First 'methadone baby' born in Aktobe
A man who used to take heroine and replaced it with methadone (a synthetic substitute of heroine) has had a son.
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.
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.
Kazakhstan microsurgeons tap into face transplantation surgeries
Kazakhstan microsurgeons will soon be able to perform face transplantation surgeries: Italian surgeon Salvatore D’Arpe.
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.
74,000 Malians in Mauritania desert need help: aid group
Some 74,000 Malians, who have been displaced by war and ethnic tensions, are in need of urgent help in the desert of Mauritania..
Asian gecko threatened by medicine trade: TRAFFIC
Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.
Scientists use 3D printer to make tissue-like material
British scientists have used a custom-made 3D printer to make living tissue-like material that could one day serve medical purposes.
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.
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.
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry makes rating of fatal diseases
A rating of the most hazardous fatal diseases has been made in Kazakhstan.
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.
First donor kidney transplantation made in South Kazakhstan
A donor kidney has been transplanted to a patient with renal failure for the first time in South Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan’s pharmaceutical market to grow 15 percent in 2013
The volume of Kazakhstan pharmaceutical market makes $1.2 billion; it has been maintaining an upward trend for several years already.
60 artificial heart transplantations scheduled for 2013 in Kazakhstan
We have scheduled 60 surgeries on implantation of the artificial heart ventricles: Kazakhstan cardiac surgeon.
Kazakhstan National Medical Holding to open clinics for foreigners
We would like to inform everyone that we have the centers ready to render services to foreign patients: chairman.
Astana to get best oncological center in CIS
Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry’s oncological program envisages opening an oncological center in Nazarbayev University.
HIV cured in baby for the first time: scientists
Researchers said Sunday they had, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV -- a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.
New study finds anti-nausea drug safe for pregnancy
Morning sickness is an all-too-common side effect of pregnancy, and a new study out Wednesday said a medication used to treat the most serious cases is safe for fetuses.