To-your-health: Healthy summer snacks suggestion for kids

Instead of loading the pantry and refrigerator with premade snacks that have questionable nutrition, a little planning and advance adult preparation can make healthier choices easy for kids to assemble with minimal oversight.

Indonesia citizen tests negative for COVID-19

A 31-year-old man from Indonesia suspected of having COVID-19 has tested negative for the virus.

How to beat the summer heat?

It’s the time to hit the beach and amusement parks once again. However, one should be mindful of the possible effects of staying too long under the heat of the sun. Prolonged exposure to excessive heat and humidity can cause heat-related illnesses which include:

Breaking the dogma: Vitamin D

Vitamin D is no longer just a vitamin. Nowadays it is considered an important pro-hormone with multiple effects on different tissues and various physiological processes.

Vietnamese physicians win hearts and minds

Associate Professor Nguyễn Lân Hiếu, director-general of the Hà Nội Medical University Hospital, talks to Sức khỏe & Đời sống (Health & Life) newspaper on what medical staff have been doing to win the hearts and minds of patients being treated in his hospital

Intermittent fasting and intense exercise

When people try any fasting routine usually they want to lose weight. A few days later they may notice that they are not only loosing weight but also muscle mass.

Asthma symptoms and prevention Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.

Mekong Delta healthcare system growing rapidly, eases pressure on HCM City hospitals

The healthcare system in the Mekong Delta has been steadily expanding and becoming increasingly sophisticated, and the large number of choices available now is helping reduce overcrowding at HCM City hospitals.

Testicular Pain and Torsion: teenage boys beware

Boys have two oval-shaped structure called testicles which are located inside a thick-skinned sac called the scrotum. Each testicle is supplied with oxygen by an intertwined structure of muscle fiber, nerves and blood vessel called spermatic cord. When this cord becomes twisted, it cuts off the blood supply to the attached testicle. This condition is called testicular torsion.

How to mitigate the health disaster of air pollution - can the successful Vietnamese Covid response teach us some lessons?

Việt Nam has with the Covid-19 response shown an impressive determination to proactively protect community health through early detection and testing, contact tracing, quarantine, closure of schools and social distancing. What if this determination could also be applied for other public health challenges in Việt Nam?