New MERS Cases in Abu Dhabi
Last month, health authorities in the UAE announced all patients diagnosed with the MERS coronavirus were cleared out of the infection and released from...
Twitter competition targeting cancer prevention
• US$20,000 will be donated to one country’s Red Cross or Red Crescent Society
GE Healthcare launched a global competition on Twitter to raise public...
Dubai’s First Medical Tourism Package
With the aim to attract even more tourists, Dubai will launch a tailor-made medical tourism package. The news was shared yesterday by the Dubai...
Hair Dying Linked with Breast Cancer
Do you love experimenting with your hair and change its colour frequently? Well, the process not just damages your hair, it can be life-threatening...
Learning and Staying in Shape Key to Longer Life
People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research suggests.
A major study of...
Looking Stressed Can Help Keep Peace
Scratching is more than an itch -- when it is sparked by stress, it appears to reduce aggression from others and lessen the chance...
Breast Cancer in Men Diagnosed Late due to Low Awareness
Globally one in 1000 men are diagnosed with breast cancer and the survival percentage in the 5 years after diagnosis for men is 74%...
Obesity Linked to 10 Cancers
Today, 2.1 billion people or nearly a third of the global population is overweight or obese, but now a new study suggests this trend...
Freezing eggs provides women with a chance to preserve their fertility
Preserving your Fertility Timeline
The technology provides the option to prolong a woman’s fertility timeline to ensure that they don’t miss out on receiving all...
Unqualified injectors leading risk for UAE patients seeking aesthetic treatments
Dermal fillers and injectables administered by unqualified physicians cause significant complications for patients.
According to the Global Cosmetic Surgery & Services Market Analysis 2015 –...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Myths Debunked
October is recognized worldwide as the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, focused on the prevention of the most common and frightening type of cancer in...
MERS Slowing Down in Saudi Arabia
There have been no new cases of the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS Co-V) in Saudi Arabia during the past three weeks, or...
Top Countries for Wellbeing of Older People Revealed
If you want to be happy when you hit 60, you should probably move to Norway. A new international index has found that Norway...
Hunger, Cancer, Ebola, AIDS… Obesity Tops Them All
The Ebola virus is dominating all global news right now, with some countries starting to consider imposing travel bans and closing their borders. And...
Iran Announces First 2 MERS Cases; No Infection in the UAE
The Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus continues to spread. While the health authorities said on Monday there is no infection in the UAE, Iran...
Aging population and disease management key topics at Arab Health
37th edition of Arab Health Exhibition and Congress, the region’s largest healthcare event
Biggest Medical Breakthroughs of 2013
The medical advancements which the world witnessed in 2013 were inspiring and promising. Some of the biggest medical breakthrough moments during the last one...
Mental Health Awareness Month 2014
To highlight the importance of mental health to overall wellness, inform and educate people, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month in...