Provides the latest RSS feeds for Medical News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vietnam Tribune.com http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/cat/48af4ef4eaa241d8/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 05:54:44 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 05:54:44 -0400 30 A study from Texas Tech University, El Paso, and the University of Mississippi, Oxford, holds promising results for diabetic patients suffering from indigestion symptoms like nausea, vomiting, bloating and heartburn. The study tested a new method of therapy using a custom-made wireless device to stimulate acupuncture points with electrical waves on the surface of the skin rather than needles. ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612483/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:50:02 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612483/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have shown that the effects of trauma persist in certain brain regions even when veterans of combat are not engaged in cognitive or emotional tasks, and face no immediate external threats. The results shed light on which areas of the brain provoke traumatic symptoms and represent a critical step toward better diagnostics and treatments for post-traumatic ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612021/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:50:02 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612021/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition. A study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry adds substantially to the story by reporting the discovery of a molecular chain of events in the brains of obese rats that undermined their ability to suppress appetite and to increase calorie burning. ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612531/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:10 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612531/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 pulse as a diagnostic tool to monitor heart health. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill and no wider than a postage stamp. The flexible skin-like monitor, worn under an adhesive bandage on the wrist, is sensitive enough to help doctors detect stiff arteries and cardiovascular problems. The devices could one ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612528/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:10 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612528/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2013. The findings were true even among safety-net hospitals, which often have an open-door policy to accept patients regardless of the ability to pay. These ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612526/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:09 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612526/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The overwhelming majority of patients with this aggressive lymphoma already have symptoms, an abnormal physical exam or an abnormal blood test at the time of relapse, the researchers say. The findings will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting May 31-June 4 in Chicago. "Our ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612527/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:09 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612527/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 In the future, if you want to improve your ability to manipulate numbers in your head, you might just plug yourself in. So say researchers who reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on studies of a harmless form of brain stimulation applied to an area known to be important for math ability. "With just five days of cognitive training and noninvasive, painless brain stimulation, ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612534/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612534/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 cholesterol and heart attack risk was weaker for patients with very low kidney function than for patients with higher kidney function. 60 million people globally have chronic kidney ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612533/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612533/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 hearing loss , disability and eventually death. Patients can suffer from 20 to 30 tumours at any one time, and the condition typically manifests in the teenage years and through into adulthood. No effective therapy for these tumours exists, other than repeated invasive surgery or radiotherapy aiming at a single tumour at a time and which is unlikely to eradicate the full extent of the tumours. ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612530/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:07 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612530/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 stress affects cardiovascular health. The results, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, link this situation to dyslipidemia, a disorder that alters the levels of lipids and lipoproteins in the blood. Experts have been saying for years that emotional stress is linked to the risk of suffering cardiovascular disease as a result of unhealthy habits such as smoking, an unsuitable ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612529/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:07 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612529/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Bicycle engineering guidelines often used by state regulators to design bicycle facilities need to be overhauled to reflect current cyclists' preferences and safety data, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. They say that U.S. guidelines should be expanded to offer cyclists more riding options and call for endorsing cycle tracks - physically ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612532/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:06 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612532/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Informed consent is the backbone of patient care. Genetic testing has long required patient consent and patients have had a "right not to know" the results. However, as 21st century medicine now begins to use the tools of genome sequencing, an enormous debate has erupted over whether patients' rights will continue in an era of medical genomics. Recent recommendations from the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612536/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:06 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612536/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Desirable or normal blood pressure is generally considered to be below 120/80 (one-twenty over eighty). Where 120 represents the systolic measurement and 80 represents the diastolic measurement. ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612535/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:55:05 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612535/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Usually, an Ayurveda session needs around six hours of interaction between the patient and the doctor, but with a busy work schedule and a hectic lifestyle, no one is interested in investing so much time, and as a shortcut treatment they go for some other alternative, which completes the things ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612096/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 04:04:54 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612096/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 View Photo Associated Press/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk - Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612065/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:56:07 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612065/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is publicly calling for an apology from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services Secretary over a remark in which the health official allegedly held Commissioner Goodwin responsible for the state’s rejection of Medicaid expansion. According to press reports, when questioned by a local physician during a public ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612075/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:39:29 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214612075/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Extremism transcends age and faith, but young people - and young men - are particularly susceptible. Many of their outbursts are carried out in religion's name, although the dynamics are usually more complex than that. The Globe's Faith Exchange panel has convened to discuss what religious communities can do to engage young people and provide alternatives to ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214611195/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:07:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214611195/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Japan's earnings season has drawn to a close with the sharply weaker yen helping inflate profits at some of the nation's top exporters, but, warn some commentators, the drop is not all good news. Sony booked its first annual profit in five years, Toyota more than tripled its earnings in the fiscal year to March and the head of rival automaker Nissan hailed the taming of the currency. ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610799/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:22:09 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610799/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, center, accompanied by, from left, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, left, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., right, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, Thursday, May 16, 2013, on Capitol Hill in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610731/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:13:17 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610731/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Health insurers predicted a dramatic rise in premiums under "Obamacare," but the requests filed last week aren’t much different than previous rates. However, the requests await state review and could ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610230/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:37:17 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610230/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 (AP) – A therapist at a community health clinic in Salisbury has been charged with making unwanted sexual advances on a patient. Court documents show Clarence Green was charged this week with two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree sex offense and indecent exposure. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that the female patient told police he grabbed and hugged her ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610231/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:42 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610231/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 A May 5 letter ("Gun laws won't stop criminals") from Greg Perrine of Reedsville was less than honest in replying to an earlier writer's view that "90 percent of Americans support the Manchin/Toomey plan for background checks on all gun-purchases." Perrine cited information from the "Buckeye Firearms Institute" to claim "90 percent of police ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610240/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:18:41 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214610240/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 OTTAWA - Health Canada says three companies are voluntarily recalling all lots of the antipsychotic drug quetiapine. A Health Canada news release says it's due to potential contamination with the antibiotic product clindamycin during the manufacturing process. Health Canada says quetiapine is used in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adult patients. Health Canada says ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609651/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:41:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609651/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Work longer, live healthier. Retirement has a detrimental impact on both mental and physical health over time, says a new study.Although initially there may be a small bounce in health, over the medium-longer term retirement causes a drastic decline in health, says the study by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship.The study recommended that the government should help ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609690/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:40 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609690/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Work longer, live healthier. Retirement has a detrimental impact on both mental and physical health over time, says a new study.Although initially there may be a small bounce in health, over the medium-longer term retirement causes a drastic decline in health, says the study by the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Age Endeavour Fellowship.The study recommended that the government should help ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609691/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:26:38 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609691/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609287/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:54:42 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609287/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Dozens of people were injured Saturday when a car in the Appalachian Trail Days parade in Damascus, Va., plowed into the crowd. The car's driver, who was participating in the parade, apparently suffered a medical emergency, Damascus police chief William H. Nunley said. Nine people were transported to hospitals, but none had life-threatening injuries, The Washington Post reported. The car ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609628/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:34:10 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214609628/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 SAN ANTONIO ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214611188/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:28:09 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214611188/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Three years after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and less than a year before some of ObamaCare's key measures take effect, there are still many unanswered questions about its impact. Obamacare has raised concerns about increases in health insurance premiums, doctor shortages and any number of issues. It has also created debate among investors about which ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608771/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:04:58 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608771/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 For years, conservatives have pushed for a health-insurance model emphasizing catastrophic coverage. It works as follows: Consumers pay the cost of ordinary care, such as a checkup, a blood test or an eye exam. Insurance kicks in only for major crises - a heart attack, cancer requiring extensive treatment, a kidney transplant, intensive care for a newborn. The Affordable Care Act, also known as ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608772/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:42 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608772/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 At first, the decline was subtle. In the 1980s, Medicare imposed price controls upon physicians who treated anyone over 65. Providers were required to use a coding system to describe the service when submitting a bill. The regulators believed that standardized classifications would lead to more accurate processing of Medicare ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608773/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:49:25 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608773/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Map: General area of Medicine Hat railyards where a two-train collision on the CP line east occured on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Google ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608254/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:08:05 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608254/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 WASHINGTON -- Political scandals have ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: the president's health care ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608260/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:54:07 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214608260/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 19 May 2013 Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607650/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:11:32 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607650/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Balckburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Just