Health

Health center canât handle food poisoning, bad water
12/03/2009 05:00
cooking 1-072-09.jpg" hspace="1" align="left" vspace="1" class=pix> A chicken pho restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. Municipal authorities are concerned about the safety of local food and water. Ho Chi Minh City...
Helmets unsafe as makers cut costs: experts
12/03/2009 05:00
Ho Chi Minh City Thursday announced that 11 out of the 12 helmet samples it tested recently failed to meet safety standards. Brand samples that failed the tests included Song Hung...
HCMC suspends four more water bottling firms
12/03/2009 05:00
Pedestrians walk by a bottled water cart in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 1. Poor hygiene conditions at production plants have led Hanoi and HCMC health officials to carry out inspections last month Ho Chi...
Doctors blame parental laxity for diarrhea epidemic
10/03/2009 05:00
A child with diarrhea is treated at the Childrenâs Hospital No. 2 Cases of meningitis and hand-foot-and-mouth disease are also increasing, city hospitals report. So Phi sat fanning...
HCMC Health Department closes more water bottlers
10/03/2009 05:00
Pedestrians walk by a bottled water cart in Ho Chi Minh Cityâs District 1. Poor hygiene conditions at production plants have led Hanoi and HCMC health officials to carry out inspections this month. The Ho...
To remember things, live life like a child: memory whiz
10/03/2009 05:00
Eran Katz gives a talk on boosting memory power in Hanoi Eran Katz can remember a number with 500 digits after one look at it. The leading speaker on memory and intelligence stunned...
Hygiene failure blunts Indiaâs potential
08/03/2009 05:00
Residents of a poor area bathe with water from government taps in India last November Until last May, Meera Devi rose before dawn each day and walked a half mile to a vegetable patch outside the village of...