Stop: The medical and human rights scandal in Bahrain

Medical ethics and human rights in wartime.

Bahrain Medical Bulletin

The age and gender distribution pattern of cancer patients in Bahrain and the frequency orders of the 10 most common cancers are also different from those of the GCC countries. The annual incidence rate in Bahrain increased from 12.05 during 1952-1964 to 73.6/100,00 during 1995-2004 with cross-over pattern during 1995-2004 whereby the annual male incidence rates, which were consistently higher ...

Bahrain Medical Bulletin, Vol

The cervix is commonly affected with various conditions including disorders of epithelial maturation, hyperplasia, benign tumors, dysplasia, and malignant neoplasms. Squamous cell carcinomas at all sites, evolve through a sequence of changes occurring in the normal squamous epithelium, ranging from dysplasia of varying degree to frank malignancy. Cell proliferation is an important feature of dy...

Bahrain Medical Bulletin, Vol

On the 20 of June 2008 a renowned consultant psychiatrist and television personality in the United Kingdom, Dr. Raj Persaud, was found guilty by the General Medical Council (GMC) of bringing the medical profession into disrepute, which Persaud emphatically denied. The council came to the conclusion that Dr. Persaud's 'fitness to practice was impaired', and he was suspended from practicing for t...

Bahrain Medical Bulletin, Vol

Result: The average body mass index (BMI) for males was 28.2 kg/m and for females was 28.6 kg/m. This increased with age, showing a biphasic increase for females. Linear transformation of BMI data showed greater significance in correlating BMI versus percent body fat. However, prediction equations for calculation of percent body fat were more accurate without linear transformation of data. Perc...