Is it possible that the after-school fish stick snacks you have been feeding your child could possibly be contaminated with deadly metals such as mercury?! Unfortunately, the answer is YES. The dangers of consuming too much fish are usually paired with the not-so-rare disease hydrargyria (better known as mercury poisoning) but now it seems that there’s a new danger to … [Read more...] about Cause of Death: Consumption of Basa Fish
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The Cost of Traffic Accidents in Vietnam
Natural disasters happen everywhere unpredictably; there is not much that we can do about it yet. However, deaths caused by preventable accidents are among the most disheartening to me. In Vietnam, preventable accidents are the cause of more than 10,000 deaths every year. This number is unnecessarily high and has caused more than just pain and grieves for the ones who are … [Read more...] about The Cost of Traffic Accidents in Vietnam
Congressional Report on Agent Orange in Vietnam
A few months ago, we wrote an article on what Agent Orange is and an overview of the health effects of Agent Orange on the people of Vietnam and their children. In the article, we sited a very important document, a Congressional report on Agent Orange in Vietnam. The official name of the report is "Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange and US - Vietnam Relations" and it is … [Read more...] about Congressional Report on Agent Orange in Vietnam
Understanding Agent Orange
Source: Mother Jones Magazine; Wikipedia For the generation that lived through the Vietnam War, Agent Orange is a topic mired my controversy and debate. In recent years, many programs have emerged to tackle the issue, as our own Brian Luong reported in a post months ago. However, we have come to realize that for many, if not most, of those born in the … [Read more...] about Understanding Agent Orange
Young Vietnamese Doctor Battles Lymphoma
Viet Lam is a 37-year-old doctor from Michigan who is of Vietnamese and Chinese descent. She has B-cell lymphoma and is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant. She is currently being treated at Stanford Hospital in the Bay Area, and without the transplant she will surely not survive. Here is her story: I would like to introduce myself and ask for help in search of a … [Read more...] about Young Vietnamese Doctor Battles Lymphoma