News about Medicine
Kazakh med schools gain popularity among foreign students
The number of foreign students studying medicine in Kazakhstan is expected to reach 10 percent in the near future.
11 January 2015 00:08
New Vice Minister of Healthcare and Social Development appointed in Kazakhstan
Alexey Tsoy has been appointed the new Vice Minister of Healthcare and Social Development in Kazakhstan.
06 January 2015 13:43
More Kazakhstanis to seek medical help in South Korea with visa free regime
The visa free regime between South Korea and Kazakhstan will increase the flow of health tourists in 2015.
22 December 2014 14:20
Artificial blood from petroleum products to be produced in Kazakhstan
Scientists from Kazakhstan have developed a new method of production of artificial blood from petroleum products.
18 December 2014 12:41
Medical tourism - growing sector in Kazakhstan
Medical tourism is a growing sector in Kazakhstan with more than 800 foreign nationals coming to the country to be treated, including from the US, Japan and Italy.
18 December 2014 12:19
Kazakh scientists transplant cow skin on human
Kazakh scientists have demonstrated their new method of healing wounds, burns and other skin defects using cow skin transplants.
12 December 2014 18:26
Sale of antibiotics may be restricted in Kazakhstan
Many people in Kazakhstan are relying on self-treatment and purchase antibiotics in next door pharmacies without a doctor's prescription. The Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan is proposing to restrict the sale of antibiotics in Kazakhstan.
29 November 2014 13:35
Surgeons remove pencil from boy's chest in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani surgeons have removed a pencil from the chest of a 10 y.o. boy.
19 November 2014 23:33
Ebola death toll rises to 5,177: WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday that 5,177 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 14,413 cases of infection.
15 November 2014 15:39
Kazakh startup says no to dental drills
A Kazakh startup says it knows how to treat caries with no annoying dental drills involved.
09 November 2014 15:13
Ebola death toll hits 4,960: WHO
The World Health Organization said that 13,268 people had been infected with Ebola across eight countries, and 4,960 of them had died.
08 November 2014 13:51
Kazakhstan to keep methadone therapy for now
The government of Kazakhstan has announced it would continue the controversial methadone therapy until 2015.
29 October 2014 18:02
Kazakhstan is medically and legally ready for cadaveric donation
Medical specialists discussed Kazakhstan’s readiness for cadaveric donation both in legal and medical terms at New Vision of Transplantology press conference.
26 October 2014 14:46
Vinokurov comments on doping scandal of Iglinsky brothers
The General Manager of Kazakhstan's Astana Pro Team Alexander Vinokurov has commented on the doping incident involving Iglinskiy brothers.
16 October 2014 15:19
Ebola 'most serious' health emergency in years: leaders
The Ebola epidemic is "the most serious international public health emergency in recent years," British, US, French, German and Italian leaders agreed.
16 October 2014 13:36
Ebola toll passes 4,000 as fears grow worldwide
The death toll from Ebola has passed 4,000, the World Health Organization said.
11 October 2014 15:19
First kidney transplantation in Kyzylorda
For the firs time, a kidney transplantation has been conducted in Kyzylorda.
09 October 2014 18:35
Controversial methadone therapy may become nationwide in Kazakhstan by 2016
According to the head of the National Scientific and Practical Center on Medical and Social Problems of Drug Abuse, methadone therapy also known as opioid substitution therapy (OST) may become nationwide in Kazakhstan in 2016.
06 October 2014 18:27
Birth rate goes 25% up in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has had an increase in birth rate and decease in mortality rate.
06 October 2014 17:35
'We are either bad at treating or bad at diagnosing' - state oncological aid in Kazakhstan
Oncologist Nasrulla Shanazarov reported on the state of oncological help in Kazakhstan at the recent International Oncological Symposium.
03 October 2014 16:14