VN Sees First Successful Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant

Vietnam has seen its first successful bone marrow stem cell transplant to cure lethal skin blisters, saving the life of a four-year-old boy, a Hanoi doctor said. Read More »

VN, US Surgeons to Operate on Man’s 90kg Tumour

American and Vietnamese surgeons will operate on a man at a HCM City hospital next month to remove a tumour on his right leg estimated to weigh 90kg. Read More »

Prematurely Aged Woman’s Skin Sample to be Sent to US

Doctors of the HCM City Medical University Hospital conducted skin tests but they could not find out the reason that made Nguyen Thi Phuong, a 26-year-old woman age overnight. Read More »

Days-Old Conjoined Twins’ Fate Hanging in the Balance

The conjoined twins born on October 12 in Soc Trang have been moved to Ho Chi Minh City’s Hospital of Pediatrics No.1 for evaluation and treatment. News agency Tuoi Tre interviews deputy director Dr Dao Trung Hieu about the severity of the babies’ condition and their possible outcomes. Read More »

Rare Conjoined Twins Born in Soc Trang

According to local news agencies, a woman in Chau Thanh District in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang gave birth to a set of conjoined twin girls on Wednesday. Read More »

Young Woman with Aged Face Admitted for Treatment

26-year-old Nguyen Thi Phuong, who turned into an old woman virtually overnight possibly due to mastocytosis, was admitted to Ho Chi Minh City University medical center this afternoon for treatment. Read More »

Woman Prematurely Ages, Possibly Due to Allergies

Nguyen Thi Phuong (26) of Ben Tre Province turned into an old woman virtually overnight possibly due to an allergy caused by eating seafood or some medicines she was prescribed for it. Read More »

Changing Faces With a Smile

Changing faces with a smile – a little Brazilian girl gets corrective surgery for her cleft lip. Read More »

81 Children Dead From Common Virus, Vietnam on Alert

Vietnam’s prime minister has put the country on alert as an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease continues to surge, killing 81 children and sickening more than 32,000 people nationwide so far this year, officials said Friday. Read More »

US Experts to Operate on Da Lat Man’s 80kg Tumor

Dr. Le Hoang Minh, director of the Tumor Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City said that a 4 member team of American experts had accepted the challenge to operate on 31-year-old Nguyen Duy Hai who is suffering from an 80 kilogram tumor growth in his right leg. Read More »

Man in Da Lat Living With 80kg Tumor

For three years now, Nguyen Duy Hai from Da Lat city has been unable to move and can only sleep sitting up as his giant tumor has grown to an oversized 80 kilograms Read More »