Healthcare | Tuesday 8 August, 2017 12:39 pm

Medical breakthrough raises hopes for autoimmune disease patients in Saudi Arabia

 Prof. Tadamitsu Kishimoto of Osaka University, winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Medicine 2017, has stated that more than 100 countries, including Saudi Arabia, have adopted an effective biological approach in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, raising hopes for millions of ...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 8 August, 2017 4:15 am

Saudi Arabia Approves Oncothermia, the Latest Technology in Cancer Treatment

After being approved in over 30 countries, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) approved the use of Oncothermia (modulated electro-hyperthermia, mEHT), the latest complementary cancer treatment technology. The treatment gives cancer patients enhanced quality of life, improved survival rates, ...

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Healthcare | Sunday 6 August, 2017 10:24 am

Saudi Health Ministry facilities ready for Hajj pilgrims

The Health Ministry has prepared all its facilities to care for pilgrims throughout the current Hajj season. On its Twitter account, the ministry said it has prepared 25 hospitals: Four in Arafat, four in Mina, seven in Makkah, nine in Madinah and one in King Abdullah Medical City. The hospitals...

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Healthcare | Saturday 5 August, 2017 2:05 pm

Saudi Health Ministry and WHO in joint monitoring of Hajj pilgrims to prevent epidemic outbreaks

 Hajj operations are monitored by a special epidemic control team comprising officials from the Saudi Health Ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure there is no epidemic outbreak, Mahmoud Fikri, director of the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean office, told Arab News on...

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Healthcare | Friday 4 August, 2017 12:40 pm

KSA donates $33.7m to WHO to combat cholera in Yemen

Saudi Arabia on Thursday donated $33.7 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help fight cholera in Yemen. The pledge was signed in Riyadh by Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Aid (KSRelief), and Mahmoud Fikri, director of the...

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Healthcare | Thursday 3 August, 2017 12:20 pm

Oysho International Yoga Day

Since 2012, Oysho has been organizing Oysho Yoga, one of the most anticipated yoga event of the sports calendar in several cities around the world. In the past few years, Oysho Yogo has spread its concept of a healthy lifestyle worldwide, through dynamic and urban yoga that is open the public....

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Healthcare | Thursday 3 August, 2017 10:35 am

29,000 medical practitioners to serve Hajj pilgrims this year

 The Health Ministry has deployed 29,000 medics and paramedics to serve local and foreign Hajj pilgrims this year. The ministry said it has also launched a campaign to vaccinate all individuals involved in Hajj against meningitis and influenza. As in the past, the ministry has created an...

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Healthcare | Thursday 3 August, 2017 5:20 am

Protect your heart as the temperatures soar

Temperatures soaring well above the 40 degrees mark could give rise to more heart related challenges in the absence of proper care and attention. The human body maintains its internal temperature at around 37°C but as the environment warms-up, the body tends to warm-up as well. Heat-related...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 1 August, 2017 11:16 am

Medical evacuation aircraft transport 1,001 cases in 6 months

: Medical evacuation aircraft during the first half of 2017 transported 1,001 cases inside and outside Saudi Arabia. The project emanates from directives by King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman within the general strategy for developing the armed forces. The director general for...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 1 August, 2017 5:20 am

15 single individuals at risk of developing infertility problems seek fertility preservation options in Abu Dhabi

Fertility Physicians in Abu Dhabi successfully managed 15 cases of unmarried young women and men at risk of infertility in the future for different reasons, including the diagnosis of intractable diseases or autoimmune diseases that require long-term treatment that affects their fertility, or...

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