In an effort to develop and provide health care services for citizens in the Sultanate, Ministry of Health is currently working on significant health projects at a total cost of more than…
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UAE lifeline for Hepatitis
DUBAI — Hepatitis and tuberculosis are no longer deportable offences in the UAE except for a category of workers, according the new medical fitness testing rules published by the Dubai Health Authority…
Soon, breath test to detect cancer
12 August 2010 Scientists from an Israeli institute are developing a novel breath test that can detect early signs of breast, lung, bowel and prostate cancer. The team believes that further work…
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Moving From South Asia to U.S.
A dangerous new mutation that makes some bacteria resistant to almost all antibiotics has become increasingly common in India and Pakistan and is being found in patients in Britain and the United…
Breast cancer death rates fall by a third
Between 1989 and 2006 they fell by 34.3 per cent – faster than in any other major European country. Cancer charities last night hailed the declining figures as evidence that new treatments…
FDA panel vouches for epilepsy drug effectiveness
British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International said Wednesday that a panel of 13 federal health experts unanimously agreed there is “substantial evidence” the potential epilepsy treatment ezogabine is an effective…
Treatment found for severe skin disease
As children’s diseases go, it is surely one of the cruellest. Skin that blisters and turns into gaping sores with the slightest bump or pressure. Open wounds in the mouth and digestive…
MRSA infections declining
Dangerous infections caused by the bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, appear to be declining in healthcare settings across the nation, the federal government reported Tuesday. An analysis conducted by the Centers…
Health officials gear up for flu vaccination season
This time last year, health officials were scrambling to protect kids going back to school against what was feared to be an exceptionally deadly flu outbreak. And while that scare has passed,…
Extremely Drug-Resistant Infections Spreading Fast
Is this the beginning of the end of the antibiotic era? NDM, a gene that makes germs impervious to many antibiotics, is spreading worldwide among bacteria in the gut that most commonly…
The Mapping Of All Mammalian Gene Interactions By UCLA Scientists
In one of the first efforts of its kind, UCLA researchers have taken mammalian genome maps, including human maps, one step further by showing not just the order in which genes fall…
Suspicious Gene Tied To Breast Cancer
Someone in the world is diagnosed with breast cancer every 23 seconds. It is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide among women and approximately 456,000 die from the disease each year….
The Brain’s Wiring Examined In New Study
The brain has been mapped to the smallest fold for at least a century, but still no one knows how all the parts talk to each other. A study in Proceedings of…
Stem Cells To Fix A Broken Heart
These days people usually don’t die from a heart attack. But the damage to heart muscle is irreversible, and most patients eventually succumb to congestive heart failure, the most common cause of…
Doctor sues Health Ministry over cupping ban
An Arab doctor is locked in a legal battle with the Ministry of Health for its decision to ban him from practising cupping, a traditional Arabian treatment involving sticking cups on the…