The Saudi e-health conference 2012 will start Sunday under the aegis of Intelligence Chief Prince Muqrin at the King Faisal Conference Hall in Riyadh.
Eating chocolate is not only a treat for the tongue — it may also have some tangible benefits for heart health, such as lowering blood pressure slightly, according to a study involving more than a thousand people.
• India's Dr. Reddy's gets US nod for schizophrenia capsules
• Joint action on HIV and TB saved 910,000 lives: WHO
• Unnecessary cancer treatment in men on the rise
• Too few ICU beds may up patient deaths
• Meaning-based therapy may aid terminal patients
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Venture capital funds and activities in the MENA region are gaining momentum. Realizing the recent interest and emphasis on venture capital, the Islamic International Foundation for Economics and Finance (IIFEF) is organizing its first Venture Capital Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Feb. 21-22.
General William Stewart from the US army once predicted that we could now close the book on infectious diseases. He presented that in a testimony before Congress in the early 60s after the invention of penicillin and some important vaccines. As we can see, infectious diseases continue to exist and, as a matter of fact, they are the third cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
While heart attack is a condition in which the heart muscle is dying from a lack of oxygen, cardiac arrest is a cessation of function of the heart. Sudden cardiac arrest is a serious life-threatening situation and requires you to respond immediately.
Keeping your mouth healthy is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. However, according to a survey recently conducted by Oral-B and Crest, around one-third of respondents from Saudi Arabia had not visited the dentist in over two years, a staggering 26 percent of which stated that their last dental checkup had been conducted almost four years ago.
The burger is now one of the world's most popular foods and it has made meat eating affordable for millions. However, it now symbolizes everything that is wrong with modern food.
ATLANTA: For the first time, scientists have found evidence of flu in bats, reporting a never-before-seen virus whose risk to humans is unclear.
Worrying about hair loss seems to be a hot topic in the Gulf.
MANILA, Philippines: The World Health Organization has warned that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is far from over. It says 5,000 new cases are reported yearly in the Western Pacific, where the disease was declared eliminated in 1991. WHO regional director Shin Young-soo says the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Kiribati are three of 37 countries in the region that have failed to meet the target of lowering cases to less than one per 10,000 people — the health body’s definition of leprosy elimination.
Monday, February 13, 2012
People say that we should change what we eat and eat less but how exactly do you do that? Since time began man has had a natural craving for fat, salt and sugar but we now eat far too much of these things in snacks and ready-made meals causing massive weight gain.
Obesity is on the rise in Saudi Arabia and it is pretty alarming for a country where strict dietary norms have been observed for several centuries. In the year 2007, Saudi Arabia ranked 29th on the Forbes’ list of the fattest countries with over two-thirds of all Saudi Arabians considered obese for having exceeded the Body Mass Index (BMI) threshold of 25.
Cranberries are among the top foods with proven health benefits, and the majority of health professionals believe there is a clear link between a diet high in fruit and vegetables and low risk of chronic disease.
As children, we were made to believe that our brains remain static, once they have been programmed and fed information or exposed to the necessary knowledge or language during childhood. Another misconception is that when we are young, our brains are capable of learning and developing, but after a certain age, our mental faculties automatically decline, get wasted and shut down. An old Arabic saying was drilled into my head as a child. It says: “While childhood learning is like engraving on stone, adulthood learning is like writing on sand.” It sounds plausible, because we see older people around us rapidly declining physically and mentally.
Sometime you might find yourself in a position to render help to a sick or injured person. In such case, it is important to ask the following questions: Are there any immediate dangers to you, the victim or others who may be standing around? What has caused the injury or illness to the victim? How many victims are there that need assistance?
JEDDAH: The Indian Fraternity Forum have organized a three-monthlong campaign to promote health consciousness among expatriates, who expose themselves to health risks due to their sedentary lifestyle.
Dr. Abdullah bin Moha-mmed Kaaki is head of anesthesia and intensive care of the Faculty of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah.
An automated external defibrillator (AED) is an electronic device that analyzes the heart rhythm and, if necessary, delivers an electrical shock known as defibrillation to the heart of a person in cardiac arrest.
William Irwin Thompson believed a world is not an ideology or a scientific institution, nor is it even a system of ideologies. Rather, it is a structure of unconscious relations and symbiotic processes. The ideology became a point of contention for German chef Rainer Becker who brought forth his vision in the form of Zuma.
For the last two weeks, I have been discussing gastric problems (morning sickness, acid reflux, gas, indigestion, constipation, hemorrhoids), which irk mothers-to-be most of the time.
The diabetic diet is not a specific diet, but a set of eating guidelines designed to help diabetics manage their insulin levels and blood sugar. Different doctors recommend varying types of diabetic diets, but some aspects of the diet are consistent across a wide range of different plans.
Last week in Part 1, I discussed two of the many pregnancy symptoms: Morning sickness and heartburn. I explained how to manage and treat them naturally with diet and herbs and most importantly, without medical drugs. The other symptoms — gas, indigestion, constipation, hemorrhoids, anemia, edema, hypertension, gestational diabetes, varicose, leg cramps, bleeding gums, sleep disturbances and stretch marks — will be addressed in my following articles.
Pregnancy is a special event that brings joy to the parents-to-be, siblings, grandparents and the whole family. A new life is being formed and will be born. Despite this unanimous delight and feelings of anticipation, there are moments of suspense and dread during the nine months to come lest something goes amiss for either mother or baby due to endogenous or exogenous risk factors. Though discomfort, malaise, disturbed sleep, mixed emotions, complications and other ailments are part of the equation, some lucky moms sail through pregnancies with the least discomfiture or disturbance.
