In draft guidance published, NICE recommends prucalopride (Resolor, Movetis) as an option for the treatment of chronic constipation in women, in whom laxatives have failed to provide adequate relief. Prucalopride[1] should only…
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Iran to Unveil Laboratory Information Management System Software
Iran’s Nanotechnology headquarters is due to unveil its developed Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software concurrent with the third Iran Nanotechnology Festival from October 25 to 29. The Laboratory Information Management System…
UAE Health Minister meets Global Cleveland Clinic official
Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim, UAE Minister of Health, held a meeting with Dr. William Ruschhaupt Chairman Global Patient Services of Global Cleveland Clinic and accompanying delegation. Al Qassim reviewed the…
Private hospitals gear up for NTY 2011 campaign
As a part of contributing to Nepal Tourism Year 2011 and reap benefit from the year-long tourism promotional campaign, private hospitals in the capital are doing groundwork to promote Nepal as a…
Heidelberg Medical Services Starts Medical Tourism and Teleconsultancy Operations
Heidelberg Medical Consultancy and Health Tourism Pvt Ltd. has started it operations by launching its first service – ‘Medical Tourism facilitation’ to India under the brand name of Heart Consult. The service…
Action demanded against hospitals after boy’s death
A Saudi father has urged authorities to take action against various hospitals and polyclinics in Al-Hassa in the Eastern Province, which he holds responsible for his son’s death after they allegedly failed…
10,000 hip replacement patients told their operations may need to be reversed after receiving faulty implants
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a multi-million-pound legal claim after thousands of British patients were told that their hip replacement operations will need to be reversed. Many patients have been…
Freshwater losses pose risks for food, health
Damage to rivers, wetlands and lakes threatens to destabilize the diversity of freshwater fish species, posing risks for food security, incomes and nutrition, a Rivers and lakes are the source of 13…
Insurance firms lose SR1.2b a year in health fraud
The Kingdom’s medical insurance companies are losing up to SR1.2 billion a year due to fraudulent claims and hospitals misusing the identities of insurance card holders, Al-Hayat Arabic daily reported Saturday. Medical…
Baby death scandal at stem cell clinic which treats hundreds of British patients a year
A doctor who worked at the clinic is now under criminal investigation over the child’s death in August and the serious injury caused to a second child in another alleged botched operation…
Underprivileged children receive free vaccination
Close to 100 underprivileged children from a number of charities received free vaccinations against pneumococcal disease today at Thomson Community Centre. The children, aged between two to five years, were from Beyond…
Health workers rush to contain cholera outbreak as disease creeps toward Haiti’s capital
Haiti (AP) — A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of…
I travelled in hope to stem cell clinic
Hope is important to everyone, but it is particularly precious to those who suffer from an incurable disease. I am one of that group. I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis nearly 20…
Forum on Mass Gathering Medicine opens in Jeddah
The Minister of Health opened the Global Forum on Mass Gathering Medicine Saturday with a speech on behalf of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, highlighting the Kingdom’s experience in…
The horrors of the US campaign against pot
Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.’s recent chest-thumping against the California ballot initiative that seeks to legalize marijuana underscores how the war on drugs in the United States has become a war focused…