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Implementing the new regulations of the Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, Ho Chi Minh City has implemented a professional training program for medical staff working at schools. This is an important step to help school medical staff continue to perform medical examination and treatment at schools within the appropriate scope after completing the course.

Can Tho (VNA) - Construction of a 500-bed cancer hospital in Can Tho city began on October 11.

Short-term use of oral corticosteroids is associated with an increased risk of adverse events such as bone fractures, sepsis and venous thromboembolism (VTE), a large US study suggests.

On the morning of May 30, Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien visited Bach Mai Hospital to visit and encourage patients in the recent hemodialysis incident.

HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Vietnamese pharmaceutical companies are optimistic about the business prospects of the sector, as well as its potential in 2016-17.

Can Tho (VNA) – The Hungarian government will assist the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in building a new Can Tho Oncology Hospital and establishing an oncology training centre for the Mekong Delta region in the near future.

 

Hanoi (VNA) – The regulation of adding iodine should be applied to all food, the Vietnam Dairy Association suggested in a dialogue with the Ministry of Health earlier this week.

 

Many people know of the importance of organ donation in saving lives, but as many are probably unaware that donating medical data can have an equally – if not more – transformative affect on healthcare. Without medical data, research in science and medicine cannot progress.

Time with your loved ones is always precious, because all too often your time is spend caring for your patients instead. Even then, it can be taken from you at a moment’s notice – when an emergency arises in the hospital, and you have little choice but to prioritise the patient in need of your medical assistance. Your loved ones might understand if you have to call off the dinner once or twice. However, as time passes and you have to make the same apology over and over again, everyone involved will be negatively affected as you miss out on special occasions and significant moments in their lives. What can be done to ensure this does not end in tragedy?

Truth be told, physicians have little control of which way disease management will go once patients exit the clinic. Effective chronic disease management relies heavily on the patient’s motivation and perseverance. 

The intra-articular steroid preparation methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) is as effective as triamcinolone acetonide (TA) in the treatment of chronic inflammatory arthritis, according to the results of a trial.

Currently Zika virus has appeared in Vietnam, the virus causes brain atrophy in people, especially children now this virus has no vaccine treatment