Healthcare | Monday 14 August, 2017 12:00 pm

Medical experts define obesity and sedentary lifestyles as the major causes of infertility

With changing lifestyles and increasing stress levels, obesity - caused by poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle has emerged as one of the major cause for higher infertility rates in the region than the west. Trying to start families later in life, Vitamin D deficiency, consanguinity, diabetes and...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 9 August, 2017 12:12 pm

CBAHI conducts the 3rd Healthcare institution orientation program (HOP) on the national standards of hospitals, in Riyadh

   The Saudi Center for Accreditation of Health Facilities (CBAHI) organized the 3rd version of the Healthcare institution orientation program which educates the trainees on the national standards that should be applied in the Saudi hospitals.   Lasted for 2 days, the...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 9 August, 2017 9:09 am

Health Authority Abu Dhabi underscores the importance of patient experience

Driving quality and safety, and enhancing patient experience in Abu Dhabi healthcare sector are top priorities for the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD). With the vision to promote a dialogue between different stakeholders to deliver the best patient centered care and patient experience, HAAD is...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 9 August, 2017 4:50 am

Tristar invites Jebel Ali residents and office staff to donate blood on August 13

Tristar, the UAE-based fully integrated liquid logistics solutions provider, will host its annual blood donation campaign on Sunday, 13th August 2017, from 10 am to 3 pm at the company’s headquarters in Jebel Ali Industrial Area No. 2 in Dubai The ‘Give Blood. Give Now. Give...

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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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