RIYADH – The Ministry of Health announced Thursday that nine new cases of AH1N1 swine flu had been registered in the Kingdom.

 

The virus was detected, according to the ministry, in four males and five females, bringing the total number of registered cases to 98.

 

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Great-grandmother Finally Finds Relief from Painful Leg Ulcers Thanks to UK-first Technique Using Dead Donor Skin

A 92-year-old woman has become the first person in Britain to have a wound completely healed - using a skin transplant from dead people.

Great-grandmother Jessie Townley, from Hyde, has suffered from painful leg ulcer sores for two decades, making her life a misery.

Now she says she feels so fit that she would like to go out dancing - after a pioneering operation at Wythenshawe Hospital.

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Study: People With Acne More Likely to Have ADHD, Compared to People With Other Skin Conditions

Could acne be a sign of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

Yes, says a Canadian psychiatrist whose study shows that people with acne are substantially more likely to have ADHD than people with other skin problems.

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Study: Middle-Aged, Older Statin Users Had More Type 2 Diabetes

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One in two women and one in four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in her/his remaining lifetime. Yes, osteoporosis ("porous bones") affects men, too. Yet the advanced effects of bone loss -- a humped upper back or easily shattered limbs -- does not have to be in the future of people who eat wisely and exercise regularly.

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But Studies Don’t Show Clear Survival Advantage

The cancer drug Avastin helped stop the spread of ovarian cancer in patients with an advanced form of the disease, two major studies have found. But it is not clear whether it helps patients to live longer than other cancer treatments.

The drug is approved in the U.S. for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, as well as certain brain, lung, and kidney cancers. It won approval last week in Europe to treat ovarian cancer.

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Study: Urinary Stress Incontinence Often Strikes Women During Sports, Exercise

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Gilead's Complera Joins Atripla as Only One-a-Day Complete HIV Treatments

The FDA has approved Gilead's Complera, the second complete HIV treatment in a single, once-daily pill.

Complera is a combination of Truvada (which combines the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors Emtriva and Viread) and the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor Edurant.

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One sunny Saturday morning, train driver Clive Woodington was in his cab when he suddenly noticed a black blob in the middle of his right eye.

‘I assumed the blob had appeared because I’d been looking towards the sun and thought it would disappear,’ says the 36-year-old father-of-two from Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

In fact, the blob — which was about the size of a drawing pin — was still there the next morning.

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