The concept of nutraceutical food was introduced firstly in United State in 1989 by Stephen Defelice, the founder of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine. It is defined as a product that considered as a food or a part of food, provided medical or health benefits, including disease prevention and treatment”. The health sector should review and re-evaluate the importance and potential of the nutraceutical food market and plan the development strategy for this novel avenue. The unique definition of nutraceutical product is needed. The Ministry of Health should direct the management of these products as medications rather than foods and the regulations of registration, labeling and take testing samples should be available
Food ; Dietary Supplements ; Comment [Publication Type

The study showed that the prevalence of underweight children stunting children was 3.1% and 11.5%, respectively. The concentrations of Hb, zinc, and serum vitamin A of these children were low; the prevalence of zinc and vitamin A deficiency were very high. The prevalence anemia was 73.1%, zinc deficiency 37.8%, and vitamin A deficiency 38.1%. There was concomitant deficiency of two or more micronutrients. Mothers’ knowledge and practice on nutrition was limited. 37.8% of neonates were breast-fed within the first 30 minutes, 60.5% of infants were weaned inappropriately, and 25.3% of infants were fed with meat and vegetable. Children’s dietary was inadequate both quantities and qualities, energy of dietary was 37-72% of recommended dietary allowances; particularly dietary iron levels reached only 44.4%.
Nutritional Status ; Child ; Age Factors ; Knowledge ; Mothers

Subclinical vitamin A deficiency (SCVAD) was studied basing on serum vitamin A levels in children, vitamin A levels in another breast milk in the 1st year breastfeeding. The data were collected in four ecological areas: Northern mountain area (A1), Red River plain (A2), Southern Vietnam Centre (A3) and MeKong delta (A4) in the year 2000. SCVAD in A1, A2, A3, A4 was 21.9%, 4.2%, 10.5% and 12.9% respectively. In breast milks, the data were 51.1%, 43.1%, 57.6% and 63.5^ respectively – i.e heavily deficit
Vitamin A Deficiency ; Serum ; Child ; epidemiology

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

This study aims to estimate the costs of various unintentional injuries in Ba Vi district during one year, and to describe how the economic burden of unintentional injuries was distributed between households, government and the health insurance agency. Our cohort study involved four cross sectional household surveys among sampled communities in Ba Vi district during the year 2000, each asking about injuries in the preceding 3 months. The costing system in public health care in Viet Nam was applied as well as information from the victims. The total cost of injuries for the Ba Vi district was estimated to be 3.412.539.000 VND. Equivalent to the yearly income of 1800 people. 90% of this economic burden fell on households, only 8% on government and 2% on the health insurance agency. The cost of a severe injury to the victim corresponded to approximately 7 months of earned income. Home and traffic injuries together accounted for more than 80% of the total cost, 45% and 38% respectively.
Cost of Illness ; Wounds and Injuries ;

Study was carried out in 323 bottle-fed infants od 5-6 months old in Dong Hy District – Thai Nguyen province in 2002 year. Malnourhished occurred in a high incidence, 11.5% have had a substandard height, 74.6% anemia and 39.3% vitamin A deficiency. Anemia and vitamin A deficiency were correlated positively. Anemia infants have had 2.3 times higher of vitamin A deficiency than normal infants and in contrary. Ethnic minority infants have had a gap rate of anemia and vitamin A deficiency 2 times higher than Kinh infants. In mothers, knowledge and practice of nutrition and breastfeeding, and of infant care were very limited. Nutrition supplements was not appropriate
Vitamin A Deficiency ; Anemia ; Infant ; epidemiology

Lipid concentration and 38 fatty acids in breast milk of Vietnam lactating women living in Red River Delta were determined by gas chroma to graphy. The results of study could be use as reference for Vietnam breast-milk composition that has not yet published in “Table of nutritive composition of Vietnam food”, which is applied to calculate the food consumption of Vietnam infant. The results showed also the variable contents of lipids and fatty acids of various individuals and communities concerning the quantity and quality of lipid dietary intake. Several essential unsatured fatty acids (C18:1 oleic acid, C18:2 linolenic acid, C18:3 linolenic acid) existed in quite high level in Vietnam’s breast milk.
Women ; Milk, Human ; Lipids ; Fatty Acids

The ethanol extract of smilax glabra roxb (SG) (100mg/kg of body weight) reduced the blood level of glucose and plasma insulin levels of GK rat 4h after intraperitoneal administration (p< 0.01). While in the normal rat, it reduced only the glycemia. On isolated pancreas islets, SG concentration of 2mg – 4 mg/ml/h has no effect on insuline recretion. The finding suggests that hypoglycemic effect of SG is caused by the increase of the sensibility of target tissue to insuline.
Blood Glucose ; Diabetes Mellitus ; Plant Proteins ; rats ; Animal Experimentation

Deal with effect of understanding proprietary to development of now pharmaceutical industry, opinions to delay protection of understanding proprietary in pharmaceutical industry in Vietnam and the other countries. Some of measures must be synchronous performed to deploy performing copyright on pharmaceutical industry.
Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic ; Problem Solving ; Drug Industry

A meta-analyze on vitamin A (VA) and anemia surveys in the year 1995 and 2000. The results showed that anemis is reducing during the recent years, particularly more in pregnancy women, and less in young infants. However anemis is still a public health significant problem (PHS). Clinical VA lesions are continuously lower than PHS. While the sub-clinical VA deficiency is still a PHS, of which majority is in mild and moderate levels. It was recognized that the problem is more severe in young infant < 6 months. Low VA content in breast-milk is more than 50% among lactating women. The recommendations, such as social marketing on the using iron tablet, iron fortification into several foods have been developed for control of anemia; VA capsule supplementation of 50,000 IU to the infant < 6 months combined with immunization of PDT on 6, 10, 14 weeks; Increasing doses of VA for women after delivery. Weekly supplementation of iron combined with low dose VA to pregnance women
Vitamin A ; Anemia ; Vitamin A Deficiency