Tuesday May 21, 2013
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  • Tramadol is widespread among school children
    Healthcare

    Tramadol is widespread among school children

    10 months ago

    Tramadol has become widespread among school children who get the narcotic-like pain reliever from older friends, a Dubai health official has warned. In the absence of urgent action, many school boys could become drug addicts and end up in prison, said Shamsa Abdullah Hammad, director of Afia... Full story

  • HealthPlus set to expand UAE IVF fertility services
    Healthcare

    HealthPlus set to expand UAE IVF fertility services

    10 months ago

    HealthPlus has announced plans to expand its IVF fertility services in the UAE. Construction has started to double the capacity of its Abu Dhabi clinic, with an additional operating theatre and six preparation and recovery rooms. HealthPlus said it is also planning to open a new clinic for IVF... Full story

  • Boy undergoes rare surgery
    Healthcare

    Boy undergoes rare surgery

    10 months ago

    Abdullah Hassan Al Marzouqi, a 13-year-old Emirati boy successfully underwent a rare sickle cell anaemia surgery that involves removing the spleen without cutting open the abdomen.   The surgery which happened on Sunday is the first of its kind in the UAE whereby the screen is melted through ... Full story

  • Healthcare

    Severely burned girls learn to cope at retreat

    10 months ago

    Angela Brady has been socially isolated her entire life after a house fire severely burned her face when she was an infant.   But the 18-year-old found happiness earlier this month at a Southern California program called “Angel Faces” that focuses on psychological healing for... Full story

  • Healthcare

    High-dose vitamin D prevents fractures in elderly

    10 months ago

    A new analysis of nearly a dozen studies testing vitamin D in older individuals has concluded that it takes a daily dose of at least 800 international units (IU) to consistently prevent broken bones.   A dose that high was found to reduce the risk of hip fracture by 30 percent and other... Full story

  • Kuwait’s Minister of Health sends his best wishes for the opening of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s New Morgan Stanley Clinical Building
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    Kuwait’s Minister of Health sends his best wishes for the opening of Great Ormond Street Hospital’s New Morgan Stanley Clinical Building

    10 months ago

    London 2012 Olympics Chairman Lord Coe opens the new building with UK athletes First part of Mittal Children’s Medical Centre benefitting patients   Kuwait, 5 July 2012: Dr. Ali Al Obeidi, Kuwait Minister of Health, sent his best wishes as London 2012 Olympics Chairman, Lord Coe... Full story

  • Four GCC countries rank amongst world’s 10 fattest nations
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    Four GCC countries rank amongst world’s 10 fattest nations

    10 months ago

    Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have all ranked amongst the world’s top ten fattest nations with obesity rates expected to severely affect global food security, a new report has said. The average person in Kuwait, the second fattest country in the world behind the United... Full story

  • Hot spot in medical tourism
    Healthcare

    Hot spot in medical tourism

    10 months ago

    Dubai is fast emerging as cost-effective destination for quality healthcare solutions   Dimitri K (full name withheld at request) flew all the way from Ukraine to Dubai for a complicated reconstructive dental surgery. After the doctors in his home town left his teeth in what he calls... Full story

  • Hot spot in medical tourism
    Healthcare

    Hot spot in medical tourism

    10 months ago

    Dubai is fast emerging as cost-effective destination for quality healthcare solutions   Dimitri K (full name withheld at request) flew all the way from Ukraine to Dubai for a complicated reconstructive dental surgery. After the doctors in his home town left his teeth in what he calls... Full story

  • With CPR, two bystanders are better than one
    Healthcare

    With CPR, two bystanders are better than one

    10 months ago

    When somebody suffers cardiac arrest in a public place, the odds of survival are better when more than one bystander comes to the rescue, according to a Japanese study.   But the researchers, whose report appeared in the journal Resuscitation, said that there was no survival advantage to... Full story

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