CAIRO - With the timing of the two respective meals of iftar (meal breaking the fast at sunset) and sohour (last meal before the fast resumes at dawn) during the month of Ramadan, many fasting people suffer from a strong desire to sleep after (...)
Women often look for physical fitness, burning calories to stay beautiful, but although they may go to a gym, do aerobics or resort to following a diet, the results may not be what they want. However, a popular alternative is Jazzercise, in which (...)
The global pharmaceutical quality controls have already been adopted by the local industry, Dr M. Moustafa Hamed, the Minister of Health and Population, said during the lying of the foundation stone of a new drug manufacturing
facility.
The new (...)
Any woman wishing to have a baby is always keen to ensure her ability to achieve this dream. Obstetrics techniques and tests have become locally available to help a woman be sure of her readiness of becoming pregnant.
The ‘quick test' is a technique (...)
The use of sun block is required not only by adults, but is also very important for children in both summer and winter recommend dermatologists.
Exposure to sunrays results in many health problems for the skin. One such disease is melasma, which (...)
The country is still able to pump investments into the pharmaceutical industry, says Dr M Mostafa Hamed, the Minister of Health and Population, adding that the state has refused to increase the prices of medicine as long as there is a constant (...)
Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year more than 600,000 of which are non-smokers, who die from breathing second-hand smoke only. Consequently, the World Health Organisation has launched this year on May 31 a campaign entitled "Ban (...)
People are exposed to many factors that contribute directly and indirectly to the appearance of wrinkles on the face such as tension, stress, prolonged exposure to the sun ray, ageing, smoking and vehicular exhausts.In addition, genetic can play a (...)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an auto-immune disease that affects 50,000 Egyptians and needs better understanding by the public. It hit the ability of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to communicate effectively with one another, according to (...)
Acupuncture facelift gives you a glow that radiates from deep within, its practitioners and advocates claim. This modality can enhance not only your physical appearance but also your overall health; acupuncture's apparent ability to improve a (...)
Some men consider baldness to be a sign of manhood and as making them look handsome.
Actor Yul Brynner, for example, was bald, yet looked great in the eyes of his fans. His baldness made him seem very distinguished.
But this condition embarrasses (...)
CAIRO - A co-operation protocol was signed between one of Egypt's mobile phone companies, the National Heart Institute and the Heart Institute Friends Society to enhance of community development efforts in the area of health.
The protocol, which is (...)
People on low incomes suffer from a major problem related to a lack of premature baby incubators in public hospitals, as well as the high prices of incubators at the private hospitals. This is due to nurses refusing to work in the state-owned (...)
CAIRO - After two decades, pharmacists' dreams of applying uniform standards in the practice of clinical pharmacy in Egypt have finally come true. The Ministry of Health and the Pharmacologists' Association are administering a project that (...)
A model fishery has been established in South Sinai at a total cost of LE1 million ($162, 000) as an example to be followed to those who want invest in the field of fish production, has said the Minister of Agriculture Salah Abdel-Mo'men.
In (...)
The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) as a social custom had its origins in ancient times.
Generally, communities performing FGM consider the practice an important part of their cultural tradition and societal requirements.
They also (...)
With the beginning of the school year, parents are concerned about what food to offer their children, especially in the morning before going to school. Their diet should be healthy so as to help them study and concentrate, given the fact that some (...)
“Living with daily chronic pain is extremely exhausting. But you don't have to accept pain as a part of your life. Finding the "right" doctor is the first step towards an appropriate treatment plan." This is the kind of advice neurologists give to (...)
A medical team from Egypt, affiliated to the Arab Medical Union (AMU), Emergency and Relief Agency, have returned home from Syria, having treated people injured there in the hideous raids perpetrated by the Syrian regime.
“The raids do not (...)
CAIRO - Before and after the January 25 Revolution the people of Port Said have experienced hard times due to the recession, since most citizens depend mainly on trade to earn a living.
The decree issued by President Mohammed Morsi relating to Port (...)
CAIRO - A number of archaeologists have launched a project to develop archaeology in Egypt to be carried out by the new government, according to MENA.
The project, which was launched under the title, ‘Egyptian Antiquities' Renaissance Project ‘ (...)
Economic experts think that the choice of food available in the coming holy month of Ramadan will see some change. The prices of meat, poultry and dairy products are bound to increase, while the prices of sugar and wheat remain stable. Rice and nuts (...)
The Minister of Finance, Momtaz el-Saeed, held a series of meetings with officials of the Property Tax Authority to look into the implementation of the new property tax law and its amendments. This law came in response to calls from NGOs, (...)
Egypt heads the list of global deaths due to infection with the H5N1avian flu virus, followed by Indonesia and then Vietnam. Since the virus hit Egypt in February 2006, 60 million birds have been officially culled to date and the costs of poultry (...)
Egypt has been chosen by the European Society for Cardiology as one of ten countries to implement the ‘Stent for life' initiative, that aims at reducing mortality and morbidity of patients suffering from acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
The countries (...)