Study 600 men who have sex with men (MSM) over 15 years old in Ho Chi Minh City. Results: MSM group had complex sexual relations by oral sex and anal sex, with female partners and sex workers, and often used drugs. It’s necessary to have some intervention approaches in order to decrease HIV infection in this group.
Risk Factors ; HIV ; Male

On white rats, high doses of paracetanol (2g/kg of body mass) and carbonetetrachloride (CCl4 –1.4ml/kg body mass administrated orally) increased dramatically serum transaminase AST and ALT, reduced liver capacity of cholesterol and total protein synthetizations. Granulous degeneration, lipid degeneration and necrosis focus were observed pathohistologically. Linh chi mushroom fluid extracts with the dose of 4g/kg of body mass reversed these biochemical indicators and restored nearly normally the damaged tissues. Similar results were obtained with the oral dose of 25mg Silimarin brand name preparation/kg body mass.
Agaricales ; Reishi ; Liver ;

From 1995 to 2002, 364 courses of chemotherapy with different regimens, almost gave various side effects such as leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, hypohemoglobin, increase of liver enzymes (SGOT, SGPT,…), enhance urea, creatinine level, nausea, alopecia… with different severity and incidence. The common regimans with more significant side effects were Doxorubicin + AraC (P3), MOPP (P2), CHDP (P1) and VAD (P4); the regimens AraC + Depersolon (P7), Hydrea + AraC (P6) and particularly Hydrea alone (P5) gave usually less side effects
drug therapy ; Hematinics ; Diseases ; Therapeutics ; adverse effects

At Cho Ray Hospital – Ho Chi Minh city from Dec 2001 to Dec 2002, 228 heart failure cases (96 males, 130 females, aged 58.4317.45) were studied. Their associated conditions were: 14 with diabetes, 5 brain blood infactus, 5 hyperthyroidies, 19 kidney failures. Among 162 patients with electrolyte disorders, 25 were died, the rate of hyponatremia and hyperkalemia was significantly higher in fatal group than in survival group. Hyponatremia was fatal risk factor and it should pay great attention to treat this condition with hypertonic natrium solution
Heart Failure, Congestive ; Cardiovascular Diseases ; Patients ; Electrolytes

The author collected data by interviewing the leader of centers and chef Laboratory Department of provinces/cities about microbiological test ability of Preventive Medical Centers in 2003. The results showed that Laboratory Departments of Preventive Medical Centers were known thoroughly about base techniques such as culture-isolation, ELISA. The modern methods, techniques in immunology and molecular biology had not developed widespread at centers: PCR was 2.3%, erythrocyte agglutination reaction was 16%. The most provinces could take samples, accurate diagnosis by culture-isolation, biochemical reaction to gastrointestinal bacterium, and some respiratory bacterium. Some disease-induced viruses were: Arbo virus (Dengue, Japanese encephalitis B) and hepatitis B virus, HIV by ELISA technique
Diagnosis ; health ; microbiology

Bac Can Centre of Preventive Health has not established the required departments as set forth in decision numbered 2468/1999/QD-BYT yet. There was a shortage of specialized staff, in terms of the number and quality. Moreover, the center' facilities and equipment have not been as proper as its functions. The centers' capacity has concentrated on the scope of epidemic control, health program management, and information technology application. Technical support will be provided with the mode of hand-on-practice for certain subjects
health ; prevention & control

At the Department of internal neurology of Cho Ray Hospital from Dec 2000 to Jan 2003. 130 patients with acute hemisphere cerebral ischemic stroke were studied. Among them, 34 patients could not evaluated by transcranial Doppler sonography, only 79 had transcranial Doppler sonography (TDS) results and MRI results, which confirmed cerebral infarctus. TDS found 30 normal cases, 28 cases with asymmetric indices reduced, 18 cases increased, 1 case of localized acceleration, 2 cases of obstructive cerebral artery in the side of clinical symptom. MRI found 17 normal cases, 62 cases of stricture of cerebral arteries. Sensitivity and specificity of TDS accounted for 74.2% and 82.4% in comparing with cerebro-vascularogramme made by MRI.
Cerebrovascular Accident ; Brain Ischemia ; Cerebral Angiography ; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial

120 healthy subjects were selected and divided into two groups to study the cutaneous conductivity at 12 couples of Yuan point, group 1 including 60 subjects aged between 21 to 25 (30 males, 30 females), group 2 including 60 subjects aged between 50 to 67 (30 males, 30 females). The results: there was no difference in cutaneous conductivity at 12 couple of Yuan point of the lest and right body in both groups of ages and sexes. In female, cutaneous conductivity at 12 couple of Yuan point were diferent depending on menstrual cycle, considerably lower in the latter haft of the cycle compared to the first half of the cycle. In the same age group, cutaneous conductivity at 12 couple of Yuan point in male was lower than that in female. In the same gender group, cutaneous conductivity at 12 couple of Yuan point of the group 1 was lower that of the group 2
Administration, Cutaneous ; Adult ; Medicine, Traditional

Most of chemical drafts that treatment malignant disease at blood- forming organs have side effects as: reduce aleukemia, glomerule, blood pigment, increase ure, creatinin or nauseate, voltmit, lose hair. However, rate and level are different in each of drafts. The other drafts, that made side effects are Doxorubicin + Ara.C (P3), MOPP (P2), CHOP (P1) and VAD (P4). Ara.C + Depersolon (P7), Hydrea + Ara.C (P6) drafts and especially is only use single Hydrea dafts that has little side-effect
Hematologic Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; Pharmaceutical Preparations

The potency of 33 lots of Japanese encephalitis vaccine produced during the year period 2000-2001 at the Company for Vaccine and Biologicals No1 was evaluated by Shewhart chart. Data showed that no any potency of these lots falls outside the range of one standard deviation 1SD. Results showed the good stability of production procedure, the efficacy of produced vaccine of the manipulation and of the practical conditions
Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines ; Encephalitis