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Dubiotech inks Swiss cooperation dealEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park (DuBiotech), has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Swiss Biotech Association. In addition to collaboration between the two biotechnology organisations, one of the initiatives under the agreement includes a campaign to raise awareness among Swiss biotechnology and medical technology companies about the Middle East's growing healthcare market and the benefits offered by DuBiotech as a life sciences free zone. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 25, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Saudi sets H1N1 vaccine deadlineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Saudi Arabia's ministry of health has given resident in the kingdom intending to perform the Haj pilgrimage until November 22 to receive the swine flu vaccine, Saudi Gazette has reported. The vaccine is available at all public health facilities across the country, the ministry said. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 17, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Bahrain H1N1 vaccine delivery delayedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bahrain's public health director, Dr. Khairya Moosa has said that logistical issues have delayed the first dose of 60,000 swine flu vaccines until the end of the month. 'The delay has been all over the world and Bahrain is no exception. We are, however, not unduly worried with the slight delay,' she said. The first doses of the vaccine were scheduled to arrive by October 15. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 25, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Glaxo 'sole supplier' of Saudi H1N1 vaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Saudi Arabia's health ministry has said that UK-based GlaxoSmithKline is the kingdom's sole supplier of an H1N1 flu vaccine, but other firms may later be included for the supply of a nationwide inoculation campaign, Reuters has reported. 'We will in the future get vaccines from other clients, from other companies, as soon as they get approved by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority,' health ministry spokesman Khaled Mirghalani told the news service. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 8, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Parents' consent required for H1N1 shots in SaudiEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Saudi Arabia's health ministry has said that parents must give their written consent before swine flu vaccinations are given to their children in schools, Arab News has reported. The ministry will send the specimen consent form to the Ministry of Education to be distributed to some 30,000 schools throughout the kingdom. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 4, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Kuwait to begin swine flu vaccination programmeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kuwait's health ministry is to launch an H1N1 vaccination campaign today, making the vaccine available to those most at risk to the virus, in line with World Health Organization recommendations, Kuwait Times has reported. Last month is received 145,000 doses of the vaccine, and these will be distributed to public clinics and hospitals. Kuwait expects to get a second batch of 600,000 doses of the vaccine in late December, and a total of two million doses by February, the ministry said. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 1, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Egypt pilgrims to get flu vaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Egyptian pilgrims will be given swine flu vaccination before embarking on their journey to Mecca, AP has reported. The A(H1N1) vaccine would be available from Friday, and pilgrims 'must be vaccinated according to instructions and conditions of the Saudi health ministry,' Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali said. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 22, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

UAE's swine flu vaccines delayedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The UAE's Ministry of Health has said the first batch of H1N1 vaccines will be delayed due to reasons beyond its control and is now expected to arrive sometime next month, Gulf News has reported. One of the reasons for the delay is the manufactures' inability to meet up with the growing demands of the vaccine, the ministry said. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 26, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Oman launches H1N1 vaccineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Oman's health ministry has announced the launch of the H1N1 vaccine and the mechanism of its distribution, according to the Times of Oman. The ministry has decided to distribute the vaccine based on the opinion of experts from within and outside the Sultanate. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 25, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

The effect of methylprednisolone pulse-therapy plus oral cyclosporine in the treatment of alopecia totalis and universalis.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic and side effects of pulse-therapy with methylprednisolone combined with oral cyclosporine in severe alopecia areata, defined as alopecia totalis and universalis. Six patients with alopecia totalis and 12 patients with alopecia universalis were referred to our center. The patients were treated with monthly intravenous methylprednisolone in doses of 500 mg for three days and oral cyclosporine (2.5 mg/kg/day) for five to eight months. Responses were categorized as: "adequate" (i.e., hair regrowth on > or =70% of the affected area) and "inadequate" (i.e., hair regr...
Source: Archives of Iranian Medicine - January 1, 2008 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Shaheedi-Dadras M, Karami A, Mollaei F, Mollaei M, Moravvej H, Moravej T, Malekzad F Tags: Arch Iran Med Source Type: journals

