FDA Approves Skin Patch for Migraines

The FDA has approved the Zecuity (sumatriptan) skin patch system for adults who have migraines with or without aura. The single-use, battery-powered patch offers relief of migraine-related nausea as well as migraine headaches.

Of the 16 million U.S. adults with migraines, 8 million have migraine-related nausea and typically avoid use of oral medications.

"In addition to severe headache pain, migraine patients [come in] with other significant symptoms, which commonly include migraine-related nausea," says Lawrence C. Newman, MD, director of the Headache Institute at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, in a news release from the manufacturer, NuPathe Inc.

Your Risk for Osteoporosis and Bone Fractures

When most of us think of the "brittle bone disease" known as osteoporosis, we picture a frail older woman with a broken hip or stooped shoulders. But you can't tell if someone has osteoporosis just by looking at them. Doctors need to review your personal and family history, your habits, as well as a bone density test to find your personal risk.

Hospital Demands SR780,000 for Discharge...

Hospital Demands SR780,000 for Discharge of Newborn Baby

MAKKAH — A private hospital in Makkah is demanding parents pay SR780,000 before it will release their baby who was born premature to their care, a local newspaper reported.

'Quadruple Helix' DNA Seen in Human Cells

Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time.

The famous "molecule of life", which carries our genetic code, is more familiar to us as a double helix.

But researchers tell the journal Nature Chemistry that the "quadruple helix" is also present in our cells, and in ways that might possibly relate to cancer.

They suggest that control of the structures could provide novel ways to fight the disease.

As Hospital Reopens, Dr. Erfan Says He will Relinquish...

As Hospital Reopens, Dr. Erfan Says He will Relinguish the Post of CEO

The Directorate of Health Affairs in Makkah has said that Dr. Erfan and Bagedo Hospital is to be 60 percent blamed for the death of Salah Al-Deen, an eight-year-old boy who died during a surgery due to a technical flaw in the anesthesia equipment supply, as it was old and had not been tested before the procedure.

Spray for Premature Ejaculation Helps

Men 'Last' 2.4 Times Longer With Anesthetic Spray on Penis

Aspirin 'Triples Chance of Leading Cause of Blindness'

Regular use of aspirin can almost triple the chance of developing a condition that causes more older people in Britain to lose their sight than any other, researchers are warning.

Scientists have found those who take aspirin on a regular basis are much more likely to develop 'wet' age-related macular degeneration ('wet AMD') than those who do not.

The disease, in which one's central vision becomes progressively more blurred, affects a quarter of a million mainly elderly people in Britain.

Now scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that aspirin - taken by millions to ward off heart attacks, strokes and cancer - appears to greatly increase the chance of developing wet AMD, which is irreversible.

Private Hospital Treatment Cost KSA SR 1.8 bn

Despite a network of public hospitals in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced in a statement that it has spent SR 1.8 billion on treatment of patients in private hospitals. It did not, however, offer a clear time frame of when that money was spent.

"The amount includes expenses for treatment in private hospitals both in the Kingdom as well as abroad in addition to payment toward organ transplant," Khalid Al-Mirghalani, an MoH spokesman, told Arab News yesterday.

Health Ministry Disburses SR1.8 Billion for Treatment...

Health Ministry Disburses SR1.8 Billion for Treatment in Private Hospitals and Abroad

Riyadh: Official spokesman of the Ministry of Health Dr. Khaled Marghalani has said total amounts disbursed by the Ministry of Health until the end of the year 1433 AH on treatment of various medical conditions in private hospitals and abroad as well as organ donation reached an amount of SR 1,800,000,000.

The Bionic Man: Victim of Jet-ski Accident...

The Bionic Man: Victim of Jet-ski Accident Becomes First Person in UK to be Fitted with Pioneering Limb

When Chris Taylor lost his hand in a jet-ski accident four years ago, he thought his career as a self-employed engineer was over.

But he can now climb ladders, grip a length of rope and even do complex wiring, after he was fitted with a new generation of bionic hand.

He is the first person in the UK to have a 'Michaelangelo Hand' - a unique prosthetic that has electronic fingers and thumb.

This means Mr Taylor he is able to move the five digits using the muscles in his right arm.