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A mobile diabetic clinic will soon be set up in Eastern Province to provide services to local communities, such as blood sugar level checkup and other medical examinations associated with the treatment and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and endocrine diseases. The mobile clinic is a project of the Saudi Diabetes & Endocrine Association (SDEA), and is [...] A US- based health expert has called on the governments in the Gulf countries to discourage open buffets in restaurants and public functions saying that they are a major contributor to the high prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the region. According to Dr Osama Hamdy, Medical Director of Obesity Clinical Programme and Assistant Professor of [...] International experts gathered to talk about growing infertility rates in UAE and discuss new advancements in medicinal treatment of infertility, during a two day seminar in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The gathering focused on growing infertility rates, both regionally and globally, and new advancements and techniques in the management of infertility, including the tailoring of [...] Majority of Jordanian women over the age of 25 suffer from vitamin D deficiency, a study released on Monday indicated. The study, conducted by the National Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics (NCDEG), revealed that 73.7 per cent of Jordanian women over 25 suffer from vitamin D deficiency, while two-thirds suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency. NCDEG Director [...] Recent recommendations released as part of a report from the Senate Finance Committee on the controversial drug, may spell the doom for GlaxoSmithKline’s multi-billion dollar diabetes drug Avandia as it has been linked to heart problems. The call for the drug’s demise comes as Dr. David Graham and Dr. Kate Gelperin, both epidemiologists with the FDA, [...] U.S researchers have pointed out that excessive weight gain early in pregnancy, especially in the first trimester, could raise the risk of developing gestational diabetes later during pregnancy. Excess weight gain was found to increase the risk of gestational diabetes by about 50% in women who participated in the study, which is among the first to [...] During February and in the Omnibus survey, majority (52%) of Qatar residents said they are personally diabetic or know someone in their immediate family/ friends who suffer from Diabetes. Looking at the results of the survey, 9% of respondents claim they are diabetic themselves, while the remainder indicate that their spouses (11%), friends (16%), parents (43%) [...] An official German delegation has visited Ajman University of Science & Technology (AUST). The delegation was led by Head of the Department Health Care Economy, Ministry of Economy, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and included Dr. Heinrich Cuypers, Senior Project Manager BioCon Valley, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kerner, Director of Clinic for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Karlsburg, and Dr. Eckhard [...] |
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