How much sugar does the body need daily?
Sugar is used to improve the taste of foods and beverages and to extend the shelf life of packaged food products. Sugar is found...
Accelerated heartbeats lasting 30 seconds or more can be dangerous to health
Heart palpitations or acceleration of heartbeats is considered normal and most of the time, the cause of these palpitations is stress or some other...
Heart-healthy foods to reduce risk of CVD
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a group of disorders that involve the heart or blood vessels or both. According to health experts, CVDs include coronary...
MOH aims to increase mental health clinics to 60 by year end
The ministry sources told Al-Jarida daily there are 46 mental health clinics in the primary health care system distributed over in all health regions...
Ministry of Health clarifies that blood donation fees are symbolic and not for sale...
The Ministry of Health has emphasized that blood should not be treated as a commodity for sale or purchase. In a recent announcement, the...
Kuwaiti Surgical Team successfully performs rare kidney transplant with urinary tract reconstruction
In another remarkable achievement for the Hamed Al-Essa Center for Organ Transplantation of the Ministry of Health, a Kuwaiti surgical team has successfully conducted...
MoH launches Anti-Smoking campaign
Kuwait's Ministry of Health launched an awareness campaign on the harms of tobacco, in cooperation with the National Anti-Smoking Program. Vice President of the...
Barbecue smoke may cause arthritis: study
A new study, published yesterday in the Daily Mail newspaper, found that smoke from cooking meat in barbecues, wood-burning stoves and car exhaust may...
DDI conducts an Awareness Outreach at the Canadian Embassy
Dasman Diabetes Institute, founded by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, recently organized an awareness outreach at the Canadian Embassy in Kuwait, in...
Science behind why chocolate tastes so good
Ever since the Spaniards brought home the cocoa beans from South America in the early 16th century, chocolates have been a delicacy the worldover....
