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According to a recent study, cancer is the second cause of death in Jordan. The study was conducted by three Jordanian oncologists and it noted that 14% of recorded deaths in the kingdom, between 1996 and 2005, were due to cancer. The study reported that 33,661 of individuals in Jordan were identified with cancer between January [...] A study by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the largest ever to look at possible links between mobile phones and brain cancer, threw up inconclusive results but researchers said suggestions of a possible link demanded deeper examination. ‘The results really don’t allow us to conclude that there is any [...] King Abdullah and Queen Rania attended the opening of the King Hussein Cancer center (KHCC) on Monday. Funds raised at the event will support the completion of a new state-of-the-art facility to complement the existing centre and absorb the increase in demand for cancer care in the region. The new facility will consist of two buildings: One [...] Apollo Medical Centre will present super specialty consultancy services from Apollo Hospitals Group, India on May 14 and 15. The patients with Stone Disease (all types of kidney stones), prostate problems (elderly), urinary obstruction or blood in urine, infertility/impotence (erectile dysfunction), renal failure or needing transplantation, children with urinary tract disorders or birth defects, females with [...] The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that non-communicable diseases (NCD) are expected to claim the lives of 25 million people across the region annually by 2015. WHO Regional Director Hussein Gezairy said NCDs are currently responsible for over half of all deaths and over 60 per cent of the region’s disease burden, mainly in the form [...] As GHI moves into its second phase of acquisitions, CEO Mark Adams calls for healthcare regulators to drive quality for a more patient-centered approach and increased public benefit. ” With a limited public health system in place and poor underlying health conditions, GCC regulators need to prioritise the needs of patients” said Adams. ”Quality versus cost [...] Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS) received a delegation from King Hussein Cancer Center – Jordan, and Jordan Breast Cancer Program to its Khalifa (A) Healthcare Center. The visit aims to provide insights on the center’s diagnosis and detection facilities, was recommended by HAAD. It provided an opportunity for the delegation members to learn more about the center’s [...] The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development signed a 220,000 Kuwaiti dinar (JD538,500) agreement to buy mobile early cancer detection unit for the King Hussein Cancer Foundation. The Jordan’s representative signed the agreement to the fund and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jaafar Hassan and the fund’s Director General Abdul Latif Al Hamad. The Kuwait-based [...] The Kingdom registers 200 cases of kidney cancer per year, most of them in the regions of Makkah, Riyadh and the Eastern Province, according to Ashraf Abu Samra of the Saudi Urological Society. Speaking on the sidelines of the recent Saudi Conference on Urological Tumors in Sharm Al-Sheikh in Egypt, Abu Samra [...] Princess Adilah bint Abdullah, chairperson of the National Home Health Care Foundation, has called for the establishment of a specialized unit for the treatment and care of children suffering from cancer. Opening a conference on children recovering from cancer, organized by King Abdul Aziz Hospital in Jeddah, she said more than [...] |
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