• Young doctor develops sleep disorder detector

    Young doctor develops sleep disorder detector

    02/02/2009 05:00

    Tien’s Sleep Apnea Syndrome Detector (SASD – 07) The new device could help millions – most of whom don’t know they’re afflicted – sleep and breathe easier....

  • Vietnam to maintain free ARV drugs supply program after 2012

    Vietnam to maintain free ARV drugs supply program after 2012

    02/02/2009 05:00

    Local production and purchases from neighboring countries are options under consideration as Vietnam prepares to continue free distribution of antiretroviral drugs after global sponsorship of the program ends...

  • Avian flu vaccine trial to move into second phase

    Avian flu vaccine trial to move into second phase

    01/02/2009 05:00

    The Ministry of Health has approved the launch of the second phase of the H5N1 avian flu vaccine trial on about 200 volunteers. The first stage was carried out last year on 30 people...

  • Hospitals treat 28,000 emergencies during Tet

    30/01/2009 05:00

    Emergency rooms in hospitals nationwide admitted nearly 28,000 patients over the first three days of the Lunar New Year this week, the Ministry of Health said Friday. Nearly 15,400 of the emergency cases from Monday to Wednesday were caused by...

  • Phu Yen hospital deals with 300 plus Tet emergencies

    28/01/2009 05:00

    A hospital in the central province of Phu Yen has treated more than 300 emergency cases in three days from the Lunar New Year’s Eve on Sunday to Tuesday. Head of the Phu Yen General Hospital, Bui Tran Ngoc, said yesterday that on Sunday...

  • California woman makes history with healthy octuplets

    California woman makes history with healthy octuplets

    26/01/2009 05:00

    In only the second time in US medical history, a woman in California has given birth to eight babies, who remain in intensive care but are in a stable condition. Dozens of medical workers...

  • Doctor trainees to get on payroll: health minister

    Doctor trainees to get on payroll: health minister

    26/01/2009 05:00

    Interns will be paid salaries during their three-year residency from this year onwards, the Health Ministry has announced. Health Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu told the first ever meeting with resident physicians nationwide held in Hanoi early...

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