RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has commended Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah and his medical staff at the King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam on Friday for their…
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New Multidrug Resistant Bacteria On The Loose: Increases Dangerous Infection in U.S. Hospitals
A new strain of bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii, is showing a dangerous surge in U.S. hospitals, as reported by the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. This too is a multidrug resistant strain…
GCC Countries to Benefit From Gastrointestinal Surgery for Treatment of Selective Type II Diabetes
The first Diabetes Surgery Summit (DSS), an international conference held at the Catholic University of Rome, Italy, witnessed an audience of more than 50 scientific and medical experts, to mutually define and…
Are Vegetarians More At Risk?
By Tatyana Kour Courtesy jordantimes.com Many people think that eating the vegetarian way puts one at greater health risks and is not as conducive to health as the nonvegetarian eating, which simply…
Budget Allocation Will Boost Health Services In Saudi
RIYADH: The budget presented by Custodian of the Two Mosques King Adbullah will help the Ministry of Health provide improved and integrated health services in the Kingdom, according to Health Minister Dr….
New Treatment for Aggressive Brain Tumor Targets Receptor Protein.
Biomedical researchers at the University of Central Florida have found a protein that could hold the key to treating one of the most common and aggressive brain tumors in adults. Glioblastoma multiforme…
Students Fall Sick After H1N1 Jab
TAIF: Eleven students who fell ill after taking the swine flu jab are now safe and sound, according to Health Affairs Department in Taif. Spokesman Saeed Al-Zahrani said the students, all from…
Hair Mercury Levels in Amazonian Populations Spatial Distribution and Trends
Methylmercury human exposure has been widely studied in the Amazon. Its presence in the aquatic environments has a both natural and anthropogenic origin, exposing Amazonian riverside populations to this toxic organic form…
Can These Household Chemicals Crush Your Son’s Masculinity?
Elevated levels of two plastic-softening chemicals in pregnant women’s urine are linked to less-masculine play behavior by their sons several years later, according to a study published in the International Journal of…
Top 10 Issues Facing Healthcare in 2010
Healthcare Industry in 2009 had seen some great challenges. Some expected and others not quite so. In the US, healthcare reform, has been topical, because of its rising costs and still about…
Elderly Men and Women Who Sip Green Tea May Be Less Likely to Have The Blues
18th December 2009 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A findings of a study from Japan hints that Elderly men and women who sip on several cups of green tea a day may…
Oral Bisphosphonates Linked to Reduced Incidence of Invasive Breast Cancer
Findings from an analysis of the Women’s Health Initiative showed that women taking Oral Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis were less likely to Develop Invasive Breast Cancer. A total of 2,216 of 151,592 postmenopausal…
Gynaecological cancers more common in urban areas
Gynaecological cancers are far more likely to happen in women living in urban areas than in rural areas, according to a study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology….
Academics and drug companies need to work together to win funds for biomedicals
Academics and drug companies must forge more productive relationships in the face of pressure from politicians and funders for more applied biomedical research, a research director has warned. Against a projected backdrop…
FDA researchers identify new MRI safety risk for pacemakers patients
15th December 2009 : Courtesy BiomedCentral.com Web site The researchers at FDA have found that certain cardiac pacemakers may inadequately stimulate a patient’s heart while undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan…