Hepatitis C is an asymptomatic, chronic infection caused by hepatitis C virus and causes inflammation of the liver. This disease that is known to spread by blood-to-blood contact affects an estimated 270…
C. elegans Assisted Screening of New Drugs
Researchers at McMaster University have developed a way to propel and direct microscopic-sized worms (C. elegans nematodes) along a narrow channel using a mild electric field. The discovery opens up significant possibilities…
Screening for breast cancer at age 40 or earlier
Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have recommended that breast cancer screening should start by the age of 40 or earlier in high risk patients with…
Novel biodegradable nanoparticles for drug delivery
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University have created biodegradable nanosized particles that can easily slip through the body’s sticky and viscous mucus secretions to deliver a sustained-release medication cargo. The mucus-penetrating biodegradable…
Portable Computerized Weighing Scale To Help Obese Children Lose Weight
Mandometer, a new device developed by Cecilia Bergh, Ph.D., and Per Sodersten, Ph.D., researchers at the world-renowned Swedish academic health centre, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, can now be used to…
Four New Healthcare Centres in Sharjah Soon
Sharjah– The emirate of Sharjah will soon have four new healthcare centres each in Qarain, Nazwa, Batayeh and Khorfakkan.The Director of Sharjah Medical Zone Sheikh Mohammed Bin Saqr Al Qasimi anounced this…
Researchers unveils the secret of the association of maltreatment and pain
A study conducted by the researchers from the American Headache Society’s Women’s Issues Section Research Consortium found that incidence of childhood maltreatment, especially emotional abuse and neglect, are prevalent in migraine patients….
HMC conducts workshop on Down’s Syndrome
DOHA: Focusing on parents of children with special needs, the Occupational Therapy Department (OTD) of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) conducted a Down’s Syndrome Awareness Workshop, recently. The one-day event, which attracted approximately…
SCH Medical licensing unit to be linked with counterparts
DOHA: The Medical Licensing Department at the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) is planning to link itself electronically to its counterparts in other countries to speed up licensing procedures in Qatar. The…
Prince Alwaleed contributes SR500,000 for breast cancer campaign
RIYADH: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of the board of trustees of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation, has donated SR500,000 for the second phase of a breast cancer awareness campaign in the…
Pomegranates could inhibit hormone-dependant breast cancer.
According to a study published in the January issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,eating pomegranate or drinking pomegranate juice could prevent estrogen dependant breast…
How safe is a kitchen spoon?
How often do you use a proper measuring device such as a measuring cap,syringe or dropper to give prescribed amount of liquid medicine to your little one who has got up in…
Need To Drop Some Weight? Try Sleeping!
This could truly be the ‘dream diet’ (no pun intended). This might seem like a very wild idea, but the good news is that there is medical evidence to validate the thought….
Career And Infertility- The Close Connection
Sometimes, hard work hardly pays. This is especially true if looked at from a woman’s perspective. This day and age of competitiveness and career consciousness has witnessed the sprouting of a sub…
A New Ally Discovered In The Battle Against Drug Addiction
People of all socio-economic status, not restricting to just the rich and famous, today use cocaine, also called the ‘Champagne of drugs’. Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant that has gratifying yet…