It is important to mention that many substances derived from animals undergo chemical transformation whereas the substance has been modified. In such case the status will also change. If there are no remaining of the animal product due to chemical transformation, the end product is Halal. Click here to read more.Read More

Complementary medicine is a formal method of health care in most countries of the ancient world. It is expected to become more widely integrated into the modern medical system, including the medical curriculum. Despite the perception of modern medicine as more efficacious, traditional medicine continues to be practiced. More than 70% of the developing world’s...Read More

Medicine languished for many centuries after the death of the Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen, medicine’s founding fathers. The bubonic plague, which started around 500 A.D., was partly to blame. It took its toll over the next 200 years and signalled the beginning of Europe’s Dark Ages. War, disease, superstition and religious zealotry were rife....Read More

“Medical practice has been evidencebased since antiquity. What has changed is our understanding of what constitutes evidence”1 . How do we know that a particular treatment works? How can we measure the effectiveness of a certain drug? And how do we assess whether a medical or surgical procedure is better than an alternative one? These...Read More