New Drug Halts Disease Progression for an Average of 18.5 Months

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Humira Maker Says Study Finding May Be Biased

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Babies born early are significantly more likely to suffer serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, in later life, a study has found.

The risk is greatest for those born following a pregnancy lasting less than 32 weeks.

Compared with normal term babies, they are three times more likely to be hospitalised for a psychiatric problem as an adult, researchers found.

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More Than a Quarter of Adults Don't Wear Sunglasses; Many Parents Don't Have Their Kids Wear Shades

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New Statement by the American Heart Association Stirs Controversy

Contrary to what had been "accepted" thinking by many, there is no conclusive evidence that gum disease causes heart attacks and strokes, or that treating gum disease will improve heart disease, according to a new scientific statement by the American Heart Association.

Gum disease is a major reason that adults lose their teeth. And in recent years, a growing number of studies have suggested that gum disease may pose other dangers to the body, too.

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Study Shows Combination of Biologic and Immune-Suppressing Drugs Is Best Treatment for Crohn's

Patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease are most likely to get better if treated with a combination of biologic and immune-suppressing therapies, a clinical trial suggests.

It's a "landmark trial," says gastroenterologist David Kerman, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.

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Al-Ghamdi: The Bed Management Program to Be Applied in Some of the Kingdom's Regions

The Supervisor-General of the MOH Bed Management Program, Dr. Yasser Al-Ghamdi, has affirmed that His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, shows keen interest in the implementation and unification of this program, aspiring to ensure a national program organizing clinical beds, with a view to attaining the international standards in this domain. The program is projected to cover all Saudi health sectors, both governmental and private, in order that the Ministry would be able to ensure a bed for the patient as fast as possible.
 
The program seeks to provide an accurate inventory of clinical beds at MOH hospitals, as well as the hospitals of other governmental and private health sectors throughout the Kingdom, and identify the future demands of the Kingdom's regions over the years to come.
 

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The mother of two was not suffering from any visible symptoms when she went to consult the surgeon on the insistence of her husband that she should have a checkup.

After examining her for 15 minutes, the doctor referred her to an ENT consultant saying she was suffering from hyperthyroidism and should surgically remove her thyroid gland, the husband said.

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The Ministry of Health launched yesterday a new layer of security to help ensure the safety of newborns in its hospitals in the Kingdom.

 

“The ministry installed the Hugs and Kisses Infant Protection System to safeguard its infants and children from the threats of abduction, mismatching, swapping, or mixing up of newborns in the maternity hospitals,” Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Bawardi, clinical information systems manager at the Ministry of Health, said yesterday following the launch of the new program.

 

Al-Bawardi said the electronic system was introduced at 16 maternity hospitals that function under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health. This will be extended to 149 more maternity hospitals spread throughout the Kingdom.

 

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RIYADH – A top Saudi chamber official said that it would take at least 28 years to replace the overwhelming majority of foreign doctors with Saudis in the Kingdom’s health sector.

 

Dr. Sami Al-Abdul Karim, chairman of the National Health Committee at the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said Saudization in the health sector, including doctors and paramedical staff, makes up only 22 percent at present.

 

Speaking to a local Arabic daily, he noted that the private health sector is witnessing tremendous growth.

 

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