracture benefits of vitamin D have been questioned by several recent [...]
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March 18, 2009
Gymnasts of the Chinese team stand on the podium after winning the gold in the women’s team final of the artistic gymnastics event of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing on August 13, 2008 Thousands of athletes in southern China are likely to have faked their ages to gain an advantage, a government probe has [...]
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March 2, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A VND109.56 billion (US$6.45 million) programme to have at least 1,000 of Viet Nam’s tertiary graduates work in rural communes for five years is expected to begin this year. Da Nang City’s volunteers dredge the canal in Hoa Son Parish.LookAtVietnam – A VND109.56 billion (US$6.45 million) programme to have at least 1,000 of [...]
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February 25, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Lower-cost services for the elderly and whether expatriates would be included within the scope of the law were among the issues in the draft Law on the Elderly discussed yesterday for the first time by the National Assembly Standing Committee. The key objectives of the draft law were to address the urgent needs [...]
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