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The Knesset Labor, Social Affairs and Health Committee instructed the Health Ministry on Tuesday to complete within four months its proposals for regulating the use of marijuana (cannabis) for medicinal purposes. Patients suffering from severe pain from cancer, multiple sclerosis...

A Kuwaiti health delegation yesterday visited a number of Jordanian medical institutions to learn about their work, as well as holding discussions with officials on various fields of cooperation and the exchange of medical expertise. Dr. Al-Gattan said that the...

Yana Kunichoff, t r u t h o u t Report Now that the Senate voted in favor of beginning debate on a health care reform bill, despite an attempted Republican filibuster and attacks from moderate Democrats, the hard work...

Tuesday that 80 percent of the flu patients in Lebanon have been diagnosed with A(H1N1), adding that “Tami Flu” medicine would be given to children diagnosed with the flu in public hospitals free of cost. He cautioned against panic and...

Over 90,000 people in Israel have received swine flu vaccinations do far, of which 43 developed side effects, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday. Of the people who did suffer from side effects, 11 people experienced swelling and redness in...

A Saudi doctor says the Nigerian president is undergoing medical tests at a hospital in the western seaport city of Jiddah. The doctor says President Umaru Yar'Adua was admitted Tuesday. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not...

According to a study published in the British Medical Journal , walking speed of over 6m in the elderly is predictive of cardiovascular death. There is, however, no such association between walking pace and cancer mortality. Compared to their faster...

The association said criticisms that the vaccine was unsafe and unneeded, were “scientifically unfounded.” Last week, the World Health Organization data showed that around 6,750 people had died from swine flu since the virus was first uncovered in Mexico and...

The National Guard will offer free medical services in the holy sites, mainly at the 60-bed Mina Field Hospital, which covers an area of 256 square meters and is open 24 hours a day. National Guard will also take care...