TAIF: A patient escaped from the Ashhar Psychiatric Hospital after fixing the door connecting his room to the main hall so that he could open it and exit his room while nobody was watching, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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RIYADH: A number of regional and international experts are scheduled to attend a conference on the latest discoveries in orthodontists to be held at King Fahd Medical City today.

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Call for National Campaign for Early Detection of Cancer

JEDDAH – Around 8,000 cases of cancer are reported annually in the Kingdom. This was disclosed by Dr. Mohamed Al-Jahni, chairman of the environmental committee in the JCCI, at a conference titled “Cancer Cure in 2009” held at the Movenpick Hotel here on Wednesday.

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Preliminary Study Shows Less Pain, Better Quality of Life in Fibromyalgia Patients Taking Nabilone

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There are lots of alternative treatments for clinical depression and anxiety disorders, but you may need tried-and-true treatments.

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Breast Cancer Link to Working Nights: Three Late Shifts a Week 'Doubles the Risk of Disease'

Women who work night shifts are at higher risk of breast cancer, warn researchers.

Their findings suggest working at night increases the chances of the disease by 40 per cent.

Women working more than two night shifts a week have double the risk of those on day shifts, says a report from scientists, while night workers who also describe themselves as ‘morning people’ or ‘larks’ have a stronger risk than those who say they are ‘night owls’.

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Umbilical Cord Blood Test Could Reveal how Susceptible your Baby will be to Colds

Doctors have created a test that detects how strong a baby's immune system is at birth - and how likely they are to fall prey to colds in their first year.

A team from Washington University School of Medicine developed a technique that identifies which babies have a diminished immune response to viruses from a sample of their umbilical cord blood.

They found these babies were more likely to go on and suffer respiratory infections in their first year.

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A panel of US health experts has for the first time backed a drug to prevent HIV infection in healthy people.

The panel recommended US regulators approve the daily pill, Truvada, for use by people considered at high risk of contracting the Aids virus.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not required to follow the panel's advice, but it usually does.

Some health workers and groups active in the HIV community have opposed the approval of the drug.

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Women who use contraceptive patches are eight times more likely to suffer a blood clot, it has been warned.

Researchers have found that alternative methods of taking hormonal contraceptives carry a higher risk of serious blood clots and women might want to consider switching, they said.

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Optimism, Happiness Linked to Lower Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

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