Many people have been speculating that healthcare costs are going up, and they’re right. In recent years, out-of-pocket healthcare costs have been rising as companies ask employees to foot more of their…
Category: Health Care
6 Signs your body shows before a heart attack
Your body Weakness Feel Dizziness get Cold Sweats Chest Pressure Cold or Flu Fatigue Shortness of Breath Heart attacks are a huge concern in the United States. In fact, it’s the number one…
Stent Retrievers Can Provide Benefits More Than 7 Hours After Stroke Onset
The time window in which Endovascular Thrombectomy confers benefit in acute ischemic stroke is at least up to 7.3 hours after onset, an extension beyond the current guideline recommendation of up to…
New Tool Predicts Chance Of Recovery Following LVAD
A new study finds that although few patients recover after receiving a left ventricular-assist device (LVAD), a new risk score may be able to foresee how likely these patients are to recuperate….
Dubai Expats should not ignore mental health
Dubai: An unfortunate fallout of urbanisation and rapid progress is often the deteriorating mental health of people who hold the seams of a city together. According to the World Health Organisation, mental health…
Study on biology of chronic fatigue illness stirs debate
LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) – A team of scientists said on Friday they had found “robust evidence” that a condition called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a biological as opposed to a…
Merieux NutriSciences starts Saudi operations
Merieux NutriSciences announced recently the closing of transaction with Inspection, Diagnosis and Analysis Lab Company (IDAC), a market leader for food testing services in the Kingdom, after obtaining the license from Saudi…
Health Authority announces clinical services capacity plan
Dubai: By 2020, Dubai will require 3,917 beds in medium- and low-cost hospitals, 7,323 doctors and 8,510 nurses. These are some of the findings of the first in-depth survey conducted by the…
Ebola experts say 16 other bat viruses could infect man – TRFN
LONDON, Jan 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Scientists looking for Ebola in bats have identified 16 other viruses in the animal which could jump to humans and potentially cause a disease outbreak…
Landmark cardiac surgery done at Dubai hospital
Dubai: In a landmark surgery that took place for the first time in Dubai, Dr Girish Chandra Varma, Head of the Cardiac Surgery Unit of the NMC Specialty Hospital, excised an aneurysm…
GCC closes door on chronically ill expats
Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries have decided to only hire expatriates who are medically fit, to reduce pressure on their health services. This follows reports that about 10 percent of 2…
Emirates Red Crescent helps to implement national polio vaccination campaign
ABU DHABI, 31st December, 2014 — The Volunteer Department at the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, has participated in the first phase of the national polio vaccination campaign launched throughout the country by…
Support for health staff
THE Bahrain Medical Society (BMS) and the Bahrain Dental Society (BDS) yesterday came out in support of health workers’ demands for Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer to resign. Both organisations allege…
CARNIVAL TO RAISE AWARENESS OF AUTISM
A CARNIVAL to raise awareness about autism in children will be held on February 19. Alia for Early Intervention is hosting its fund-raising Carnival At the Park 2011 at Al Hunainiya public…
Bahrain breast cancer claims
BAHRAIN has been ranked among the top 50 countries in the world for breast cancer detection. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) put Bahrain 50th worldwide for diagnosing…