60% of Disabled Children in Madinah Rehab Center Neglected by Parents
MADINAH — A shocking 60 percent of residents in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center in Madinah are being neglected by their families, officials said recently.
All of the residents, 900 in total from both sexes, suffer from some form of disability and their situation is compounded by parents' refusal to visit their children. Read MoreMale Contraceptive Pill 'Step Closer' After Mice Studies
Scientists believe they are a step closer in the difficult journey towards developing a male contraceptive pill, after successful studies in mice.
A contraceptive pill for women has been around for decades, but an equivalent for men has proved elusive.
A US study, published in the journal Cell, showed a drug could make mice temporarily infertile without hampering their sex drive.
Experts said the findings were "exciting", but needed tests in people. Read MoreMore than 1,130 people living with kidney diseases have been treated by the Prince Fahad bin Salman Charity Association for Renal Failure and Patient Care (Kellana) since the support scheme was launched in 2007, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Patients are referred to one of 34 kidney dialysis centers located across the Kingdom.
"Critical patients are assessed by the Kellana advisory committee and admitted to the blood dialysis project for transplants and follow-up," said Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, who is also supervisor of Kellana.
The prince said the annual cost of a patient's dialysis was around SR 115,000. Read MoreDr. Amoudi Declares: "MOH to Found an Additional Medical Tower at Madinah Cardiac Center"
It was to Madinah people's pleasure that Dr. Osama bin Ahmed Amoudi, the director-general of Madinah Cardiac Center, opened a year ago (17th of August, 2012), declared that the Ministry of Health (MOH), represented by Madinah Health Affairs General Directorate, in light of the overwhelming response to the center, is currently working on the establishment of another medical tower to provide the center's services.
The tower is planned to include several sections, most notably the Education and Research Center, and the CPR Center. Read MoreDr. Al-Rabeeah Includes Home Medicine within the MOH's Developmental Strategy
His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, affirmed that the Ministry of Health (MOH) has adopted the inclusion of home medicine within the Ministry's developmental strategy and plans; inasmuch as the program is basically meant to provide safe healthcare for those patients in need of medical follow-up at home, without hospitalization. Read MoreThe Truth About Vitamin D: Can You Get Too Much Vitamin D?
Can I get too much vitamin D?
Too much of any good thing is a bad thing. Too much vitamin D can cause an abnormally high blood calcium level, which could result in nausea, constipation, confusion, abnormal heart rhythm, and even kidney stones.
Read MoreBaldness Cure which Reverses Genetics could be on the Market in Two Years
A cure for baldness may be available on the market sooner than previously thought after a breakthrough in negotiations between scientists and drugs companies.
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania believe they have discovered the reason for baldness, an enzyme which shuts down hair follicles. Read MoreA Consultant of Family and Community Medicine Gives Tips for Patients with Colon
Dr. Mohamed Al-Deghaither, a consultant physician of family and community medicine, advised patients with colon to follow a regular diet, rich in fiber, and abstain from the foods which stimulate the colon, so as to get rid of the colon pain and alleviate its symptoms.
He gave tips for patients suffering from the stomach germ, and the ways to treat it.
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