Nine H1N1 cases among pilgrimsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Saudi Health Minister has said that nine people out of more than half a million who have arrived for the annual pilgrimage have been diagnosed with swine flu, AFP has reported. 'We are very happy. Out of the 600,000 arriving so far, we have only seen nine suspected cases of A(H1N1), and only two of those are in the hospital. The rest were treated and they were discharged,' Dr Abdullah al-Rabeeah told the news service. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 12, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Jordan will not inoculate people with allergiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Jordanian health ministry has said that citizens with allergies, especially those allergic to eggs, will not be inoculated against swine flu, as they may be at risk of developing serious side effects, Jordan Times has reported. 'We will prepare a checklist and distribute it before administering vaccines, where people can list their allergies, to avoid any complications that might arise,' Adel Bilbeisi, the ministry's primary healthcare director, told reporters. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 10, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Kuwait plans massive swine flu immunizationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kuwait has set up a massive program to vaccinate the country's three million plus population against swine flu by November of this year, Kuwait's Al Watan Daily has reported. The country's minister of health, Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer has endorsed a plan to distribute vaccines to health centers across the country, and vaccinating the chronically ill, the elderly and children first. The plan also includes the immunization of school children after resuming school. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - July 8, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Only govt health centres to offer H1N1 vaccine in UAEEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The chaiman of the UAE's Technical H1N1 Committee has said that the H1N1 vaccine will be administered free of charge only in designated government health centres, Khaleej Times has reported. Private medical establishments in the country will not be allowed to carry out the vaccination, Dr Mahmoud Fikri said. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 11, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Region's first USM medical alert device launchedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dubai-based UniCare has announced the launch of Careid, a USB device designed to help patients document and carry important medical information with them at all times. With the help of a programme created by UniCare, patients will be able to enter their personal details, emergency contacts, details of insurance provider, serious medical conditions and allergies by plugging in their Careid device to a USB slot on their computer. For diabetes and high blood pressure patients, the device also comes with a programme to maintain a log of their glucose and blood pressure readings. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 19, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Bahrain to set up stem cell centreEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bahrain is planning the creation of a stem cell centre to help with the treatment of diabetes. The Health Ministry public relations director Adel Ali Abdulla has said that a team of experts from Hamburg, Germany, would arrive in Manama this week to conduct an initial study on the country's needs and suggest ways to set up a unit to treat patients with diabetes. The German firm will be named once the agreement has been signed. Abdulla said a decision to set up the centre had been taken after successive studies showed rates of diabetes in Bahrain and the rest of the Gulf were increasing. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - May 19, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

116 cases of swine flu at Kuwaiti schools this yearEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Kuwaiti public schools have reported up to 122 cases of swine flu since the start of the new term on September 27, KUNA has reported. The ministry plans to announce the running totals of swine flu cases at schools every week for the next two months as part of a policy aimed at promoting transparency. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 26, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Dubai's Healthcare City to launch mobile clinicEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dubai Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) has launched its two-week mobile clinic out-reach initiative in partnership with Unilever, Gulf News has reported. A team of medical experts from DHCC's facilities, including Imperial Healthcare Institute, Medicentres International, Magrabi Eye Hospital and Boston Institute for Dental Research and Education, will offer general health checks, consultations, eye and dental screenings to male and female labourers in Dubai. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - October 26, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Dubai stages rheumatology conferenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Second Arab Health Rheumatology Exhibition and Conference has been opened by the Dubai Bone and Joint Centre. The conference brings together medical experts and US and European surgeonsin order to progress practices in tackling musculoskeletal conditions at an early stage, to limit damage and deformity. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 19, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Al-Ahli Hospital signs up with Al-Koot, AxaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Al-Ahli Hospital (AAH) in Qatar has inked medical services agreement with Al-Koot Insurance and Reinsurance Company and their partner AXA Insurance-Gulf, Gulf Times has reported. All Al-Koot/AXA medical insurance scheme members will be able to benefit both primary and secondary medical services directly at AAH effective November 15. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - November 7, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info