as the children ran off the street, a car came down the road and struck several people. (AP Photo/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607696/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:59 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607696/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 The pattern goes against any notion that moving to America improves every aspect of life. It also demonstrates that at least in terms of health, worries about assimilation for the country's 11 million illegal immigrants are mistaken. In fact, it is happening all too ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607722/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:10 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607722/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } A bill to give underage drinkers protection from minor consumption citations if they call 911 in a medical emergency has passed the Minnesota Senate. It was approved on a 51-10 vote on Saturday, May 18. Representatives in the House passed it on a 124-8 vote Thursday. It now goes to Gov. Mark Dayton. Dubbed "medical amnesty," the protection is ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607698/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:54:04 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607698/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 This week in Paris, the world's leading Aids scientists will gather to mark the 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV. At least one of them, who won the Nobel Prize for her work, is quietly confident that very soon something approaching a cure for HIV will be ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607042/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:37 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214607042/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 The sunny 63-year-old former television engineer now stores far less clutter. His quarter-acre garden in the pretty village of Westcott, Surrey, now holds the rotting hulks of only 16 cars, surrounded by tyres, walking frames, shopping trolleys and chairs. A marquee holds some of his collection of 36 years of newspapers and magazines.Inside the house, three fridges, old TV sets, drinks cans and ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606981/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:33 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606981/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Dr Yaw Ofori Yeboah, Gomoa West District Director of the Ghana Health Service announced this when he briefed members of the Assembly on the project at Apam in the Central ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606503/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:07 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606503/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Accra, May 18, GNA- Dr Joseph Amankwah, Director, Public Health of Ghana Health Service (GHS), has stated the need for policy guidelines for the implementation of the International Health Regulation (IHR) ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606504/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:06 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606504/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Accra, May 17, GNA -E-health initiative, an electronic health delivery system, was launched on Friday to enable doctors reach their patients online and bring health care to the door steps of the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606505/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:26:06 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606505/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 A hospital in Spain lost 172 embryos, intended for use in in vitro fertilization, when a freezer leaked liquid nitrogen, hospital officials said. The oversight angered would-be mothers, many of whom didn't find out about the April 22 incident until they made appointments with their doctors to have embryos implanted. An official at La Paz Hospital in Madrid told ThinkSpain the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606622/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:17:14 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606622/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Gaza . The action left hundreds of Gaza residents stuck at the border, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported. Police refused to open the crossing even after Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim sent an assistant to Rafah to intercede. Police said they would only open the crossing when their colleagues are released. The seven police officers and soldiers, including four who ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606477/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:50 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214606477/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 DUBAI //Doctors have called for a centralised, long-term programme to tackle heart disease, the nation's biggest single killer. Heart disease is the cause of 25 per cent of deaths in the UAE, and the average age of contracting the disease is 15 years younger than in the western world. A national board should be set up under the federal government with a clear timetable for cutting the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605976/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:52 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605976/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain has today been declared free from Coronavirus disease-for the time being. The Health Ministry has issued a statement in this regard assuring the public that no cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed to-date in Bahrain. It urged people to abide by hygienic precautionary measures, including washing hands, avoiding touching one's eyes, mouth and ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605977/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:47 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605977/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 By SaharaReporters, New York Years after graduating from the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria, the 2008/2009 batch of doctors can hardly call themselves doctors, as the University has inexplicably refused to issue certificates to certify the completion of their training. Dr. Ijeomah Augustine, the group’s spokesperson who spoke to SaharaReporters about their efforts to ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605979/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:24:34 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605979/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Dr. Richard Heuser I caught up with Dr. Richard Heuser on Friday, right after he finished a surgical procedure and before he headed out to Paris for an interventional cardiology meeting. Heuser was the first in the U.S. to perform a medical procedure as part of a clinical trial for Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Osprey Medical Inc. The Osprey Medical Cincor system is designed to remove contrast dye ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605978/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:32 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605978/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Social stigma about epilepsy and the mistaken belief that seizures are caused by djinn are putting the lives of sufferers and non-sufferers at risk, doctors warn. Such misconceptions mean cases often go undiagnosed, preventing patients from receiving the appropriate medical treatment and contributing to an underreporting of the condition. Doctors also say a lack of regulation on epileptics ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605382/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:42:56 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605382/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Doctors are calling for tougher legislation to govern the issuing of driving licences to epileptics. Sufferers of the condition are already banned from certain professions - such as aviation, driving public transport and operating heavy machinery - but doctors' advice to epileptic drivers of private vehicles is not legally binding, as it is in some western countries. "Someone with ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605381/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:42:54 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605381/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Aiysha Nasser, an epilepsy patient, at a doctor's office in the neurology department at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center