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Iron rod stuck in neck: boy discharged from hospital in Almaty
Tengrinews.kz - A 9-year-old child, from whose neck doctors removed an iron pin, was discharged from hospital in Almaty. The boy's condition
09 August 2024
Iron rod lodged in boy’s neck in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - A 9-year-old boy in Almaty fell on iron rods, he received severe injuries to his face and neck.
06 August 2024
Expired drugs used during operations in Abay: 12 officials fined
Tengrinews.kz - Expired anesthetic drug was used during operations in Abay region.
30 July 2024
How many Kazakhstanis agreed to organ donation
Tengrinews.kz - More than 6.5 thousand Kazakhstanis have agreed to posthumous organ donation, and almost 90 thousand have cancelled the transplantation,
24 July 2024
Delayed ambulance response questioned in Karaganda plant incident
Tengrinews.kz - Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova was asked about the accident at a ferroalloy plant that injured eight people in Karaganda.
23 July 2024
Two died and 28 fell ill because of the deli meat in the U.S.
Tengrinews.kz - At least two people have died and nearly 30 others have fallen ill due to a listeria outbreak apparently connected to deli meats
22 July 2024
Kazakh woman saves five lives through organ donation after death
Tengrinews.kz - A deceased resident of Akmola region became a donor and saved five lives.
22 July 2024
6 kilogram tumour removed from Kazakh woman
Tengrinews.kz - A malignant tumour weighing six kilograms was removed by doctors of Zhambyl Regional Multidisciplinary Centre of Oncology and
17 July 2024
ChatGPT to be integrated into brain implants
Tengrinews.kz - The Synchro company has announced plans to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into its brain-computer interface (BCI) implant technology.
16 July 2024
Kazakhstan's cancer treatment shows promising results
Tengrinews.kz - Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek announced the start of the second phase of clinical trials for a cancer
16 July 2024
New lung transplant technique could save lives
A new technique could help nearly double the precious few hours surgeons have to carry out lung transplants.
18 November 2016
High blood pressure big issue in developing world
The number of people across the globe suffering from high blood pressure has almost doubled over the past four decades.
16 November 2016
Human genetic research with Chinese characteristics
Researchers from Guangzhou Medical University used a gene-editing technique CRISPR to artificially induce a mutation in human cells.
13 April 2016
Cholesterol drug fails to improve heart health: study
Experimental drug that greatly increases levels of "good" cholesterol has no effect on heart health, a comprehensive clinical trial found.
05 April 2016
De Niro yanks anti-vaccine documentary from film fest
De Niro offs a documentary by a former British medical researcher about a link between vaccines and autism from Tribeca Film Festival.
28 March 2016
Kazakh air ambulance with sick baby aboard crashes, killing five
An air ambulance helicopter carrying a baby girl with suspected leukaemia to hospital has crashed in Kazakhstan, killing all five on board.
28 January 2016
Face value: How fertile women spot rivals
It is not only animals that rely on physical cues to gauge the fertility of potential rivals for a mate.
27 January 2016
Helicopter crashes in Kazakhstan, pilot walks 5km despite severe burns
A helicopter has crashed in Zhambyl Oblast in Kazakhstan's south. Pilot sustained severe burns, but walked 5km to the nearest village.
25 January 2016
'Gifts' from Chinese herbal medicine
Derived from a herb used to treat fevers some 1,700 years ago, the anti-malaria drug artemisinin is one of many treatments plucked from the treasure chest of ancient Chinese medicine.
06 October 2015
Wound dressing from cattle tissue developed in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani scientists have developed a wound dressing from cattle tissue.
29 May 2015