Pfizer to invest in clinical tests in Kazakhstan
The pharmaceutical giant will invest in development of clinical test centers in Kazakhstan.
Quebec moves to allow assisted suicide
The government of Canada's mostly French-speaking Quebec province on Wednesday unveiled legislation allowing terminally ill patients to kill themselves with a doctor's help.
Salvadoran's case used to legalize abortion: Church
El Salvador's Catholic Church accused activists Sunday of using the case of a woman who delivered a baby with cerebral malformation to "open the door" to legalized abortion.
US panel wants diabetes drug restrictions eased
Independent experts urged US regulators Thursday to reduce restrictions on GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia, banned in Europe over heart attack risk concerns.
US girl needing lung put on transplant list
A US judge ordered Wednesday that a dying 10-year-old be transferred to an adult waiting list for a lung transplant, said a lawmaker who has been lobbying for the girl.
High doses of common pain drugs can cause heart attack: study
High doses of some commonly used pain drugs like ibuprofen can increase heart attacks, strokes and related deaths by about a third.
Think twice about surgery on the weekend: study
People who undergo weekend non-emergency surgery in English public hospitals have an 82 percent higher chance of dying within a month than those treated on a Monday.
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.