in Abu Dhabi. Silvia Razgova / The ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605387/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:42:48 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605387/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 The aid will be used on emergency health assistance, sheltering, food, water, hygiene, and other basic needs BRUSSELS - The European Union has decided on provide an additional 65 millions euro in humanitarian aid to civil war-stricken Syrians.The aid will be transferred to the victims both in Syria and in the neighboring countries via UN agencies, the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and other ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605352/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14:03 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605352/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 A hiker was hospitalized after a sheep attacked him Saturday on the Israel National Trail, authorities said. The attack occurred near Kfar Qara, south of Haifa, Ynetnews.com reported. The hiker, a 56-year-old man, was conscious and was able to call for help on his cellphone. Paramedics treated the hiker at the scene and he was then transported to the Hillel Yaffa Hospital in Hadeera. He had ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605444/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:12:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214605444/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } The Minnesota House voted Friday night, May 17, to pass a health and human services bill that accounts for nearly one-third of the state's general fund -- a big step in finishing budget work before the Legislature adjourns Monday. The compromise legislation, which includes spending $11.3 billion over a two-year period beginning in July, covers the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604844/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:15:49 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604844/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain will host the 1st Gulf Medical Management on June 4-6 at InterContinental Regency Hotel. Bahrain Medical Society and Act smart Public Relations Consultancy will organize the symposium under the patronage of Health Minister Sadiq bin Abdulkarim Al-Shehabi. BMS Chairperson Dr. Maha Al-Muqla said that preparations for the upcoming symposium had already been ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604282/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:36:54 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604282/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 The increasingly contentious issue of hospital charges drew renewed attention last week when the federal government released Medicare data showing that facilities nationwide submitted widely divergent bills for the same ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604283/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:20:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604283/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 High court action will be launched tomorrow against a smoking ban in an acute mental health facility. Smoking bans are now enforced at hospitals, government buildings, schools, prisons, pubs and many parks. But Richard Francois, the lawyer leading tomorrow's judicial review application in the High Court at Auckland on behalf of three patients, said people on lockdown were there to be treated for ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214603636/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214603636/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sunlight beams through the lounge window at the Katoas' house creating warmth and comfort. The house is matchbox-size, immaculate and homely. Family photos from their life in Tonga and New Zealand clutter the cabinets, and at least 10 sports trophies glisten proudly from a cabinet. Like many Pacific Island families, the Katoa household is large: mum, dad and nine children, including twins and a ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214603664/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214603664/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 ASPEN - A two-night course that was to offer Aspenites certification in mental health first aid has been canceled, due to a lack of interest.The community's disinterest in the class came as a shock to officials who'd planned it in the wake of a string of suicides this winter and spring in Aspen, which prompted appeals from locals to look after one another's mental ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604019/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214604019/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Manama, May 18th (BNA) -Minister of Health, Sadiq Abdul Karim Al Shehabi left the Kingdom to Genve to participate in the (66) meeting of World Health Assembly of World Health Organization (WHO), which will be held during the period from May 20 to 28, 2013. The Assembly's works will be opened on Monday May 20th, 2013 with appointing the Credentials Committee, electing the sixty-sixth ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214602940/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:35:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214602940/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Morgan Arnold poses next to a Scooby-Doo display during a 2012 trip to California with her mother, Cindi Arnold. Morgan, 14, now stands accused of orchestrating a plot with her boyfriend, Jason Bulmer, to kill her father, Dennis Lane, in Ellicott ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214603000/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:19:08 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214603000/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 World Family Doctors Day is a chance to celebrate what family doctors do in supporting health care for all people in their local communities, their countries and around the ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214602358/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:41:57 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214602358/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, the owner of St. John’s Health Center, plans to sell the Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214602436/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:23:19 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214602436/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Most Americans will soon begin to see major changes in health care delivery. The changes will likely be mostly negative for the vast majority, but not for everyone. For example, those without health care insurance or with pre-existing conditions should see improvements. But I would bet that many of the young and healthy who have previously chosen not to buy health insurance might not like ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214601836/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214601836/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 In this Sept. 29, 2011 photo, Dr. Christine Daniel gives a flu shot to patient Amparo Villaluazo at Daniel's Sonrise Medical Clinic in Mission Hills. Daniel, 57, of Northridge, was found guilty on Friday May 17,2013 and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for selling bogus cancer cures to dozens of victims across the country as part of a ';treatment'; program that prosecutors ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214601837/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:29:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214601837/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 National health plans so far have announced participation in "fewer than 15 states" to provide benefits under the Affordable Care Act. (Photo credit: ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214601289/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:35:15 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214601289/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -; California will become the first state to offer voter registration through its health insurance marketplace later this ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214600869/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:40:23 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214600869/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine's return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214600348/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:35:53 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214600348/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 In today's business