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World Autism Awareness Day 2015: 6 Facts You Should Know

On April 2 each year we mark World Autism Awareness Day and although it is estimated that around 1 percent of the global population...

Obesity Officially Recognized as Disease

In the middle of global obesity epidemic, the American Medical Association voted on a new, official definition for it – now obesity is officially...

New MERS Surge in Saudi Arabia

While the world seems to have forgotten about the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, which was first discovered in 2012, Saudi Arabia and the...

Top 10 Tips To Clear Your Mind

De-cluttering your mind is about clearing your head so you can focus more on important things. Here are 10 best ways relax and to clear your mind.

Community Development Authority organises “Fit for Life” campaign

The Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai organised a two-day “Fit for Life” campaign, as part of CDA’s continuous support to local campaigns...

Get Fit, Firm and Fabulous this Ramadan

Physique TV, the Middle East’s only health & fitness channel, unveils alternative TV programming that will inspire viewers to stay in shape and maintain...

Latest Hit in Health Tech: Smartphone HIV Test

Smartphones are becoming smarter each week, with apps and gadgets capable of tracking your diet and fitness levels, reading credit cards or even locking...

Top Global Fitness Trends for 2014

The American College of Sports and Medicine (ACSM) published its annual survey on global fitness trends which are currently on the rise. However, the...

Cancer Cost Reaches Record $100 bn Globally

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, with approximately 14 million new cases in 2012 alone. The increasing incidence of the disease paired...

Rapid Rise of Ebola Cases

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in eight different countries reached 13,500 last week, said the World Health Organization. While there is a relative...

World Diabetes Day – UAE and The World

The World Diabetes Day is traditionally marked on November 14. This initiative is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and it focuses on...

Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know

Breast cancer is treatable in 2015. Medications and health research have reduced mortality, while the treatments are less invasive than twenty years ago, and...

Zika Virus May Increase Risk of Mental Illness

The Zika virus, researchers say, closely resembles some infectious agents that have been linked to the development of autism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. Reproductive health...

Ebola Cases May Reach 1.4 Million by February

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is gaining speed with hundreds of new infections each week, but recently the American CDC defined the worst-case...

Facts you should know about Prostate Cancer

*By Prof.Dr.Khalil Oumari - Consultant urologist and Specific Urology-Germany Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men (after skin cancer), but it can often...

Emaar Healthcare Group opens Meadows Clinic

Emaar Healthcare Group, the healthcare subsidiary of Emaar Properties, has opened the Meadows Clinic, the first community clinic that will also serve...

Noor Dubai recognizes Dubai Hospital team

Noor Dubai, the UAE-born charity initiative focused on preventing and treating low vision and curable forms of blindness around the world, today hosted an...

First Ebola Transmission outside Africa

A nurse in Spain, who had treated the elderly priest Manuel Garcia Viejo from Ebola in a Madrid hospital, is now also infected. This...