Nhật Nam 09

http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/11460 Background: Vietnam is among those countries with the highest drinking prevalence.  In this study, we examined the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and its associations with HIV risky behaviors, health care utilization, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among clients using voluntary HIV testing and counseling services (VCT).  Methods:A cross-sectional survey of 365 VCT clients (71 % male; mean age 34) was conducted in Hanoi and Nam Dinh province.  AUD and HRQOL were measured using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C), and EuroQol-five dimensions-five levels (EQ-5D-5L).  Risky sexual behaviors, concurrent opioid use, and inpatient and outpatient service use were self-reported.  Results: 67.2 % clients were lifetime ever drinkers of those 62.9 % were hazardous drinkers and 82.0 % were binge drinkers.  There were 48.8 % respondents who h...

http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/11458 Japan has been moving towards a super aging society, resulting in a rapidly increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases, including colon cancer.  Japanese patients survey by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported 235,000 colon cancer patients in 2015, and this number is quickly increasing due to the change of dietary life style from the typical Japanese food to the westernized style food.  Although the cancer chemotherapy has been widely developing recently, some natural product support, having wide spectra of bioactivity, however mild, are required.  Saffron finds use as folk medicines as well as a flavoring and a coloring agent.  Saffron consists of three main chemical components; red color, crocetin glycosides; a bitter taste, picrocrocin; and spicy aroma, safranal. In this chapter, we evaluate the activities of saffron extracts and a major crocetin glycoside, crocin. against co...