Medical

Ministry of Health conducts drills, ready to ensure health work to serve the 14th Party Congress

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The Ministry of Health organizes a large-scale drill to ensure medical work to serve the 14th National Party Congress.

Sunlight can help increase serotonin and dopamine

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Serotonin and dopamine play an important role in mood and mental health. Proper sun exposure helps the body naturally increase these hormones.

Ho Chi Minh City strengthens food safety control from raw materials

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Ho Chi Minh City - With a population of about 14 million people and a very large food consumption demand, the city is promoting food safety control solutions.

Crisis after eating blood pudding

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Ha Tinh - After eating goat blood pudding, a man had to be hospitalized in critical condition with a diagnosis of septicemia without excluding streptococcus suis.

Bones and joints are more durable and flexible thanks to these food groups

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Bone and joint health does not only come from exercise but depends heavily on 5 groups of foods to supplement each day.

Facility 2 of Viet Duc and Bach Mai Friendship Hospitals receives patients from the first quarter of 2026

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Expected to start receiving patients from the first quarter of 2026, facility 2 of Viet Duc and Bach Mai Friendship Hospitals is expected to contribute to solving the overload situation.

Dak Lak hands over 6 health stations to commune and ward People's Committees for management

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Dak Lak - After being decentralized to commune and ward People's Committees for management, health stations will continue to strengthen preventive medicine and health care for people.

Reasons why many people have not been prescribed over-the-counter drugs for more than 30 days

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Ho Chi Minh City - Circular 26 allows prescribing medicine for a maximum of 90 days, helping chronic patients reduce unnecessary re-examination.

5x7cm hair bun discovered in the stomach of 5-year-old patient in Quang Ninh

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Quang Ninh - Doctors have discovered a 5x7cm hair bun in the stomach of a 5-year-old child hospitalized in a state of severe malnutrition.

Mental health care tasks from the first working day of the year

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Proactively take care of mental health with small but persistent habits, helping you start a new year full of excitement.

Hospitalized for drinking alcohol of unknown origin

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After the New Year holiday, hospitals recorded a sharp increase in the number of hospitalizations due to liver disease and alcohol poisoning, mainly related to the habit of abusing alcohol, beer and using alcohol of unknown origin.

Cho Ray Hospital provides emergency care for 1,138 cases during the New Year holiday

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During the 4-day New Year holiday of 2026 (from January 1st to 4th), Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City recorded more than 1,100 patients entering the Emergency Department.

Can using turmeric cause liver damage

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Turmeric is praised for its anti-inflammatory properties, but the use of high-dose turmeric functional foods is raising concerns about the risk of liver damage.

Commune-level health station staff will have new professional preferential allowances according to Resolution 261

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From January 1, 2026, according to the new health station organizational structure, some cases of medical staff at commune-level health stations will enjoy 100% of professional preferential allowances.

High-intensity exercise is not always good for health

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Cardiologists warn that high-intensity exercise is not always good, when stress is the factor that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.

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.