Healthcare | Saturday 10 October, 2015 3:41 am

H.E. HUMAID AL QATAMI MEETS WITH KEY SPEAKERS FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC AND MAYO CLINIC AT THE 5th ANNUAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONFERENCE IN DUBAI TODAY

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Health Authority, and supported by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, the 5th Annual Case Based Approach to Controversies in...

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Healthcare | Thursday 8 October, 2015 1:33 pm

EY participates in Alzheimer’s awareness campaign “Wanabqa”

EY Riyadh recently participated in an initiative to raise awareness about patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease held by the Saudi Alzheimer’s Disease Association. The theme for the initiative this year was “Wanabqa”, and was held in solidarity with the World...

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Healthcare | Thursday 8 October, 2015 10:39 am

Abscessed Tooth Awareness: Are you at Risk?

What is an abscessed tooth and what causes it? An abscess is a term used to describe the collection of bacteria and their products (pus) around the causing agent which is usually the tooth and its surrounding structures.  A presenting dental abscess can be classified broadly...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 7 October, 2015 12:25 pm

‘Integrated planning resulted in Haj free of infectious diseases’

The Kingdom successfully implemented an integrated health plan during the Haj season to make the sacred areas free of communicable diseases, Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in Kuwait on Tuesday. The minister who was leading the Saudi delegation, was speaking at the 62nd session of the WHO...

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Healthcare | Monday 5 October, 2015 2:45 am

Al-Falih outlines Health Ministry’s rapid response during Haj 2015

Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih has expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those who died in the Mina stampede and wished a speedy recovery to the injured. In a report on the Health Ministry’s activities leading up to, and during, Haj 2015, he noted that a thorough...

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Healthcare | Friday 2 October, 2015 12:53 pm

Pampers and UNICEF Celebrate a Decade Together Helping to Save Millions of Mother’s and Babies’ Lives

An estimated 500,000 newborn lives have been saved and 100 million women and their newborns protected from the deadly disease, maternal and newborn tetanus, thanks to a ten-year long partnership between Pampers® and UNICEF that helped achieve this milestone.  The partners marked the...

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Healthcare | Friday 25 September, 2015 10:57 am

MoH: No MERS cases among Haj pilgrims

The current number of Coronavirus patients is 20 percent less than in the same period last year, with just 417 cases in comparison to 547 at this time in 2014, according to statistics from the Command and Control Center of the Ministry of Health. This news comes as the Minister of Health...

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Healthcare | Monday 21 September, 2015 7:19 am

Bobolink Presents the Largest Pan-Arab Anti-Drug Campaign "Ma Btefro' Ma'eh"

The issues of drugs and drug addiction have always been a taboo in the Arab world, to the extent that - up until this day - there are no official statistics about the matter. Bobolink Creative Boutique, located in Beirut, Lebanon, has launched the first pan-Arab anti-drugs campaign entitled ...

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Healthcare | Saturday 19 September, 2015 1:14 pm

Recycling medication

It seems many of the Kingdom’s pharmacies allow customers to return prescription medicines regardless of the dangers involved in doing so. A medicine that is taken outside the pharmacy should not be returned under any circumstances because if it is exposed to the sun or other elements, its ...

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Healthcare | Saturday 19 September, 2015 3:43 am

65 MoH centers to monitor pilgrim health

The Ministry of Health has set up 65 epidemiological survey centers in Makkah and at the holy sites for the safety of the pilgrims, a senior official from the ministry told Arab News here  on Friday.  “We have mobilized our resources to offer maximum safety for the guests of...

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