Middle East Health News

III In the early hours of the morning, most Polyclinics in Kuwait  are packed with patients, all waiting for an answer to their health concerns...Medical care may stand on the shoulder of nurses, but doctors provide the care and carry the...

Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual of the hajj, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them. There might be posters in the...

Three H1N1 2009 deaths were registered in the Middle East over the past 10 days as the world awaits a vaccine, expected to be available in September, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest briefing note . On 27...

During the past week, 42 people died of A(H1N1) flu...It said a total of 3,128 people have now been diagnosed with the illness in Iran, where a first swine flu death was reported on August 26 as that of a...

According to the study presented at a plastic surgery conference in Sydney, the permanent fat found in breasts can be grown inside this contoured scaffold, leading to the re-growth of breast tissue in pigs. In the pioneering procedure, a breast-shaped...

Diabetes cases in Qatar are still on the rise and the assumption based on a previous survey that showed a downward trend, is unfounded, a senior official of the Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA) said yesterday. QDA along with the Supreme...

RIYADH - A second wave of swine flu has begun in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, as the death toll from A(H1N1) neared 60 just weeks before the annual hajj brings two million pilgrims to the country....

The spread of swine flu is fast emerging as No 1 healthcare emergency not just in the country but the world over. Despite the issue being in the media for a long time, there continue to be ignorance and mis-information...