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Application of transcranial magnetic resonance techniques, video electroencephalogram... in the treatment of mental illness

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   In recent years, the Institute of Mental Health has promoted and improved the quality of medical examination and treatment;  timely grasp the advances in science and technology in the world such as: Transcranial magnetic stimulation, video EEG, application in the treatment of psychiatric patients with pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and radiation therapy. stretching exercise. Many special cases, many of the latest techniques in the field of mental health treatment were shared by doctors of the Institute of Mental Health as well as experts around the world at the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Mental Health. Mental Health and the 11th Annual Scientific Conference took place on October 18 at Bach Mai Hospital. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Assoc.Prof.Dr.  Nguyen Quoc Anh - Director of Bach Mai Hospital stated that, after 50 years of construction and development, the Institute of Mental Health has now become a leading practice facility ...

Food allergies - subjectively dangerous

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  A food allergy (food allergy) is a condition in which one or certain foods cause an abnormal immune response. That's because the body's immune system mistakenly recognizes certain proteins in food as harmful agents, thereby triggering a series of defense mechanisms (including releasing chemicals like histamine) that cause allergies. How do food allergies occur? Food allergies are more likely to occur in people with allergies (atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma...). For people with food allergies, even very small amounts of allergenic foods are enough to develop allergic reactions, which can be mild and transient but sometimes cause a serious medical condition, even death. Symptoms of food allergies can be one or more manifestations such as rashes, itching in the skin. Redness usually goes away in a few days. Some cases that can persist for a long time are called atopic dermatitis. Itchy nose and eyes, sneezing and runny nose, there may be symptoms of asthm...

Essential nutrients for pregnant women in the last three months of pregnancy

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  The last three months of pregnancy is an important "sprint" period, so mothers need to ensure a scientific and nutritious diet to prepare their baby for a healthy body. at birth. The last three months of pregnancy is an important "sprint" period, so mothers need to ensure a scientific and nutritious diet to prepare their baby for a healthy body when welcoming. life.  During this period, what nutrients need to be added, how to supplement is something that pregnant women should pay special attention to. In the last three months of pregnancy, the fetal growth rate is very fast, so it is necessary for pregnant women to provide all the necessary nutrients for the body for the best growth and development of the fetus.  At this stage, nutrients not only provide for the development of the fetus, but also need to store a part of the mother's body to prepare for things such as blood loss during childbirth, physical loss. , breastfeeding ... Therefore, to meet the increa...

Advances in radiotherapy: Disease control rates, patient survival times increase

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  Cancer treatment is a multimodal treatment including radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy... Each case is consulted by interdisciplinary to come up with the most effective regimen.  With the advancements in the field of radiation therapy (full machine system) the quality of treatment is far superior.  Specifically, the rate of disease control, prolonging the patient's survival time increased.  With nasopharyngeal cancer, 20 years ago, the 5-year survival rate was only 33%, but now it has increased to 65%.  Or like lung cancer, the average patient lived only 1 year before, now 2 years... Modern radiotherapy machine on par with  the world Sharing with the press on the sidelines of the National Conference "Advances in Radiation Oncology" held at K Hospital last weekend, Assoc.  Ngo Thanh Tung, Director of the National Center for Radiation Therapy, Head of the Department of Radiation 1, K Hospital, said that the hospital currently has 8 radiotherapy ...

What to do with kids who never sit still?

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  Holding the ball for less than 2 seconds, the boy quickly threw it to a corner and climbed on to the chair, next, he jumped down and ran quickly to the potted planter and scattered flowers... Looking at the 6-year-old child, he kept his hands. Without stopping, the mother shook her head in dismay. Let go of this, catch that and be unruly At the Department of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatric Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City Psychiatric Hospital, this is not the only case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). One day, just one morning, the doctors had Check up to dozens of cases. The baby's expression is the same. Taken to the doctor by his mother, an 11-year-old boy from Tien Giang "messed up" in the doctor's room even though he had just come here for the first time.  The boy refused to sit still, stood up, ran and jumped, played with furniture all over the room, fell to the ground crying when his mother stopped him.  Another child insists on getting the balloon...

5 common remedies from red tree tops

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  Red top tree is a medicine that has been used for a long time among the people, in some traditional remedies... Common names:  Thanh Ngan, May fairy tree, Hoang Nguu Moc. Scientific name:  Cratoxylon prunifolium Dyer. Red tree tops 1. Biological characteristics of the red-top tree The red top tree  often grows in hills, primary or secondary forests, riverside, swamps, clay or sandy soil, up to 1,200m altitude.  It is a medium to large tree that can grow up to 45 m tall.  The bark of the tree is gray and scaly.  The tree is easy to spot when the top is covered with pale pink flowers among the new red foliage, which gives the  tree its name  . The foliage of  the red tree  is opposite, long-stemmed, pulpy with papery leaf blades often narrow to broad oval and 3.5–18 x 1–7.6 cm long.  The new leaves of the plant have reddish-pink leaf blades that turn green when mature.  The flowers are lightly scented with a light pink col...