Triangle hospitals are racing to take over local physicians’ practices. In one of the largest examples, the UNC Health Care System finalized a deal late Friday to affiliate with Wake Heart &…
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EP breast cancer campaign underway
The first phase of the breast cancer testing and awareness campaign has been running successfully for the past two weeks, according to Professor Fatma Abdullah Al-Mulhim from the University of Dammam and…
H1N1 vaccines will be mandatory for Haj pilgrims from UAE
Haj pilgrims across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi are required to receive vaccinations against H1N1 and Meningitis two weeks prior to travelling, as per an announcement by the Health Authority Abu Dhabi…
‘Olive oil increases life expectancy’
Olive oil helps prevent cancer and increases life expectancy, an official of the Indian Olive Association (IOA) said Saturday, predicting that olive oil consumption in India would go up by 125 percent…
Healthy eating top of menu on DietPhone app
WANT to lose weight? There’s an app for that. In all the things your mobile phone can help you with, healthy eating is now among them. Scottish researchers have developed the DietPhone…
Oral sex cancer risk to be tackled by documentary
One of the last taboos in sexual health is to be tackled by the BBC in an hour-long film presented by the film star Jaime Winstone. The investigation tackles the link between…
In pursuit of diseases that have no name
DeGalynn Wade graduated as a lawyer in 1998 and began work as a prosecuting attorney in Minneapolis. “Life was perfect,” she recalls. “I had a cute car, a cute condo – a…
Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
The government of Jordan has accorded great attention to the acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (AIDS), reflected in the response to the disease since the detection of the first case in the Kingdom back…
Experts admit swine flu jab ‘may cause’ deadly nerve disease
Health chiefs have for the first time acknowledged that the swine flu jab may be linked to an increased risk of developing a deadly nerve condition. Experts are examining a possible association…
SNP Conference: Vow to cut NHS managers
NICOLA Sturgeon yesterday pledged to cut the number of senior NHS managers in Scotland by one-quarter over the next four years. Sturgeon was speaking to the SNP conference yesterday More than 300…
NHS ‘scaring’ women out of home births, top midwife says
Samantha Green had been looking forward to giving birth amid the comfort of her home, where she hoped the familiar surroundings would provide a perfect setting for the arrival her first child….
Woman dies of H1N1 virus
A 26-year-old Qatari woman has died from H1N1 flu virus, the Supreme Council of Health announced yesterday. Her death brings the total number of H1N1 victims in Qatar to 11 since the…
Job cuts for junior doctors
NHS managers in London have demanded the budget for trainee doctors be cut and at least 140 posts will go as £20bn of efficiency savings must be found by 2014. Ministers have…
Oman Respiratory Society organises symposium
In collaboration with the College of Medicine and Health Sciences of Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman Respiratory Society held its 2nd National COPD Symposium on World Spirometry Day recently. It was held…
Child dies after private hospital allegedly refuses treatment
The Health Directorate in Madina is to form a committee to investigate allegations that a private hospital here refused to treat people injured in a car accident, resulting in the death of…