November 2024

Special Feature

Pharmaceutical Press Shares Essential Knowledge To Reduce Medication Errors

Medicines are the most common therapeutic intervention in healthcare and have become much more complex. While patients benefit significantly by living longer and enjoying better quality of life, many experience serious harm due to mistakes or errors in medication use.

Health For All

New Report: Global Diabetes Rates in Adults Double from 7% to 14% Between 1990 and 2022

The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million, more than quadrupling since 1990, according to new data released in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day.

Charlene Zein Named Sunshine Health CEO

Sunshine Health has announced the appointment of Charlene Zein as Plan President and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 3, 2024. Zein, who has been serving as Interim President, brings nearly 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry to her new role.

Can Diet Become Your First Line of Defense against Stroke?

Do you know that the MENA region represents 6% of the world population with an age-standardized stroke rate of 87.7 (78.2–97.6) per 100,000 population? This is relatively high when compared to the global average, which is around 157.99 per 100,000 population.

Crucial signs of Heart Attacks in women are missed 78% of the time

Early warning signs of a heart attack in women are often missed. Extensive research, encompassing real patient narratives and insights from healthcare professionals indicates alarming results. 78% of cases of women who have a heart attack have been missed, as both patients and healthcare professionals miss the crucial signs.

Sysmex Launches hinotori™ Surgical Robot System for Global Market and Clinical Use

Sysmex Corporation announced the first overseas surgery (robot-assisted radical prostatectomy) using the “hinotori™ Surgical Robot System” (hinotori™) was successfully performed at Singapore General Hospital.