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Tweet A founding principle for the NHS in 1948 was that it should improve health and prevent disease, not just provide treatment for those who are ill. Sustained investment and reform in the NHS is already ensuring faster and more personalised healthcare for patients. As the health service makes rapid progress on treating illness, the need [...] Tweet NEW Year’s Eve has always been a time for looking back over the past, and forward to the year ahead. It’s a time to reflect on the changes we need to make. Last year produced some stressful times with job losses, tax increases and pay cuts the order of the day. Many of us now [...] Tweet A vaccine for leukaemia is about to be tested on human patients for the first time in a breakthrough that could offer hope to thousands. Researchers have developed a treatment that can be used to stop the disease returning after chemotherapy or a bone-marrow transplant. It is hoped the drug, which activates the body’s own immune system [...] Tweet Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) announced on Sunday night at a gala dinner, the launch of a new corporate brand identity to reflect the organization’s rich heritage, significant achievements and future aspirations. The new brand identity, which was revealed at the Grand Hyatt Doha hotel and attended by senior HMC staff members, will help HMC build [...] Tweet The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA’s) human resources (HR) section recently organized a blood donation drive at the DHA headquarters to encourage employees to come forward and become regular donors. The drive was organized in collaboration with the Al Wasl Blood Donation Centre and the centre collected 65 units of blood by the end of the day-long [...] Tweet Bioheart, Inc. offers yet another medical breakthrough with the next-level stem cell treatment for critical limb ischemia patients. The stem cells aid in promoting angiogenesis or the formation of new blood vessels and providing support for the healing of damaged blood vessels. Bioheart, in collaboration with University Hospital Ostrava in the Czech Republic, has already begun [...] Tweet Whenever a family member is ill no matter whether it’s physically or mentally it’s pretty difficult not to let it become the focal point of your life. This is particularly true when a family member is suffering from bipolar disease. This is a devastating disease that often goes unpredicted and then many times can lead [...] Tweet According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), self-reported prevalence of obesity among US adults increased from 12% in 1991 to 18% in 1998. [8] Data from the 1988 to 1994 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) suggested that 63% of men and 55% of women [...] Tweet Doctors have urged the Health ministry to take serious steps to improve their living conditions in the country. They demanded a salary raise that covers their living expenses and annual income levels at par with other parts of the world. Recent press reports quoted ministry officials as saying that the salaries of Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti [...] Tweet The UAE’s Red Crescent Authority (RCA) provided AED 1.3 million in medical assistance to needy people of limited income. The said assistance was disbursed to 148 beneficiaries in Abu Dhabi, Bani Yas and the Western Region to cover costs of surgical operations overseas, medicine, wheelchairs and prosthetic hearing aid and devices for hearing impaired people whose [...] |
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