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This case-control study was carried out in a university-affiliated teaching hospital, Tehran city, Iran. A total of 312 newly diagnosed cases aged less than 40 years old participated and were matched for age and ethnicity with 312 controls. The results showed that in women who never married (OR=2.42 95%CI=1.51-3.88) (P<0.001), had a family . . . → Read More: Risk factors for breast cancer in Iranian women Bringing together an outstanding panel of local and international speakers and neurology professionals presenting the latest updates in the field of neurological sciences, the sixth Qatar Neurology Symposium opened at HMC yesterday. The speakers will provide expert lectures in the field of epilepsy, headache and movement disorders including the diagnosis and management of these . . . → Read More: HMC gets up to 30 neurological cases a week The Ministry of Health plans to open specialized dental centers in all parts of the Kingdom, a ministry official said on Wednesday. “One of them is the new specialist center in north Jeddah, to be opened in a few weeks. It is an integrated and independent unit with 96 doctors and paramedics,” director of . . . → Read More: Specialized dental clinic to be opened in Jeddah The NewLife Healthcare LLC, offering innovative IVF, stemcell, genetic, education and training, and homecare treatment and facilities, was officially inaugurated under the auspices of Her Highness Sayyida Dr Muna bint Fahd al Said at the InterContinental Hotel Muscat yesterday. The event, which also marked the re-opening of the NewLife Fertility Centre at Athaiba, was . . . → Read More: NewLife Healthcare launched; Fertility Centre reopens The Saudi Arabian market for both inbound and outbound medical tourism continues to grow, and a top destination for outbound Saudis is Germany. Lutz Vogt of German airline Lufthansa comments, “Saudi Arabia is an important source market for medical travel to Germany. And with the kingdom investing heavily in homegrown health care services and . . . → Read More: Growth in inbound and outbound medical tourism A national conference on ‘Plastic, Reconstructive and Craniofacial Surgery opens at the Institute of Health Sciences, Wattayah, tomorrow. Organised by the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Craniofacial Surgery, Khoula Hospital, the three-day forum also features a pre-conference workshop on ‘Hand Injuries’. The conference, according to Dr C Thomas (pictured), Head of Plastic Surgery Services . . . → Read More: Conference on plastic and reconstructive surgery opens tomorrow No licensed health care practitioner or facility in the country is permitted to charge their customers excessively and above the declared fees, a senior official of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has said. All private practitioners and facilities are legally bound to inform their customers about the cost of any treatment or service . . . → Read More: Health care facilities warned against excessive charges The central food laboratory at the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has seen a 15 percent increase in the number of samples tested last year, following a rapid increase in the number of outlets selling food items in the country, according to a senior SCH official. The Department receives samples of food products from . . . → Read More: SCH lab conducts more tests as number of outlets increases The survival rate for children diagnosed with cancer reaches 75 per cent if the cases are discovered in the early stages, paediatric oncologists said on Monday. Around 100,000 children worldwide die annually from cancer because they lack access to optimal therapy, according to Rawad Rihani, president of the Jordan Society of Paediatric Oncology (JSPO). . . . → Read More: Childhood cancer cases on the rise The Directorate General of Health Affairs in Riyadh Region has issued a decision to temporarily close two hospitals after they violated regulations relating to equipment and professional staff. The decision to close the hospitals was made after inspection tours revealed violations, said Dr. Nasser Al-Zeid, Secretary General of the Health Violations Committee of the . . . → Read More: Two erring hospitals closed down in Riyadh THE Bahrain Medical Society (BMS) and the Bahrain Dental Society (BDS) yesterday came out in support of health workers’ demands for Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer to resign. Both organisations allege he repeatedly misled people on the number of casualties. A joint statement also condemned the use of force to disperse peaceful demonstrations. . . . → Read More: Support for health staff The Kingdom’s medical tourism sector has been ranked among the top five in the world according to a World Bank report. Jordan ranked first in the region and fifth globally as a medical tourism destination, according to a 2009/2010 World Bank report, said Private Hospitals Association (PHA) President Awni Bashir. Bashir noted that the . . . → Read More: Kingdom’s medical tourism sector cracks global top five The Order of Physicians joined the ongoing campaign against herbal and nutritional product manufacturing companies Friday and attacked local television stations for continuing to broadcast advertising for the products. The head of Beirut’s Order of Physicians, Sharaf Abu Sharaf, said the television advertisements were being used in “money laundering” schemes. The campaign . . . → Read More: Order of Physicians backs action against herbal goods The Saudi Red Crescent Commission (SRCC) and Armina Engineering Company have signed agreements to establish two health clinics in Darfur at a cost of one million Sudanese pound each. The agreements were signed in Al-Fasher, the capital city of Sudan’s northern Darfur state. Mohammed Abdullah Alshamrani, SRCC’s Regional Director in Sudan, signed for his . . . → Read More: SRCC to set up two hospitals in Darfur Saeed Al-Sariha, head of Studies and Information at the secretariat of the National Committee for Combating Drugs, has said that there are three private sector projects for hospitals to treat drug addiction. Two of the facilities will be in Riyadh and the other in the Eastern Province. “The hospitals will be the biggest and . . . → Read More: 3 pvt sector hospitals for treating drug addiction |
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