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Gold miners suspected of having cyanide poisoning 

December 16, 2011
Gold miners suspected of having cyanide poisoning 

A file photo of gold miners in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam. Twenty-two gold miners in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam were hospitalize Wednesday with symptoms allegedly caused by cyanide poisoning. The workers, all from Phuong Minh Co. Ltd in Phuoc Son District, were admitted to Da Nang Hospital in the city [...]

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Three allegedly die from alcohol poisoning in central Vietnam 

October 16, 2011

  Three of four people who were hospitalized early this week with symptoms of alcohol poisoning have died in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, a local hospital said Friday. According to Lam Dong General Hospital, on Wednesday, Ha Ngu, 44, together with Ha Gia, also 44, and 20-year-old Ha Nghiem, gathered at Ha [...]

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Rabies – prevention is safer, cheaper 

April 12, 2011
Rabies – prevention is safer, cheaper 

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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Kawasaki disease on the rise

January 17, 2010
Kawasaki disease on the rise

LookAtVietnam – The number of children suffering from Kawasaki disease, an illness that causes high fever, diarrhoea, affects the lymph nodes and seriously damages children’s hearts, has recently been on the rise, head of the Children Hospital No1’s Heart Department Vu Minh Phuc has warned.According to Duc, around 20 cases a year are reported, with [...]

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Cirrhosis control

November 3, 2009
Cirrhosis control

Carp is good for treating cirrhosis symptoms Watching what you eat and drink is the best prescription for a ravaged liver. Cirrhosis is a consequence of chronic liver disease and is characterized by fibrous scar tissue and sometimes regenerative nodules replacing the organ’s normal tissue, leading to progressive loss of liver function.There are many possible [...]

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Dengue look-alike infects Hanoi

October 20, 2009
Dengue look-alike infects Hanoi

Two children infected with dengue fever virus are treated at Ho Chi Minh City’s Nhi Dong 1 Hospital Vietnam is verifying an outbreak in Hanoi of a mosquito-borne virus that closely resembles the dengue fever virus, a health ministry official said on Monday. So far, 60 percent of patients with classic dengue symptoms have tested [...]

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Industrial salt found in food poisoning in Shanghai

October 18, 2009
Industrial salt found in food poisoning in Shanghai

Shanghai authorities said Sunday that they found industrial salt in food that sickened 26 people at a local delicatessen. People who ate food at “Zhibin Delicatessen” receive treatment at Pudong District People’s Hospital in Shanghai, east of China, Oct. 18, 2009. Twenty-six people were hospitalized after they ate food at the delicatessen Saturday, local authority [...]

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Lose weight, sleep better

September 29, 2009
Lose weight, sleep better

Weight loss can dramatically improve and potentially eliminate sleep apnea symptoms in obese people, a study confirmed Monday. According to researchers, people with severe sleep apnea who lost the recommended amount of weight were three times more likely to experience a complete remission of sleep apnea symptoms compared with people who did not lose weight. [...]

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Vietnam to re-check H1N1-related deaths: official

September 17, 2009
Vietnam to re-check H1N1-related deaths: official

Students wear face masks at a high school in Tan Binh District, HCMC Vietnam will double-check all deaths related to swine flu diagnosis and treatment, Nguyen Huy Nga, head of the health ministry’s Preventive Health and Environment Department has told Thanh Nien. Since the country’s first flu patient was detected in May, six H1N1-positive people [...]

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Number of A/H1N1 cases in China colleges, high schools growing

September 4, 2009
Number of A/H1N1 cases in China colleges, high schools growing

More Chinese students have been confirmed as having contracted A/H1N1 influenza as classes resume after the summer break. Health authorities in east China’s Zhejiang Province confirmed nine more cases of A/H1N1 influenza had been reported by Thursday in Qianjiang College of Zhejiang Normal University, bringing the total of confirmed cases in the college to 16. [...]

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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...