A medical delegation from the West Bank headed by Dr. Fadel al-Batran, a neurosurgery specialist at the Palestine Medical Complex, arrived on Thursday at al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.

Dr. Zuheir Nofal, director of the nursing department at al-Shifa Hospital, briefed the delegation on the great efforts made by Gaza's Ministry of Health in general and al-Shifa staff in particular in the treatment of those injured in the protests despite"...

Palestinian activists from the Gaza Strip prevented the entry of medications coming from the Israeli Magen David Adom “Red Star of David” through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip late on Tuesday.

Activists stressed that they refuse to “beautify the image of the occupation” by accepting medication from it.

The National Committee"...

Egypt's al-Azhar Mosque on Tuesday evening announced that it will send an urgent aid convoy to the Gaza Strip after 62 Palestinians were killed and over 3,000 injured in an Israeli massacre near Gaza's eastern border.

The convoy includes about 50 tons of food and humanitarian aid in addition to two vehicles loaded with medical supplies especially those needed for surgeries and emergency cases.

Al-Azhar"...

Julphar, one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa, announced its first quarter 2018 financial results.

The company reported first quarter 2018 sales of AED 264.0 million and a net profit of AED 18.4million, after implementation of new Accounting Standard IFRS 9 and IFRS 15.

Julphar’s Q1"...

Augmented reality tools training surgeons. 3D printers creating new body parts and organs. Drones delivering supplies. A Google search for “innovations in surgery” will show you the extraordinary potential of technology to transform surgical care.
But for Amsalu Tiruneh, a non-physician surgeon (otherwise known as an Integrated Emergency Surgical Officer, IESO for short) operating in a rural hospital in Ethiopia, these innovations feel like a world away from his reality.
Amsalu has worked at Dangila"...

The Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights has condemned the Israeli authorities for preventing a medical delegation from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank from entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday to provide medical care for the wounded protesters.

In a statement issued yesterday, the centre condemned the Israeli restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement for medical missions and called on the international community to intervene"...

Litigation against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is intensifying as six more U.S. states on Tuesday announced lawsuits, accusing the company of fueling a national opioid epidemic by deceptively marketing its prescription painkillers to generate billions of dollars in sales.

U.S. state attorneys general of Nevada, Texas, Florida, North Carolina, North Dakota and Tennessee also said Purdue Pharma violated state consumer protection laws by falsely"...

(AETOS Wire)-- Philip Morris International Inc. (“PMI”) (NYSE: PM) today published its third Sustainability Report (2017), outlining the concrete steps being taken to fundamentally transform its business by putting smoke-free products at the core of PMI’s sustainability efforts to address wider societal challenges, drive operational excellence, manage its social impact and reduce its environmental footprint. PMI’s commitment and ambition is to replace cigarettes"...

If 36-year-old Sylvester E. had to stay in Nigeria, he may not have lived to see his middle-age years. Thanks to Dr. Allam Alkowatli, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Emirates Hospital, Sylvester was able to travel to Dubai to receive the life-saving surgery that he needed. What Sylvester needed was Cardio Balloon Valvuloplasty surgery to open up a stiff tight valve in his heart that was causing him chest pain, trouble breathing and suffocation, palpitations as well as a host"...