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MoE official highlights crucial role of pharmacists in healthcare system
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A healthy society also depends on an empowered pharmacist and not only on the availability of low cost drugs. Two other big contributory factors are an increased allocation of budget for the healthcare system as well as the health insurance companies, said Dr Ola Al Ahdab, pharmaceutical advisor-training and development manager, UAE Ministry of Health, while talking to The Gulf Today on Thursday.
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Pharma poised for growth
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Healthcare giant MSD, known as Merck, sees a strong growth potential of the UAE pharmaceutical market and plans to expand in the Gulf region over the next five years, according to a top official of the company.
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Prostate cancer therapy doesn't increase cardiovascular deaths, study says
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A prostate cancer treatment called androgen deprivation therapy has been somewhat controversial because of fears that the medications involved may raise the risk of death from cardiovascular causes, such as heart attacks. But a new analysis did not find that association.
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Mobile clinic treating diabetes to tour UAE
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A mobile clinic for the treatment and care of people with diabetes in the UAE will be touring the seven Emirates in 2012.
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New technique to widen arteries
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A breakthrough technique to open narrowed heart arteries without cutting open the chest was carried out on three elderly UAE nationals at Al Qasimi Hospital in Sharjah on Monday.
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Payment debate: Health care workers defend their payments from drug companies
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Doctors, pharmacists and other health care professionals in Montana received $692,983 in payments and perks from drug companies between 2009 and early 2011, according to a database that includes disclosure information from a dozen pharmaceutical firms.
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Survey Reveals 78% of Healthcare Executives Prioritizing Perioperative Cost Reduction Efforts
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An annual survey of hospital executives highlights the increased importance of reducing costs in the perioperative department. Seventy-eight percent of the survey's respondents are considering or planning projects to reduce perioperative costs in the next year, a 34% increase in OR cost reduction projects since 2010.
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Hospital Leadership is a Culture, Not a Person: Q&A With LifePoint Hospitals CEO Bill Carpenter
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As the healthcare environment changes, hospital leadership must realign their organizations, especially as the healthcare sector prepares for reform and other changes coming in the next few years. Bill Carpenter, chairman and CEO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals, which owns and operates 54 hospitals in 18 states, thinks that for a hospital to succeed, its leaders must be willing to invest heavily in other people and a positive culture. And it's up to the CEO to listen and respond to its constituents' ideas to enact an organization-wide strategy.
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DHA Deputy Director-General visits Dubai Health Clinic at the Dubai Air Show
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His Excellency Khalid Al Sheikh Mubarak, Deputy Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority recently visited the Dubai Health Authority's clinic which is set up at the Airport Dubai International Air show, which is taking place at Dubai Airport Expo.
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Physicians expand capacity, develop new applications for robot-assisted surgery
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University of Chicago surgeons use the da Vinci Surgical System to perform a wide range of robotic procedures, from prostate removal and treatments to correct congenital urologic defects, to lung and head and neck surgeries.