IPOH: HIV screening for those intending to get married should be conducted twice, with the second test taking place six months after the first.

29 December 2008
Doha: Microsurgical procedures done by the Urology Department of Hamad Medical Corporation have high success rates, according to Dr Sami Al Said, Consultant Urologist and Andrologist, HMCH The surgical procedures done so far have been more that 80 percent successful.

29 December 2008
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health (MoH) reportedly plans to buy those private hospitals in the country being offered for sale, as well as part-buying other private hospitals in partnership with their owners.
A ministry official said that senior MoH have been discussing the issue with the Cabinet, reported Al-Qabas.

DUBAI - Patients in the country can opt for day-care surgeries in order to reduce hospital expenses, according to a health expert.

28 December 2008
DUBAI - The Federal Supreme Court has ordered an Al Ain-based medical centre to pay a doctor his full end of service entitlements after he won a lawsuit against the centre.

27 December 2008
DOHA: Almost one in every six Qatari is infertile, according to studies conducted by the Urology Department at Hamad Medical Corporation. The statistics were revealed at the International Conference on Human Sexuality and Infertility yesterday.

BANGKOK: Two studies released yesterday allege that big tobacco companies tried to undermine anti-smoking poilcies in Asia by infiltrating a research institute in Thailand and providing funding for one in China.

25 December 2008
Amman (Petra) - Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Jordan after heart disease, Mohammad Tarawneh, the rapporteur of the Health Ministry national committee to combat cancer, said on Wednesday. Representing the ministry at the Eastern Mediterranean Health Conference in Cairo, Tarawneh said cancer-related complications account for more deaths than those [...]

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Al Ain: Al Ain Hospital yesterday launched a Dh140 million renovation plan to modernise and expand its services and its new logo.

IPOH: Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin’s proposals for HIV carriers do not amount to any official stand by the state government, according to state senior executive councillor Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham.