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Ultrasound, commonly performed in those diagnosed with suspicious breast lesions in mammography, also increases the number of unnecessary biopsies due to its inability to accurately distinguish between cancerous and benign lesions. Previous studies had reported that some 80 percent of...

It promises to make having your annual flu shot as painless as downing a spoonful of yoghurt.

Latest figures have revealed that 3,762 individuals including 147 deaths have tested positive for A/H1N1 virus in the country. News Agency that the second wave of the virus is already under control, stressing that there had been no new death...

If you thought that smoking tobacco through a waterpipe was safer than cigarettes, think again: Compared to cigarette smoking, a waterpipe -- also called a hookah or shisha -- delivers more deadly carbon monoxide and roughly the same amount of...

The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has launched a campaign to raise public awareness about pre-marital tests that is to be launched in Qatar on December 13. Jassim Fakhroo, director of Communication and Media at SCH said they had tied...

Qatar Health 2009, the first and biggest Medical Congress and Exhibition ever to be organised in the country, is set to break new ground in healthcare. The medical congress and exhibition from December 12 to 16 at the Doha Exhibition...

Task Force, argue that they get a raw deal and have to rely on donations. Drugs for treating HIV patients are very expensive in Israel. “People living with HIV are often not aware of their status. One cannot ignore a...

Elan Corp., the Dublin drugmaker, said on Monday that Janssen-Cilag submitted a marketing-authorization application to the European Medicines Agency for paliperidone palmitate, a once-monthly injection treatment for schizophrenia...Food and Drug Administration cleared the drug earlier...

According to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute , children suffering from cancers such as Ewing sarcomas and central nervous system tumors are more likely to experience a recurrence in adulthood. The study found that...