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2019-04-07 08:55
Ground broken for enormous healthcare complex in Qeshm
TEHRAN - Construction of a giant healthcare complex began on Thursday with a ground-breaking ceremony in Iran’s southern Qeshm Island, ISNA reported.
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2019-03-06 21:56
Iranian medical centers, travel marketers to attend Oman fair
TEHRAN – A number of Iranian medical centers and travel marketers will take part at Oman’s upcoming International Medical Tourism Exhibition & Conference.
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2019-02-28 12:08
Iran to host intl. conference on health tourism
TEHRAN – Iran will play host to the 4th Conference on Health Tourism in Islamic Countries on November 26 and 27, ILNA reported.
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2019-02-23 22:07
Men’s health ‘more at risk’ than women: official
TEHRAN- Men’s health, in all age groups, is more at risk compared to women, said an official with Health Ministry in a press conference.
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2019-02-23 16:18
Iranians are paying for U.S. sanctions with their health
Ali only had two hours to save his baby's life. He careened through traffic and sped along highways to an east Tehran government pharmacy. When he saw some 800 people queued outside the facility, he dropped to his knees. Like him, they were waiting to obtain state-funded medications.
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2018-12-31 21:44
Tehran hosts international health, safety, firefighting, rescue exhibition
TEHRAN – The 4th international health, safety, firefighting, and rescue exhibition will be held in Tehran on January 2 to 5, with many manufacturers, designers and service providers presenting their products and advanced achievements, IRIB news agency reported on Saturday.
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2018-12-22 21:08
Iran, Turkey ink MOU on health, medical care
TEHRAN- Iran and Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand bilateral cooperation in the area of health and medical care, IRNA reported on Thursday.
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2018-12-19 20:20
Iran to host intl. conferences on health tourism
TEHRAN – Iran will play host to two international conferences on health tourism in 2019, a senior official with the Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
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2018-12-12 17:03
Hospitals, clinics highlighting Iran’s medical tourism
TEHRAN – Over 20 top Iranian hospitals and clinics are taking part in the 10th Pars tourism exhibition, which opened to the public in Shiraz on Wednesday, aiming to get visitors acquainted with Iran’s potentials in medical and health tourism, Fars reported.
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2018-12-05 22:48
‘Iran medical services could serve Lithuanians’
TEHRAN – Head of Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Iran has said the Iranian medical industry could attract patients from Lithuania or other European countries.
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2018-12-01 21:26
Iran attracts more travelers as medical tourism gets boost
TEHRAN – The number of foreign travelers to Iran has seen a considerable year-on-year growth as medical tourism gains momentum in the country, tourism chief has said.
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2018-10-29 11:59
Osteoporosis at alarming level of 30% in Iran
TEHRAN - The prevalence rate of Osteoporosis is at alarming level as 30% of Iranians have the disease, said Baqer Larijani, deputy health minister who doubles as director general of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute.
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2018-10-22 21:33
‘Medical treatment costs in Iran one tenth for western tourists’
TEHRAN – The costs of medical treatment in Iran is almost ten times cheaper for international medical travelers in comparison with the U.S. and Europe, the CEO of Tehran’s five-star Gandhi Hotel-Hospital has said.
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2018-09-11 04:15
Iran to join Oman fair to promote medical tourism
TEHRAN – Iran will take part at the 8th Oman Health Exhibition & Conference, which will be running from September 24 to 26 at the capital city of Muscat.
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2018-09-10 16:27
Medical tourist arrivals in Iran doubles in spring
TEHRAN – Medical tourist arrivals in the country has nearly doubled in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year, corresponding to spring 2018, from a year earlier, said an official with the Ministry of Health.
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2018-08-06 09:44
IRCS dispatches volunteer health practitioners to Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has dispatched 19 groups of volunteer health care providers to the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on August 5, head of the Red Crescent volunteer organization has said.
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2018-07-29 09:37
Increasing public awareness on epilepsy is a must
TEHRAN — Promoting public awareness about epilepsy is a must, head of Iranian epilepsy association, a non-governmental organization, has said, Fars reported on Thursday.
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2018-07-05 12:28
Over 1.3 million children in Afghanistan at risk from polio
The latest drive to eradicate polio from Afghanistan kicked off this week. In the five-day campaign, about 52,000 Afghan healthcare workers are expected to administer polio vaccines to 6.4 million children under the age of five, according to a statement issued by Afghanistan’s Health Ministry.
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2018-05-30 12:03
Over 2,500 knowledge-based health products in Iranian market: official
TEHRAN -- Iranian knowledge-based companies operating in the field of health have supplied over 2,500 products to the domestic market, said an official with the Ministry of Health.
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2018-05-05 19:26
‘Medical tourism could fetch Iran $7b annually’
TEHRAN – Iran has capacity to annually earn $7 billion in medical and health tourism, though the sector now brings in only one-seventh or even lesser of the sum, a tourism official has said.
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2018-05-05 08:23
Asthma rate on the rise in Iran
TEHRAN – According to a national survey, the rate of people suffering from asthma in Iran is roughly equal to global average but it has sped up compared to previous decades, the director of Health Ministry’ asthma and allergy department has said.
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2018-04-22 03:25
Foreign investment to start soon in Iran’s medical equipment industry
TEHRAN – Foreign investors will soon start their activities in Iran’s medical equipment industry, said an advisor to the Iranian health minister.
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2018-04-20 11:55
5 million Iranians on verge of getting diabetes
TEHRAN – Some 5 million individuals in Iran are on the brink of catching diabetes, Deputy Health Minister Mohammad-Hadi Ayyazi warned on Wednesday.
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2018-04-18 10:43
Iran seeking to improve life condition for EB patients
TEHRAN – Iran has allocated a substantial budget to improve services for patients suffering from Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), ISNA quoted Jamshid Kermanchi, an advisor to the health minister, as saying on Sunday.
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2018/04/08
By Seyyed Mahdi Mirghazanfari
Celebrate World Health Day with tips from Iranian traditional medicine
TEHRAN — World Health Day, April 7, is a universal health awareness day celebrated since 1950, which is intended to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health annually.
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2018-03-17 19:40
‘Iran ready to boost health co-op with Mexico’
TEHRAN – In a meeting with the president of Mexico’s health commission Senator Salvador López Brito on Saturday, the Iranian ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Taqi Hosseini expressed Iran’s readiness to enhance cooperation between the two countries in the health sector.
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2018-03-17 19:39
Increased tax on cigarette to improve public health
TEHRAN – The increased tax on cigarette will generate 8 trillion rials (nearly $180 million) in the next [Iranian calendar] year 1397 (March 2018–March 2019) which will be invested in boosting public health, said the deputy health minister Ebrahim Golmakani.
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2018-03-11 10:34
Iran’s Food and Drug Administration push to label genetically modified food
TEHRAN – Iran’s Food and Drug Administration is pushing food producers and importers to label their products as containing or not containing ingredients which are derived from genetically engineered plants, ISNA reported on Saturday.
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2018-01-13 08:51
By Marjan Golpira
‘Iranian women are yet to discover their self-worth’
She is a sharp minded, talented, attentive physician whose broad smile and simple yet polished and chic attire grabs your attention immediately.
