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A new software tool may help doctors eliminate mistakes when judging whether a spot that turns up on a smoker's lung scan is cancerous or not.

• 06 сентября 2013, 11:47

The resident of Presnovka village Saker Ospanov lost his right hand in a car accident three years ago and received his new hand at the expense of the local budget.

• 06 сентября 2013, 01:43

The Mexico City council is considering the legalization of cannabis plants and the creation of private marijuana smoking "clubs" as it mulls controversial legislation to liberalize consumption.

• 05 сентября 2013, 12:35

An experimental drug combination cured 70 percent of patients with hepatitis C in early trials, offering hope of a simpler remedy for the chronic liver disease.

• 28 августа 2013, 17:03

At least one million cockroaches have escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine.

• 26 августа 2013, 19:49

Bed nets treated with insecticide are a simple and economical way to eradicate filariasis, a mosquito-born tropical disease that threatens 1.4 billion people worldwide.

• 22 августа 2013, 12:21

A famous surgeon from South Korea will come to Almaty for experience exchange.

• 16 августа 2013, 19:40

Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders closed all its operations in war-torn Somalia on Wednesday, warning of growing insecurity, after 22 years of working in the Horn of Africa troublespot.

• 15 августа 2013, 12:29

Kazakhstan Healthcare Ministry is working on a common registrar of donors, recipients and persons awaiting transplantation.

• 13 августа 2013, 15:16

Kazakhstan is experiencing a deficit of donor organs same as most countries around the world as well: Ministry.

• 12 августа 2013, 17:14

A plant extract used in Chinese herbal remedies for arthritis, gout and inflammation has been directly linked to cancer and causes a surprising number of genetic mutations.

• 08 августа 2013, 18:15

273 patients are taking part in the opioid substitution therapy (OST) program in Kazakhstan.

• 07 августа 2013, 10:40

Doctor of Chemistry Diyas Myrzakozha from Almaty has developed a principally new method of highly accurate early diagnostics of cancer.

• 29 июля 2013, 16:38

A US drug company said Friday it was considering a banana-flavored version of its pain reliever after the world's oldest man attributed his longevity to the fruit and the drug.

• 28 июля 2013, 18:32

Japan's government on Friday gave its seal of approval to the world's first clinical trials using stem cells harvested from a patient's own body.

• 20 июля 2013, 10:49

US regulators on Monday approved the first brain wave test for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, saying it may improve the accuracy of diagnoses by medical experts.

• 17 июля 2013, 10:48

American and Kazakhstan surgeons will be exchanging experience in cancer treatment for several days in Astana.

• 16 июля 2013, 18:55

Transplantation to four patients from one donor was made in Syzganov National Scientific Surgery Center in Almaty for the first time in Kazakhstan.

• 12 июля 2013, 18:23

A lizard dipped in wine may not seem like an obvious asthma remedy, but as Cambodian traditional healers strive to turn their ancient wisdom into a professional industry.

• 10 июля 2013, 13:01

600 quotas for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) were allocated for 350 thousand infertile families in Kazakhstan in 2013.

• 25 июня 2013, 13:36