http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new analysis has found a link between exposure to Agent Orange and lethal forms of prostate cancer among US Veterans. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings suggest that Agent Orange exposure history should be incorporated into prostate screening decisions for Veterans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-agent-orange-exposure-linked-life-threatening.html Cancer Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:01 EST news287590837 French drugmaker Sanofi said Friday that it had begun building a new manufacturing facility in Vietnam to serve the expanding pharmaceutical market in southeast Asia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-sanofi-mn-factory-vietnam-asean.html Medications Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:22:38 EST news283756953 US war veterans on Monday suggested meditation to help heal the post-war mental disturbances that afflict a growing number of American soldiers, including possibly the ex-Marine who gunned down the country's most famous sniper over the weekend. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-war-veterans-meditation-ptsd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:00:03 EST news279261575 Western babies are potty trained later these days and need diapers until an average of three years of age. But even infants can be potty trained. A study by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, followed 47 infants and their mothers in Vietnam – where potty training starts at birth and the need for diapers is usually eliminated by nine months of age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-diapers.html Health Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:14:15 EST news278766828 A new study of 152 Vietnam veterans with combat-related brain injuries offers the first detailed map of the brain regions that contribute to emotional intelligence – the ability to process emotional information and navigate the social world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-emotional-intelligence-brain.html Neuroscience Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:29:38 EST news278083649 Among deployed U.S. service members who died of combat or unintentional injuries between 2001-2011 and underwent autopsies, the prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis was 8.5 percent, with factors associated with a higher prevalence of the disease including older age, lower educational level and prior diagnoses of dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity, according to a study in the December 26 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-autopsy-based-prevalence-atherosclerosis-members.html Cardiology Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:00:01 EST news275576911 (AP)—Vietnam has recorded more cases of hand, foot and mouth disease this year than in 2011, but the fatality rate has decreased sharply. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-child-disease-cases-vietnam-fatalities.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:20:03 EST news271654851 From deformed infants to grandparents with cancer, families near Vietnam's Danang Airbase have long blamed the toxic legacy of war for their ills. Now after a decades-long wait, a historic "Agent Orange" clean-up is finally beginning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-vietnam-historic-agent-orange-cleanup.html Health Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:11:32 EST news263700682 (AP) -- America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-vets-disability.html Health Sun, 27 May 2012 14:40:45 EST news257348423 Scientists report that they have mapped the physical architecture of intelligence in the brain. Theirs is one of the largest and most comprehensive analyses so far of the brain structures vital to general intelligence and to specific aspects of intellectual functioning, such as verbal comprehension and working memory. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-brain-injury-intelligence-brain.html Neuroscience Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:05:51 EST news253281942 Undergraduate students at Rice University have come up with what they hope will prove to be a better and safer version of cervical collars to stabilize the heads and necks of accident victims. Cervical collars have been in common use since their introduction during the Vietnam War. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-students-focus-cervical-collar.html Other Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:06:51 EST news253195593 Vietnam says a large ongoing outbreak of a common childhood virus could worsen this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-big-outbreak-child-virus-vietnam.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:45:29 EST news249043498 A man left unable to walk by a tumour on his right leg that weighs more than the rest of his body went under the knife in Vietnam on Thursday to have the growth removed, hospital officials said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-doctors-vietnamese-90kg-tumour.html Other Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:10:09 EST news244958999 (AP) -- Vietnam says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 156 people, mostly children, and sickened more than 96,000 through late November. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-foot-mouth-disease-vietnam.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:26:17 EST news243228359 (AP) -- The World Health Organization says an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease has surged in Vietnam, killing 98 children and sickening more than 42,000 others this year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-common-virus-children-vietnam.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:23:38 EST news234843801 (AP) -- A health official says a surging outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease in Vietnam has killed 70 people so far this year and infected more than 23,000, mostly children under 5. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-childhood-virus-vietnam.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:00:01 EST news231130760