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Untested Ebola Drugs Approved for Use in West Africa

Despite ethical questions, the World Health Organization approved untested Ebola drugs for use against the deadly virus in West Africa. The epidemic, which was...

Ebola Vaccine to Be Ready in 2015

Clinical trials of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus, which killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa, will begin next month, the...

Ebola Outbreak: WHO Declares International Emergency

The World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency over the 2014 West Ebola outbreak, which killed nearly a thousand people in...

Ebola Outbreak Causes Global Concerns

The death toll of the West African Ebola outbreak reached 932 and with the death of a Saudi man suspected of carrying the disease,...

Ebola May Have Spread to Middle East

The Ebola epidemic has killed nearly 900 people in West Africa since it occurred in Guinea this March and now it may have spread...

MERS Slowing Down in Saudi Arabia

There have been no new cases of the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS Co-V) in Saudi Arabia during the past three weeks, or...

Countries on Alert over Ebola Outbreak

The current Ebola epidemic, which started in March in Guinea and is now sweeping across West Africa, is the largest and the deadliest in...

Adults Also Affected by Summer Brain Drain

Summer brain drain is usually associated with children and school holiday. However, not many people are aware of the fact that adults are also...

People with HIV Living Longer

Although two-thirds of the people infected by HIV aren’t receiving life-saving drugs, there is still a chance of ending the global AIDS epidemic, according...

MERS Virus Found in Air Samples Raises Concern

Saudi researchers discovered traces of the deadly Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus in the air of a barn, where a sick camel was housed....

6 Reasons Why Depression in Women is More Common

Scientists say that women are almost twice as likely to suffer from a major depressive disorder as men. In the past, the common explanation...

New MERS Cases in Abu Dhabi

Last month, health authorities in the UAE announced all patients diagnosed with the MERS coronavirus were cleared out of the infection and released from...

New Medical Breakthrough May End Alzheimer’s Disease

Scientists might have discovered a cure for Alzheimer’s. Researcher’s from King’s College London and Oxford University have successfully identified ten proteins contained in people’s blood...

Buy Happiness on a Budget

Money can't buy happiness! This is a popular saying and we are not even imagining to argue against it. However, the connection between happiness...

Tips to Stay Hydrated During Summer

Water is crucial for human life. It accounts for around 70% of body weight, depending upon age. Losing just 2% of the water in...

Get Fit, Firm and Fabulous this Ramadan

Physique TV, the Middle East’s only health & fitness channel, unveils alternative TV programming that will inspire viewers to stay in shape and maintain...

Sharp Rise in Lifestyle-Related Cancers

Sunny holidays, sweet treats and juicy grilled meats, as well as liters of alcohol and lots of smoking – this may remind you of...

MERS Virus Spreads among Countries

As Saudi Arabia is welcoming thousands of pilgrims for Umrah, the new MERS coronavirus continues to spread in different countries. According to WHO, there...