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Israel families demand urgent help to get medicines to Gaza hostages
Israeli families with members held captive by Hamas for a week in Gaza demanded that the International Committee of the Red Cross facilitate an ... Middle East -
Moderna signs agreement towards making mRNA medicine in China
US-based biotech giant Moderna on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding towards producing mRNA medicine in China for the domestic market, the ... World News -
Priced out of healthcare, some Iraqis turn to natural remedies
When a pharmacist in Iraq told Umm Mohammed her prescription for a skin ailment would cost about 800,000 dinars ($611), she turned to cheaper natural ... Middle East -
Tunisia’s financial crisis leaves the sick struggling to find medicine
Sick Tunisians face a frantic struggle to find some medicines because the cash-strapped state has reduced imports, leaving doctors unable to control ... North Africa -
India’s stretched health care fails millions in rural areas
Poonam Gond is learning to describe her pain by numbers. Zero means no pain and 10 is agony.Gond was at seven late last month. “I have never known ... World News -
India says Ukraine asked for more medical supplies
India said on Wednesday that Ukraine has asked for more medicines and medical equipment and has invited Indian companies to help rebuild the country ... World News -
AI Breakthrough: ChatGPT can almost pass US Medical Licensing Exam, study finds
Artificial intelligence-powered platform ChatGPT can nearly pass the US Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), a new study found.The study, published in the ... Life -
Turkey earthquake: Three relief aid flights from Saudi Arabia en-route to Adana
Three humanitarian aid flights from Saudi Arabia have left for Adana airport in Turkey on Friday following the devastating earthquake.The death toll ... Saudi Arabia -
US government to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics
The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in ... World News -
Saudi doctors perform heart surgery on ‘youngest patient in Middle East’
Saudi doctors have performed a heart transplant on an eight-month-old girl, claiming she is the youngest patient in the Middle East to have undergone ... Saudi Arabia -
Gaza says Israel not allowing in enough X-ray machines for medical care
Gaza’s health ministry accused Israel on Thursday of delaying the entry of several X-ray machines needed to treat patients in the blockaded ... Middle East -
US FDA approves Mirati’s lung cancer drug
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Mirati Therapeutics Inc’s lung cancer drug adagrasib, according to the health regulator’s ... Healthy Living -
Roche Alzheimer’s drug fails in clinical studies
Roche Holding AG said a much-awaited drug for Alzheimer’s disease failed in a pair of large studies, another disappointment in a research field marred ... World News -
Indonesia bans Indian cough syrup material linked to Gambia child deaths
Indonesia on Saturday banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in Gambia from cough syrups in the Southeast Asian country as it ... World News -
‘Contaminated’ medicine kills at least 10 children in Yemen
Contaminated medication smuggled into war-torn Yemen has killed at least 10 children being treated for leukemia in the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, ... Middle East -
Nobel medicine prize goes to Swedish geneticist for exploration of ancient DNA
Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how ... Life -
AstraZeneca’s Farxiga cuts death risk in heart failure patients: Study
AstraZeneca’s blockbuster diabetes drug Farxiga led to significant reductions in the risk of hospitalization and death in people with all types of ... World News -
Popular diabetes drug found to contain potential cancer causing ingredient
A widely used diabetes drug that’s the active ingredient in Merck & Co.’s Januvia has been found to be contaminated with a potential carcinogen. An ... World News -
FDA approves first pill to treat severe hair loss disorder Alopecia
The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first systemic treatment for severe hair loss disorder Alopecia Areata.The oral tablet, baricitinib, ... Healthy Living -
Do genetics matter? Cancer not as heritable as once thought, study finds
While cancer was long believed to be a genetic disease, scientists found in a new study that the disease may not be as heritable as once thought.The ... Healthy Living -
Black market for medicines emerging in Russia amid shortage: Regulator
Russia’s health watchdog on Wednesday raised concerns over the online re-selling of pharmaceutical drugs after some sold out as people fear shortages ... World News -
Harvard Stem Cell Institute receives grant from Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
The Harvard Stem Cell Institute has been offered a financial grant by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed to help advance research on ... World News -
Aspirin can increase risk of heart failure by more than 25 percent: Study
Aspirin, one of the most popular painkillers in the world, has been linked to causing a greater risk of heart failure, a new study finds. Aspirin use ... World News -
Two win Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries on how we react to touch, heat
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch, revelations ... World News -
Tumor-shrinking drug shows major impact on life expectancy for breast cancer patients
An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) significantly improves the life expectancy of people who have some of the most serious forms of breast cancer, new ... Healthy Living -
Indian doctors question plan to hand out guru’s COVID-19 remedy
Indian doctors on Wednesday decried the free distribution of an unproven remedy to COVID-19 patients by the state of Haryana as the maker of the ... Coronavirus -
US government halts distribution of Lilly COVID-19 drug due to spread of variants
The US government has stopped distribution of Eli Lilly and Co’s COVID-19 antibody therapy, bamlanivimab, due to the impact of rapidly spreading ... Coronavirus -
Nurses battle conspiracy theories, COVID-19 deniers as well as disease
Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and ... Coronavirus -
Lilly Alzheimer’s drug shows benefit on cognition, function in mid-stage trial
Eli Lilly and Co on Saturday said its experimental Alzheimer’s drug slowed the rate of decline in a measure of cognition and function by 32 percent ... World News -
Hundreds protest against Madagascar government, claiming COVID-19 fund mismanagement
Hundreds of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo on Saturday, denouncing alleged mismanagement of ... Coronavirus
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