Diagnosis Failure Alleged in Second Swine Flu Death

RIYADH/DAMMAM – The Indonesian housemaid who died from swine flu Thursday left the Dammam Tower Hospital 10 days prior to her death with nothing more than standard medicine to reduce her fever.

 

Salim Al-Mirri, a relative of the family which employed the housemaid, said the woman had sought treatment at the hospital but was given no proper diagnosis and left with medicine for ordinary flu symptoms.

 

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JEDDAH – Five ministries have presented reports to King Abdullah on the situation of the 100,000 autistic children in the Kingdom as part of a Ministry of Social Affairs study conducted through the Saudi Autism Society in 22 major cities.

 

The figure of 100,000 autistic children was made known in a speech by Minister of Social Affairs Yousef Al-Otheiman and delivered by Ali Al-Hinaki, the General Director of Social Affairs in Makkah, at a graduation ceremony for autistic children at the Al-Faisaliya Charity in Jeddah

 

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...at Red Sea Mall in Jeddah on Saturday. The Health Affairs Management is organizing a mobile dental clinic that started on Wednesday and will continue till May 2. The mobile dental clinic will tour several malls and other areas of the city during the ongoing vacations. Each clinic has been provided with two medical teams of dentists and experts in mouth diseases. – By Diana Al-Jassem/SG

The Ministry of Health inaugurated a medical conference...

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Vote Follows Panel Recommendation From Last Month

The FDA has decided -- for now -- against allowing the new blood thinner Xarelto to be used to treat patients with blocked coronary arteries.

Federal officials issued a complete response letter late Thursday, which means they want more information from the drug manufacturer before making a final decision.

Xarelto (rivaroxaban) entered the market last summer and is already approved for the prevention of blood clots that form in the blood vessels of the legs and lungs during knee or hip replacement surgery. It is also approved to reduce stroke risk in patients with certain abnormal heart rhythms.

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ADHD isn't just for kids. Here's what it's like later in life.

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Memphis, New Haven, and Knoxville Top List of 'Asthma Capitals'

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England Benefits from NHS Postcode Lottery at Long Last - as Prostate Cancer Wonder Drug Looks Set for Approval South of Border but not in Scotland

A drug to treat advanced prostate cancer should be given to patients in England and Wales, according to the NHS rationing body.

Abiraterone, marketed as Zytiga, can extend the lives of late-stage cancer sufferers by more than three months.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) had originally rejected the drug, which costs around £3,000 a month, for not being cost effective.

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If you think urinary incontinence only affects older women, think again. Bladder control issues affect younger, active women, too -- are you one of them?

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Vitamin D supplements could be as effective as prescription medicine at reducing high blood pressure, a conference will hear.

The once a day tablets, available from chemists, produced reductions in high blood pressure 'as powerful' as medicines, a Danish study has found.

A group to 112 patients with high blood pressure were given the supplements for 20 weeks and showed significant improvements in their condition.

The findings were presented at the European Society of Hypertension conference in London.

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