Health

Muscat: Young couples who plan to wed are encouraged to have premarital screening tests to determine whether they carry genes that would be passed along to...

Muscat: Omanis desperate for kidney transplants are travelling abroad to buy black market organs and undergo illegal surgeries say doctors, who warn they...

Muscat: Apollo Children’s Hospital has successfully performed a high-risk combined cardiac and tracheal surgery on an 11 month old Omani patient. The...

Muscat: Working to make a difference in the communities it serves, the Qurum Business Group (QBG) has donated ten wheelchairs to the Oman Association for...

Muscat: After 16 years at the helm, Oman Cancer Association (OCA) founder and president has announced that she is stepping down from the post. The...

Muscat: Shifa Al Jazeera, a well-established hospital chain the Gulf region, will open its first premium polyclinic in Al Khuwair on June 24 and a hospital...

Muscat: Shifa Al Jazeera medical group, which seeks to make healthcare accessible to common man, plans to charge a nominal fee of OMR1 for consultation when...

Muscat: Almost 100 clinics across Oman, along with dozens of medical staff members, faced action from authorities in 2015, patient safety regulators have...

Muscat: Unplanned pregnancy has been identified as the main reason behind depression among pregnant women in Oman, followed by marital conflict, a first of...

Muscat: A growing number of overweight people in Oman are choosing to go under the surgeon’s knife rather than diet and exercise, leading medics have...