Dubai, 28th March 2009 (WAM) — The Ministry of Health is bracing to release a final assessment of the Iodine Deficiency Disorders prior to gain a free-iodine disorders status.

CAIRO, Mar 28, 2009 (AFP) - A two-year-old Egyptian girl has contracted bird flu, the 60th reported case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006, a health ministry spokesman said on Saturday.

27 March 2009
KUWAIT CITY: Around 17,000 people are suffering from neurosclerosis — hardening of nervous tissue — in the country, reports Al-Wasat daily quoting Chairperson of the Association of Neurosclerosis Patients in Kuwait Mona Al-Musaeraei. Al-Musaeraei made the statement in a press release about the open day and medical awareness marathon that the association will [...]

28 March 2009
TAIF: The Medical College at Taif University and health affairs in Taif signed agreement late Tuesday to train medical students, both men and women, in hospitals and medical centers. Dr. Abdul Rahman Karkaman, head of the local health affairs department, and Dr. Talal Al-Malki, dean of the Medical College in Taif, signed the [...]

27 March 2009
Jeddah - The Administrative Court in Riyadh has issued two different verdicts in cases related to the Ministry of Health. The first verdict orders the ministry to pay an operation and maintenance company SR700,000 that was cut from its benefits. The second verdict rules against another company which was asking the ministry for [...]

Amman - The Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) impounded more than 2,000 counterfeit medicines and herbal medicinal products from five herbalists in Irbid Governorate earlier this week.

NAJRAN - The region of Najran has recorded four new cases of khamra as the Ministry of Health increases its efforts to contain the virus.

Dubai, UAE: Gulf-based doctors fully support the newest prescription treatments for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) or neuroendocrine tumors (NET), according to reports shared on the sidelines of two recent gatherings of medical professionals.

Dubai: 19 March, 2009 -Dubai Bone and Joint Centre (DBAJ) opened the Second Arab Health Rheumatology Exhibition and Conference 2009 at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai. The conference brings together leading experts to progress thinking and practice in tackling musculoskeletal conditions at an early stage, to limit damage and deformity.

KUWAIT CITY:  Members of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) MPs Eng Abdul-Aziz Al-Shayeji, Dr Nasser Al-Sane and Dr Jamaan Al-Harbash have presented a proposal to amend the existing regulations and bylaws to allow the establishment of non-profit hospitals with the ability to offer the highest quality of health services at the most affordable price.