Medical

Male "panacea": Promise of youthfulness and the price to pay

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Ho Chi Minh City - Rampant advertisements for "a spring pill" make many men trust it. In fact, many cases have to be hospitalized due to andrology complications.

Subjective with prolonged cough, 22-year-old female patient suddenly contracts pulmonary tuberculosis

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From prolonged coughs that seemed harmless, a 22-year-old female patient was hospitalized for coughing up blood and was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, doctors warned young people not to be subjective.

Quang Nam General Hospital overloaded, nearly 180 billion VND new treatment area abandoned

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Da Nang - Many patients at Quang Nam General Hospital have to share beds, even go to the corridor to wait, but the newly built treatment area worth nearly 180 billion VND is abandoned.

Da Nang records 2 more suspected poisoning cases after eating fermented fish, Ministry of Health intervenes

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Da Nang records 2 more suspected food poisoning cases after eating fermented fish.

Nearly 20 magnets found in the stomach of a 5-year-old boy

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A boy (5 years old, in Ha Tinh) has just been successfully operated on by doctors at the National Children's Hospital after discovering many foreign magnetic objects in his abdomen causing intestinal perforation.

Medical staff in Nghe An have not received COVID-19 epidemic prevention allowance

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Nghe An - Doctors and medical staff of Nghi Loc General Hospital propose not to receive epidemic prevention allowances according to Decree 05.

Habits that may be silently destroying your health

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Many familiar habits in daily life that seem harmless but silently erode physical and mental health, increasing the risk of disease if prolonged.

Lam Dong creates favorable conditions for people to prescribe overseas medicine

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Lam Dong - The Department of Health directs medical facilities in the province to deploy and create favorable conditions for people to prescribe outpatient drugs according to the regulations of the Ministry of Health.

Dry weather at the end of the year, many chronic skin diseases recur severely

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Every year-end, when the weather in Ho Chi Minh City turns dry, many people have to go to hospitals to treat skin diseases.

The reason why adult vaccination should be an annual health target

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Vaccination for adults not only protects individuals but is also a "shield" for the whole family, helping to maintain health and limit serious illnesses.

Dak Lak strengthens human resources for health stations when transferred to commune management

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Dak Lak - The Provincial Department of Health will rotate qualified personnel to support remote and especially difficult health stations to serve health care for people.

Khanh Hoa aims for a life expectancy of 75.5 years, increasing children's height by 1.5cm

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Khanh Hoa strives to increase the average height of children and adolescents from 1-18 years old by at least 1.5cm; average life expectancy reaches 75.5 years old.

Ministry of Health requests investigation into poisoning that killed one person in Son La

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The Ministry of Health has just sent a document to the Son La Provincial Department of Health requesting urgent investigation and handling of a suspected food poisoning case that occurred in Kich Mang village, Muong Gion commune, Son La province.

Long-term prescriptions, convenient for patients during holidays and Tet

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Ho Chi Minh City - Recently, the Ministry of Health requested hospitals to prescribe long-term drugs for patients during holidays and Tet to limit frequent travel.

Resolving sorrow with alcohol, male Hanoi patient pays the price with acute pancreatitis, cirrhosis

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Sad about family matters, a male patient in Hanoi drank alcohol continuously for many months, this person had to be hospitalized for emergency treatment in a state of acute pancreatitis and cirrhosis.

Hip joint replacement helps women avoid the risk of disability

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Ho Chi Minh City - Hip replacement surgery helps patients end the prolonged pain caused by congenital hip dislocation and severe osteoarthritis.

Surgery helps women regain painless steps

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Ho Chi Minh City - A patient with congenital hip arch defect has just undergone successful total non-cement hip replacement surgery.

Surfing your phone for too long can cause disorders in the brain's balance system

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Prolonged dizziness after surfing the phone is a sign that the brain is dysfunctional in processing visual motion in young people.

How will the salary and allowances of medical staff change from January 1, 2026?

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From January 1, 2026, medical staff such as medical doctors and pharmacists will be ranked from grade 2 when recruited and in some cases will enjoy 100% of professional preferential allowances.

Student health insurance reduces contributions from 2026

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From January 1, 2026, students will only have to pay about half of the health insurance premium compared to before thanks to the policy of increasing support from the state budget.