Health

Muscat: Improved palliative care could help reduce medical costs by as much as 20 per cent, according to a senior consultant. Palliative care is specialised...

Muscat: As Maggie Jeans watched her husband slowly pass away, she thought long and hard about the battle she had fought to have him die at home, surrounded...

Muscat: A female was airlifted from her remote village home to the Royal Hospital in Muscat to receive medical treatment, the Royal Oman Police (ROP)...

Muscat: Faith can’t protect patients with mental illness from committing suicide, a recent study by Omani psychiatrists said. “Despite having a strong...

Muscat: In an unprecedented surgical achievement, surgeons at the Cardiac Catheter Department of the Royal Hospital’s National Heart Centre performed a...

Muscat: Oman could soon ban the sale of cigarettes near schools and colleges following a proposal to this effect in a tobacco control meeting. The meeting...

Muscat: There was a rise in the number of live births in the Sultanate in 2015 compared to 2014. While 86,286 births occurred in 2015, including 79,926 of...

Muscat: A plan to certify hospitals for patient safety and quality control is being worked out. Speaking at the Health Expo held at the Oman Exhibition...

Muscat: Cardiovascular disease (CHD) is the leading global cause of death, accounting for 17.3 million deaths per year, a number that is expected to grow to...

Muscat: Select batches of Huggies diapers are being recalled from distributors and stores in Oman by the Olayan Kimberly-Clark, due to a quality issue. The...