May-June 2017
Serving the region for 40 years
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6 NEWS 6 Middle East Monitor 10 Worldwide Monitor 14 The Laboratory NEWS FEATURES 20 21 22 25 30 32 33
Sickle cell anaemia breakthrough 1.7 million children killed by pollution One in ten deaths due to smoking Trial malaria vaccine shows protection Facebooking your doctor’s appointment Treating cancer with drugs for diabetes Novel drug may help repair failing hearts
FOCUS 18 Mental Health: 300 million worldwide suffer depression 26 Surgery: Pioneering neurosurgical techniques
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34 Healthcare Information Systems: RIS market set to grow to $941m by 2022 40 Women’s Health: Global guidelines for HPV vaccination issued COLUMNS 49 Roche 50 Beyond Borders BACK PAGES 52 On the Pulse 54 The Back Page 55 Agenda COVER IMAGE Credit: Sander van der Wel, Wikimedia Commons
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