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WHO experts back extra Covid jab for people with weak immune systems

Several Covid-19 vaccines have been given WHO approval for emergency use during the pandemic: Pfizer-BioNTech, Janssen, Moderna, Sinopharm, Sinovac and AstraZeneca.

12 Oct 2021

Doctors extract mobile phone from man’s stomach 6 months after he swallowed it

The strange incident was witnessed by the Aswan University Hospital after a patient who was suffering from severe abdominal pain went to a doctor.

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Under years of Taliban rule, women nurses work alongside men

"We have to operate here. If we don't, women will die," said Sharif Shah, a man and the only surgeon, who carries out procedures on women.

13 Oct 2021

Technology will be the game-changer for new plastic surgeons: Dr. Humberto Palladino

Technology remains one of the most significant leveling forces in the world today. It allows massive companies to face competition from smaller newcomers to their spaces. The same can be said for medical professionals.

12 Oct 2021

5 expert tips by Kagan Dunlap for every fitness enthusiast

Kagan Dunlap is a master of fitness with a Bachelors in Exercise and Sports Science from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has been an active fitness trainer.

12 Oct 2021

Pop star Ariana Grande to give away £3.6m in free therapy

In honour of World Mental Health Day on Sunday (10 October), the pop singer announced that she was partnering with BetterHelp to donate the sessions.

11 Oct 2021

New technologies in management of heart diseases

It means fixing and repairing diseased conditions of the heart without the need of open-heart surgery.

11 Oct 2021

'An amazing ride': study offers dengue treatment hope

There is no doubt about the threat posed by the mosquito-borne dengue virus, which is estimated to infect at least 98 million people a year and is endemic in 128 countries worldwide.

07 Oct 2021

VIDEO: Beckett Burge, whose heartbreaking photos of him suffering from cancer shook the world, cured of disease

The image of the child, which spread widely around the world in 2019, gathered sympathy as he was not more than four years old, suffering from acute lymphocytic leukaemia, which forced him to stand in front of the toilet to vomit.

07 Oct 2021