• Hypertension Treated Through a Catheter

    Added On : 30th December 2012

    dr. kurdiAs the first hospital in the Middle East, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Specialist Hospital has succeeded in helping five patients with chronic hypertension using second-generation devices to cauterize renal nerves via catheter.

    Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Kurdi, a consultant cardiologist and president of the Heart Surgery Medical Center at the hospital, has conducted the operations, along with his colleague Dr. Ayman Samih Al-Khadraa. The innovator of the treatment of hypertension via catheter, professor Konestantinos Tisovis, was also present.

    Kurdi said the medical team was able to successfully perform the five operations without any complications.

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  • Generic Lipitor Recall

    Added On : 9th January 2013

    Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc., a major maker of generic Lipitor, has issued a massive recall of the cholesterol-cutting tablets, which may be contaminated with tiny glass shards.

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  • Study: Cured Meats, COPD May Be Linked

    Added On : 11th January 2013

    Eating Cured Meats Makes Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease More Likely, Study Shows

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  • Black Tea Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk

    Added On : 13th January 2013

    Drinking black tea may help protect against type 2 diabetes, but more study is needed to confirm an association.

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  • Migraines Risk Factor for Heart Attack

    Added On : 19th January 2013

    Migraines With Aura Signal 'Moderate' Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

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  • MPs Call for Criminal Inquiry into Toxic Hip Implants

    Added On : 3rd February 2013

    hip replacementMPs have called for an inquiry after it emerged that a company sold toxic hip implants used in thousands of operations in Britain despite knowing for at least three years that they were potentially dangerous.

    The Telegraph has disclosed that Depuy, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, continued to market "metal on metal" hip implants after a leading British surgeon warned in emails to an executive of the manufacturer that patients were suffering.

    The company's own data also allegedly disclosed that a relatively high proportion of the artificial hips, which are supposed to last a lifetime, were failing after two and a half years.

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  • High-Fat Foods Cause Insulin Resistance

    Added On : 31st January 2013

    A new study by the University of Michigan has found that foods high in fat can influence diabetes and metabolic syndrome. In particular, proteins can activate mindless eating. The researchers saw that the body undergoes molecular changes when a person eats foods that are high in fat content.

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  • Incurable Gonorrhea Threat Forces Drug Change

    Added On : 11th August 2012

    Shot Now Needed to Cure Common Sexually Transmitted Disease

    Gonorrhea just got a little more painful to treat -- but at least it's still treatable.

    For now, at least. The common sexually transmitted disease has become resistant to all but one class of antibiotic: the cephalosporins. An alarming worldwide rise in resistance even to these last-ditch drugs raises the specter of untreatable gonorrhea.

    To buy time, the CDC this week changed a recommended U.S. treatment. Instead of getting a single Suprax (cefixime) pill, patients now should be treated with a shot of ceftriaxone antibiotic and one of two oral antibiotics (azithromycin or doxycycline).

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  • 71 New Cases of H3N2v Swine Flu

    Added On : 19th August 2012

    h3n2More Cases in Ohio and Indiana; Mich., Wisc., Pa., and W.V. See First Cases

    There are 71 new cases in the ongoing outbreak of H3N2v swine flu, bringing the U.S. total to 224 cases since July 2012.

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  • Virus Linked to Throat Cancer Trend

    Added On : 22nd August 2012

    Oral Sex Considered a Risk Factor

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