world, disruption is a constant force that never lets up. At the annual WIRED Business Conference: Disruptive by Design, we celebrate the creative power of bold new ideas and the people that make them happen. See the event ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214600667/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:18:42 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214600667/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 WASHINGTON -- Some Alabama physicians and physician assistants were surprised this week to receive a letter with a new demand from the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners: Show us your papers. Under the state's 2011 immigration law, these medical professionals are now required to prove they are U.S. citizens or in the country legally to maintain their licenses to practice, according to ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214599899/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:03 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214599899/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 ultrasound , the natural enzyme plasmin is more effective at dissolving stroke-causing clots than the standard of care, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA). The novel delivery method involved trapping plasmin into bubble-like liposomes, delivering them to the clot intravenously and bursting it via ultrasound. That method is necessary, says UC associate professor of emergency ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598936/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598936/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which is a combination of medical disorders including excess body fat and/or high levels of blood pressure, blood sugar and/or cholesterol. However, University of Missouri researchers found that simvastatin, a generic type of statin previously sold under the brand name "Zocor," hindered the positive effects of exercise for obese and overweight adults. ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598937/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:00 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598937/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 When the brain's primary "learning center" is damaged, complex new neural circuits arise to compensate for the lost function, say life scientists from UCLA and Australia who have pinpointed the regions of the brain involved in creating those alternate pathways - often far from the damaged site. The research, conducted by UCLA's Michael Fanselow and Moriel Zelikowsky in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598938/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:59 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598938/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 cholesterol , altering its cardiovascular protective qualities so that it actually contributes to clogged arteries. In addition to changing HDL from "good" to "bad," the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598939/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:59 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598939/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed a website that walks healthcare providers through the challenging transition from the current International Classification of Diseases -- ICD-9 -- to the new ICD-10. Doctors, hospitals and all other healthcare providers have until October 2014 to switch to the new coding system, used to classify every disease or condition and in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598941/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:58 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598941/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves. Katherine Hertlein of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present her team's findings at the 63rd annual International Communication Association conference in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598940/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:58 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598940/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598943/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:55 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598943/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 cancer doctors, patients, and members of the general public support cutting health care costs by refusing to pay for drugs that don't improve survival or quality of life, according to results of a new study that will be presented by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania during the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598942/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:55 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598942/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 A national survey finds that a large majority of adults in the US voluntarily apply smoke-free rules in their homes or vehicles. Yet despite this, millions of Americans, many of them children, continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke in these environments, say researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who write about their findings in a study published online in ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598946/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:53 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598946/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 OTTAWA - Health Canada has completed a safety review of the anti-acne medication Diane-35 and determined the drug's benefits outweigh its risks when appropriately used. In Canada, Diane-35 is approved for the temporary treatment of severe acne in women who are unresponsive to other treatments. The federal agency says it should not be used in patients with a history that puts them at risk ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598331/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:08:47 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598331/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Financial advisers caution about making direct comparisons with retail bonds, such as the Nuffield Health bond, and fixed rate bond savings accounts. Photograph: ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598170/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:15:21 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214598170/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Under a bill sent to Gov. Pat Quinn, a four-year trial program would allow doctors to prescribe approved patients no more than 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214597635/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:55:34 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214597635/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Madeleine McCann . After reviewing investigative files on the case, detectives said they had a list of persons of interest, The Daily Telegraph reported. Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who heads the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said the review found "investigative and forensic opportunities." Madeleine disappeared shortly before her 4th birthday in August 2007. ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214597600/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:49:11 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214597600/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 It sounds like something out of a horror story--parents say that their young daughter was murdered at a clinic so the staff could harvest her ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214596983/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:09:46 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214596983/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders handbook determines which diagnostic codes medical professionals use for patients and can affect whether health insurance pays for treatment. The latest version has some ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214596984/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:22 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214596984/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 It is shocking to learn that there is 30 per cent neo-natal deaths taking place in India. This is due to very poor healthcare facilities available in India. Similarly, the education facilities are also very scarce in India. The expenditure incurred by the Government on healthcare and education facilities in India is very ... http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214596240/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:07:37 -0400 http://www.vietnamtribune.com/index.php/sid/214596240/scat/48af4ef4eaa241d8