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Pfizer to invest in clinical tests in Kazakhstan The pharmaceutical giant will invest in development of clinical test centers in Kazakhstan.

14 June 2013

Spanish regions take steps to help needy children To help children plunged into poverty by Spain's grinding recession, several regional governments have stepped up aid programmes for needy students.

07 June 2013

84-y.o. patient undergoes unique low-traumatic surgery in Almaty A neurosurgeon from South Korea and Director of the International Medical Center Yim Dong Hwang made 6 surgeries for osteochondrosis, traumas consequences and other spine pathologies on May 14-17.

20 May 2013

Kazakhstan-made CT scanner presented at medical equipment exhibition in Almaty The 20th Kazakhstan International Healthcare Exhibition KIHE-2013 was held in Almaty on May 15-17.

20 May 2013

Kuwait bars expats from morning treatment at hospitals Kuwait is to bar foreigners from attending public hospitals in the mornings, local media reported on Thursday, in a decision activists labelled as "racist".

16 May 2013

SARS-like virus in Saudi has killed 15: minister Fifteen people in Saudi Arabia have died from a SARS-like virus out of 24 people who contracted it since last August.

14 May 2013

DRC named worst place to be mother The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday displaced fellow African nation Niger to gain the unenviable distinction of being the worst place in the world to be a mother.

08 May 2013

Three new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia Three new cases of a new SARS-like virus have been detected in Saudi Arabia.

04 May 2013

Gene clues point to Cambodia for resistant malaria Gene analysis of malaria parasites has pinpointed western Cambodia as the hotspot of strains that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the frontline drug against the disease.

29 April 2013

Kazakhstan microsurgeons tap into face transplantation surgeries Kazakhstan microsurgeons will soon be able to perform face transplantation surgeries: Italian surgeon Salvatore D’Arpe.

22 April 2013

WHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.

22 April 2013

US hospitals make more money when surgery goes wrong US hospitals face a disincentive to improve care because they make drastically more money when surgery goes wrong than when a patient is discharged with no complications.

17 April 2013

60 families have kids via surrogacy in Almaty yearly Kazakhstan's Family Law is the most democratic one in the world: Director of the Reproductive Medicine Institute.

05 April 2013

Kazakhstan's patient with artificial heart gets married People who had surgeries on artificial heart implantation gathered in Astana to discuss problems of chronic cardiac insufficiency.

05 April 2013

Dementia costlier than cancer, heart disease: study Dementia costs more each year in the United States than cancer or heart disease, with annual costs ranging from $157 billion to $215 billion.

04 April 2013

Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry makes rating of fatal diseases A rating of the most hazardous fatal diseases has been made in Kazakhstan.

03 April 2013

Akhmetov wants Kazakhstan to have enough cardiac surgeons in 2 years Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov instructed to tackle the deficit of cardiac surgeons within two years.

01 April 2013

Almaty opens clinic, five more to go Besides, around 20 old hospitals will be demolished and new buildings will be erected to replace them.

01 April 2013

Scientists unravel genetic code of oesophageal cancer Scientists said Sunday they had found mutations in 26 genes that may cause oesophageal cancer, a breakthrough they hope will lead to new drugs for the deadly and increasingly frequent disease.

25 March 2013

Kazakhstan smokes 9 cigarettes a day per capita Kazakhstan anti-smoking coalition supports draft law banning tobacco sales within 500m from educational, healthcare and sport facilities.

22 March 2013

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