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Workplace wellness fails bottom line, waistlines
NEW YORK: A long-awaited report on workplace wellness programs, which has still not been publicly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting doubt on…
Separating citizens, expats clinic timing – Organization or discrimination!
KUWAIT: The health minister’s decision to limit providing morning medical services to citizens only at various outpatients clinics and allocating the evening period for expats starting June 1, has had…
Kuwaiti researcher Laila Bastaki wins WHO prize
GENEVA: Kuwaiti researcher Dr Laila Bastaki won the World Health Organization (WHO) prize, granted by the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation 2013, which constitutes a significant source of pride to…
Unions angry about health care overhaul
WASHINGTON: When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters. But some unions leaders have grown frustrated and angry…
Liver la vida loca – 14 foods that cleanse the liver
Modern society is a sad state that produces many over-processed livers. When we overeat or eat processed or fried foods, and, anytime we are exposed to environmental pollutants or stress,…
Battle of the bulge gets ‘bloody’ – Can blood tests help you lose weight?
Good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle continue to attract a growing number of followers in Kuwait. First it was the rice diet, followed by the no-carb diet, and then an…
Face-chewing victim recovering
MIAMI: A homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off in a bizarre attack last year appeared Tuesday to be mostly at peace with his disfigurement, strumming a guitar, making…
Rice contamination reported in China
BEIJING: Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country’s largest cities was contaminated with a…
Kuwait medical sector seeks greater private sector role
KUWAIT: A leading Kuwaiti business- pharmaceutical figure has “prescribed” remedies for the national economy, namely the medical sector, saying the bureaucracy must be trimmed, laws amended, and the private sector…
What do we eat? New food map will tell us
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina: Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to…
‘Gap’ for HIV vaccine efforts after setback
WASHINGTON: The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback…
MoH bans sleeve Gastrectomy – ‘Doctors not adhering to global standards’
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health recently issued a ministerial decree stopping the sleeve gastrectomy surgeries and other weight-loss surgeries till a new law governing such medical procedures was formulated in…
