Common mistakes of losing weight
Top 10 losing weight and dieting blunders
Superfood supplement for weight loss
Very often, when we make the decision to lose weight, we start off with...
Moving beyond Embryonic Stem Cells: iPS Cells
For nearly two decades, the medical world and the American public have grappled with the lightning-rod topic of stem cells, in particular the controversy...
Obese women at higher risk of breast cancer
Local cancer specialists are advising women to pay closer attention to body fat. A recent study which indicates that those who are overweight or...
How to Master the Swedish Art of Lagom to Fight Coronasomia
If you haven’t heard of the Swedish concept of ‘Lagom’, it means ‘just enough’. In essence, it’s all about balance and in today’s fast-paced...
Three Obesity Drugs That Work
Today obesity is a major problem for people from all over the world and that is why products for loosing weight are among some...
UAE Ministry of Health Bans Two Dietary Supplements
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Health has issued a ban on the sale of two products marketed as dietary supplements for male...
Obesity leads to vitamin D deficiency
Obesity can lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the body, according to a study led by the UCL Institute of Child...
Social Media – A Shortcut to Plastic Surgery
Social media websites are a modern-day vanity fair. They are a place where many people do all they can to get noticed and...
Emirates Arthritis Foundation presents ”Food for Thought”
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic arthritic autoimmune disorder that affects one in every two thousand;
Eating habits...
Is Weight Loss Surgery for You?
Weight loss surgery’s popularity is growing due to the fact it is the only treatment for severe obesity. Right now, more than 60 million...
Boys show signs of puberty at earlier age
The American Academy of Pediatrics revealed a detailed study which indicates that boys are entering puberty earlier now than several decades ago.
According to the study,...
How to Combat Sedentary Lifestyle
Sedentary lifestyle is one the major factors for developing very hazardous conditions such as high blood pressure, obesity, neuromuscular disorders, headache, even anxiety and...
Do you know that one out of five people in UAE...
Could you have diabetes and not know it?
Glucose (also known as blood sugar) is produced by the body from the foods that you...
Coronavirus claims another life in Saudi Arabia; Tunisia announces 3 cases
There are no new cases of the novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, but one of the patients in the Eastern Region died yesterday, bringing...
Six New MERS Coronavirus Reported in UAE, Saudi Arabia
Yesterday, the World Health Organization reported six new cases of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection (MERS-CoV) were confirmed in the United Arab Emirates...
Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia
By Remediana Dias
To learn effectively, we must attend to what we wish to learn. Unless the attention span is long enough to consign what...
Circumcision May Reduce Risk of HIV by up to 60%
Circumcision protects men from HIV infection, according to latest studies. The procedure is known to reduce the risk by at least half, and now...
The Truth about ‘Bio-identical’ Hormone Therapy
Are bioidentical hormones safer and more effective than traditional hormone therapy?
Since the release in 2002 of the Women's Health Initiative report, hormone replacement therapy...