Palestinians accuse Israel of attacking polio vaccination clinic

Palestinians accuse Israel of attacking polio vaccination clinic

Cairo. An Israeli drone strike on a clinic in northern Gaza where children were being vaccinated against polio injured six people, including four children, Palestinian authorities reported. The Israeli military denied any responsibility. The attack occurred on Saturday in northern Gaza, a region that has been surrounded by Israeli forces and has been virtually isolated … Read more

Hospital appeals to solidarity from Saarlanders

Hospital appeals to solidarity from Saarlanders

Blood reserves in Saarland are running low – situation very tense Im Saarland will be the Blood reserves are scarce. As is the case throughout Germany, there are too few blood donors in this country. As the Saarbrücken Clinic reports, the situation is extremely tense. Donations cannot cover needs The donations could Requirement for some … Read more

NIH awards $6.9 million to prepare potential Alzheimer’s treatment for future clinical trials

NIH awards .9 million to prepare potential Alzheimer’s treatment for future clinical trials

A multidisciplinary team of scientists led by Carlo Ballatore, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Diego, and Kurt Brunden, Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, has received a $6.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to prepare a potential disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s disease for future clinical trials. In a recently … Read more

Study Finds Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Improve Bone Strength in Children: Research from Queen Mary University of London and Harvard School of Public Health published in The Lancet

Study Finds Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Improve Bone Strength in Children: Research from Queen Mary University of London and Harvard School of Public Health published in The Lancet

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health, concluded that vitamin D supplements do not improve bone strength or reduce the risk of fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. The study results were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. In the study, researchers instructed more … Read more

Plastic Surgeon in Armenia Discusses Men’s Nose Surgery Trends and Increase in Women’s Interventions

Plastic Surgeon in Armenia Discusses Men’s Nose Surgery Trends and Increase in Women’s Interventions

In Armenia, men most often turn to plastic surgeons for nose surgery. But men make up a very small percentage of the total number of applicants. Plastic surgeon Ashot Torosyan stated this in an interview with NEWS.am Medicine. “In Armenia, only 3-5% of those seeking plastic surgery are men. They change the shape of the … Read more

Armenia’s Minister of Health Addresses Rising Medicine Prices and Health Insurance Reform Plans

Armenia’s Minister of Health Addresses Rising Medicine Prices and Health Insurance Reform Plans

Since there is a value added tax on medicines in Armenia, their prices are higher than, for example, in neighboring Georgia. This was stated at a press conference on January 12 by the Minister of Health of Armenia Anahit Avanesyan. “The price of medicines is also influenced by the fact that Armenia is a rather … Read more

Nairi Medical Center Expands Gynecological Oncological Services to Include Bhutanese Doctors

Nairi Medical Center Expands Gynecological Oncological Services to Include Bhutanese Doctors

The gynecological oncological service of the Nairi MC, being a certified European center, is expanding the geography of doctors who have undergone retraining in the service: EU countries, Iran, India, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine. Now Bhutan has joined them. Obstetrician-gynecologist Namku Dorja, in the course of increasing her knowledge in the field of gynecological oncology, was … Read more

Sodexo Peru Expands Operations into Health Sector, Plans to Double Turnover in Coming Years

Sodexo Peru Expands Operations into Health Sector, Plans to Double Turnover in Coming Years

In recent months, Sodexo Peru added the health sector as a new client – in addition to being a banking, industrial and pharmaceutical supplier -, operating minor maintenance and cleaning services in eight clinics in Lima, while preparing its entry into a private medical center in Arequipa. “We are thinking big, decentralizing our operations in … Read more

Retirement of doctors generate lists of up to 80 vacancies per month in IMSS Coahuila

Retirement of doctors generate lists of up to 80 vacancies per month in IMSS Coahuila

The list of retirement requests for doctors who have completed their working life continues to grow. (THE COAHUILA CENTURY) Up to 80 monthly retirements are recorded by the Mexican Social Security Institute in Coahuila, which causes long lists of vacancies, waiting to be filled in the different clinics and Family Medicine Units of the IMSS. … Read more