Government mulls possibility of manufacturing medicines soon
In an indication of response to calls made during the last period, Kuwait should manufacture its medicine, and senior government sources said a government...
First of its kind knee replacement surgery at Farwaniya Hospital
For the first time in the Middle East, a multidisciplinary team at the Orthopedics Department at Farwaniya Hospital succeeded in performing knee replacement surgery,...
Inauguration of 3rd phase expansion of Farwaniya Hospital
Today, the Ministry of Health is inaugurating the third operational phase of the expansion of the new Farwaniya Hospital, which includes the operation of...
Health risks from gas stoves
A recent study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health published in the United States suggested that nearly 13 percent of...
Red dye in food could cause IBD
Rich colorful foods are known to attract both young and old alike. Manufacturers and marketers of foods have long realized this and employed natural...
New eye-tissue from 3D bioprinting
The production of functional tissues using 3D bioprinting took another major step forward recently with scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) in the...
Head of the Organ Unit in MOH says organ trade must end
The head of the Kuwait Society for Organ Transplant, and head of the Organ Provision Unit at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Mustafa Al-Musawi,...
Major progress in cancer treatments from surgery to T-cell receptors
Diagnosis of cancer remained limited for centuries during which no treatments were available, but this disease witnessed a treatment revolution within a few decades....
Married people less likely to develop dementia than divorced, single people
A new scientific study revealed that divorce and living alone increase the risk of dementia. The Journal of Aging and Health indicates that scientists...
New batch of Pakistani doctors, nurses arrive in Kuwait
The Pakistani ambassador to Kuwait, HE Malik Farooq, said 180 Pakistani doctors and nurses have arrived in Kuwait. "This is the eighteenth batch of...
