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05 Jan, 2026
‘Sweet, funny, and seriously tough’: The six-year-old girl beating acute leukemia against the odds
Six-year-old Aleena’s leukemia relapsed early in 2025, putting her life at risk. To mark Blood Cancer Awareness Month, JHAH clinicians tell the story of her battle against life-threatening complications.
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01 Jan, 2026
JHAH’s Adult Heart Surgery Program Awarded Elite Status, Ranked in Top 5% Globally
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has awarded JHAH’s adult heart surgery program a 3-star rating, the highest possible.
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01 Jan, 2026
JHAH Conducts First Robotic Hernia Surgery of its Kind in Saudi Arabia
A JHAH surgeon successfully completed a robotic advanced ventral hernia repair with diastasis recti reconstruction, a first for the Kingdom.
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01 Jan, 2026
JHAH Infectious Diseases Expert Honored for Global Impact of Clinical Research
Professor Jaffar Al-Tawfiq won the Saudi Pediatric Infectious Disease Society Annual Award for his extensive contributions to infectious diseases research.
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01 Jan, 2026
JHAH Introduces Innovative Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
Platelet-rich plasma therapy aims to provide a long-term solution to erectile dysfunction, which affects around one in five adult men in Saudi Arabia.
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01 Jan, 2026
JHAH Designated a Rezūm Center of Excellence for Non-Surgical Prostate Therapy
The Rezūm procedure uses water vapor to safely remove excess prostate tissue, with a treatment session taking about 10 minutes.
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01 Jan, 2026
‘I contracted lung cancer from smoking. Other smokers need to know about the pain they will suffer.’
Aisha smoked as many as three packs of cigarettes a day before she was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer.
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01 Jan, 2026
A Patient’s Journey Through Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery At JHAH
Fawzia was nervous about undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) – but patients who undergo the procedure at JHAH enjoy excellent outcomes that typically exceed U.S. benchmarks.
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01 Jan, 2026
Meet the JHAH radiation physicist helping to improve outcomes for cancer patients in developing countries
Bilal Jalal, a radiation oncology physics consultant at JHAH, works with fellow volunteers at US-based nonprofit Rayos Cancer Center to design and run free online training courses for radiation physicists in low and middle-income countries.
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01 Jan, 2026
JHAH cardiologists and surgeons beat US benchmarks for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
Outcomes from Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedures at JHAH were measured against benchmarks based on outcomes from more than 850 US hospitals.
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