Health & Fitness

Clinic in Zamalek seeks holistic approach to medicine

Clinic in Zamalek seeks holistic approach to medicine

A trip to the doctor’s office can at times be dreadful. A patient has to block a period of one…
Encourage her to get screened on Valentine’s Day

Encourage her to get screened on Valentine’s Day

As Valentine’s Day is a chance to show appreciation for those you love, the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt decided…
‘Protect Your Child’ campaigns against pneumonia, but not without bureaucratic setbacks

‘Protect Your Child’ campaigns against pneumonia, but not without bureaucratic setbacks

Last year on World Pneumonia Day (12 November), the Egyptian Medical Students Association NGO launched the "Protect Your Child" campaign…
Immunotherapy: The quest to make seasonal allergies obsolete

Immunotherapy: The quest to make seasonal allergies obsolete

Winter is the season of runny noses, coughing and wheezy chests. Allergies, regardless of severity, can be uncomfortable, but in…
Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy

Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy

A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was…
Winter mosquitoes fight the cold

Winter mosquitoes fight the cold

Contrary to popular belief, mosquito season isn't just summertime — you'll have to deal with them in winter, too. "Mosquitoes…
Q&A with Sherine Hamdy: Organ transplants, Islam and the struggle for human dignity in Egypt

Q&A with Sherine Hamdy: Organ transplants, Islam and the struggle for human dignity in Egypt

Many accounts of Egypt’s black market organ trade have surfaced over the years when youths with shoddy scars would describe…
‘Insanity’: Egypt’s psychiatric history, developments and stigmas

‘Insanity’: Egypt’s psychiatric history, developments and stigmas

While there are still many stigmas associated with mental illness in Egypt, psychiatric hospitals have come a long way since…
UNAIDS urges action against HIV in Middle East and North Africa

UNAIDS urges action against HIV in Middle East and North Africa

Though HIV has been rapidly sweeping the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since 2001, making it one of…
Looking beyond the behavior: Diagnosing Tourette’s

Looking beyond the behavior: Diagnosing Tourette’s

In a classroom environment a child may get into trouble for throwing a pencil across the room or barking out…
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