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  • Cancer Alert for 50,000 British Women...

    Added On : 22nd December 2011

    Cancer Alert for 50,000 British Women with Breast Implants

    Up to 50,000 British women have been advised to consider having cheap breast implants removed after evidence in France showed they could lead to cancer.

    French medical authorities are expected this week to order 30,000 women who received faulty breast implants in France to have them removed.

    The women are potentially at risk of developing cancer after receiving cheap implants using industrial silicone gel normally destined for the electronics industry instead of the more expensive medical silicone.

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  • Allergy Self-Diagnosis Leads to Misdiagnosis

    Added On : 19th December 2011

    Survey Shows Many Americans Confuse Allergies and Sinus Infections

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  • Low-Cost Ways to Protect Your Bones

    Added On : 13th December 2011

    Exercise, vitamin D and calcium, and proper testing help those at risk for osteoporosis -- and won't break the bank.

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  • Birth Control Pills Recalled

    Added On : 18th September 2011

    Packaging Error on Pills Made by Qualitest Pharmaceuticals May Put Users at Risk of Pregnancy

    Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling multiple lots of its birth control pills because of a packaging error that may leave women without adequate contraception and at risk for unintended pregnancy.

    Select blister packs of the birth control pills were rotated 180 degrees within the card, which reverses the weekly tablet distribution. This packaging error could cause women to take pills in the incorrect order and could lead to unintended pregnancy.

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  • Spermless Mosquitoes May Be the Key...

    Added On : 9th August 2011

    Spermless Mosquitoes May Be the Key to Controlling Malaria, Scientists Discover
     
    Spermless male mosquitoes could be the answer to controlling the spread of malaria.

    Female Anopheles mosquitoes cannot tell if males they have mated with are fertile or infertile a study has shown.

    And the female insect only mates once in her life before laying a batch of eggs.

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  • New Adhesive Tape Test for Melanoma

    Added On : 13th February 2011

    Study Shows Test Using Special Tape to Collect Cells Can Spot Early Melanoma

    An experimental, noninvasive test that relies on a special adhesive tape to collect cells from suspicious skin lesions can accurately identify both early and advanced melanomas, researchers say.

    The test identified localized and invasive melanomas 100% of the time, with a 12% rate of false-positives, in a study performed at 18 sites across the U.S.

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  • Benadryl and Motrin for Kids Recalled

    Added On : 24th November 2010

    Nearly 5 Million Packages Are Recalled Because of Manufacturing Issues

    Johnson & Johnson says it has ordered a voluntary recall of about 4.8 million packages of children’s medicines due to “insufficiencies” in the manufacturing process.

    Company spokeswoman Bonnie Jacobs tells WebMD the company is recalling 4 million packages of Children’s Benadryl allergy tablets and 800,000 bottles of junior-strength Motrin caplets.

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  • 129 New Drug Warehouses Planned

    Added On : 5th June 2012

    RIYADH – The Ministry of Health plans to build 129 warehouses at different locations across the Kingdom for storing medicines, according to Deputy Health Minister for Logistics Dr. Salah Al-Mazroua.  
     
    “The majority of these warehouses will be located in remote cities and towns, which appear to be undersupplied according to ministry surveys,” he said.

  • Four New Cases of Swine Flu Take Total Toll to 39

    Added On : 23rd June 2009

    RIYADH: Four new cases of swine flu were identified yesterday bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Kingdom to 39, the Ministry of Health said.

    A Saudi man, 25, and a Saudi woman, 24, reportedly contracted the virus from a patient they were visiting regularly. The other two cases are a Saudi woman of unreported age and her two-month-old infant who returned to Riyadh from Bangkok aboard an Etihad Airways flight on June 16.

    There have been no reported fatalities and most patients have recuperated. The first reported case of swine flu in the Kingdom was a Filipino nurse who returned to Riyadh late last month after vacationing in the Philippines.

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  • Heartburn Symptoms: A Pharmacist's Guide...

    Added On : 9th May 2012

    Heartburn Symptoms: A Pharmacist's Guide to Treating Heartburn

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