Egypt Health News

Egypt reported one more death case of A/H1N1 flu, bringing the country's death toll to 23, local daily Al-Akhbar reported on Thursday.     A 23-year-old pregnant woman died of A/H1N1 virus in Egypt's southern governorate of Aswan on Wednesday.     Up till...

A Swiss-led team of international scientists hopes its study retracing the history of leprosy from ancient Egypt to today can help contribute to the elimination of the debilitating illness, which still persists among the world's poor. The researchers examined DNA...

SIR John Crofton, who pioneered one of the great medical breakthroughs of the 20th century when he led a team of scientists who developed a cure for tuberculosis by using a combination of three antibiotics, has died in Edinburgh...The Edinburgh...

Flax seed oil may help reduce osteoporosis risk, researchers in Egypt said. Mer Harvi and colleagues at the National Research Center in Cairo analyzed the blood and urine of 70 female rats -- including some with diabetes and some with...

On the heels of an embarrassing flap that prevented two Israelis from attending a breast cancer conference in Egypt, Susan G...The new recommendations, by the US Preventative Services Task Force, say women can wait until age 50 to get a...

Heart disease has generally been thought to be an affliction of modern civilization — fast food, salt, lack of exercise, smoking, stress. It turns out that the ancient Egyptians, at least those wealthy enough to have their corpses mummified, suffered...

November 2009 Better risk management to fuel local business' development, says SAS IT spending in Egypt is projected to reach highs of USD 1.9 billion by 2013, reflecting a significant jump from its 2008 levels at USD 1.2 billion, according...

The school was picked from hundreds of nursing programs throughout the country by the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development in Egypt to partner over the next five years to establish the Gouna Nursing Institute, a two-year nursing program in Egypt...

Official attempts to reassure the public over the safety of the swine flu vaccine must battle rumour, speculation and fear, reports Reem Leila Experts and health officials expect an increase in incidents of swine flu as the cooler months approach,...

As winter approaches, how is Egypt prepared, asks Reem Leila A month after the new academic year began in October, more than 95 school children, and 23 university students, are reported to have contracted swine flu. The latest death was...