Global’s 2019 health care outlook explores key trends
Aging and growing populations, greater prevalence of chronic diseases, and advances in digital technologies continue to drive health care expenditures.
Non-communicable diseases—most prominently, cancer, heart...
Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know
Breast cancer is treatable in 2015. Medications and health research have reduced mortality, while the treatments are less invasive than twenty years ago, and...
3 More Cases of MERS Coronavirus Confirmed in Saudi Arabia
Three more women have been recently diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infection in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organization said last Thursday....
Hunger Gene Found Responsible for Obesity
If you always feel like you have room for one more piece of dessert, then you are most probably a proud owner of the...
Six New MERS Coronavirus Reported in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Yesterday, the World Health Organization reported six new cases of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection (MERS-CoV) were confirmed in the United Arab Emirates...
First Case of MERS Coronavirus Confirmed in UAE
The Health Authority in Abu Dhabi announced yesterday evening an Emirati man was diagnosed with MERS coronavirus and is now hospitalized in Abu Dhabi....
WHO Emergency Committee Gathers to Discuss MERS Threat
Globally, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, has reached a total of 80, including 44 deaths. And while thousands of Muslims...
Early Treatment of HIV May Save 3 Million People by 2025
Globally, 34 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2011, according to estimates by the World Health Organization. On Sunday, it...
Number of MERS Cases Escalates
One Death and 7 New MERS Cases Announced
The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia announced seven new laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome...
MERS Poses Threat in Hospitals, Yet No Panic in Saudi Arabia
After visiting Saudi Arabia, a team of experts concluded that the new Middle East coronavirus poses a great threat to patients and health workers...
Four New MERS Deaths in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Ministry of Health announced on Monday another four deaths from the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the kingdom. Two people died...
More UAE Kids Go Under The Knife During School Holidays
Cosmetic Surgery Common for Children in UAE
Plastic surgery, including cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries, is gaining popularity around the world, despite many debates. But one...
Genetic Make-up of MERS Mapped Out
Study Released in Saudi Arabia to Help Control MERS
The first large step into controlling and maybe even eradicating the new Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome...
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Coronavirus Cases Confirmed in Italy
In a statement from June 2, 2013, the World Health Organization announced three new cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)...
Remember the rinderpest virus?
Today the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) launches a digital media campaign warning against the risks of accidental or deliberate release of the...
Coronavirus claims another life in Saudi Arabia; Tunisia announces 3 cases
There are no new cases of the novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, but one of the patients in the Eastern Region died yesterday, bringing...
Social Media – A Shortcut to Plastic Surgery
Social media websites are a modern-day vanity fair. They are a place where many people do all they can to get noticed and...