Tag: Cancer
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Designated as Lung Cancer Screening Center
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, an integral part of Mubadala Health, has been designated as the official pilot lung cancer screening center for the emirate...
Health Promotion Department Announces a Package of Initiatives for 2020
The Health Promotion Department, HPD, at the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, SCFA, and its health-promoting associations have announced a package of new programs...
A Man’s Role – Breast Cancer Awareness
A cancer diagnosis is news no one wants to receive, but unfortunately, it’s becoming widespread, and we know at least one person in our...
Arabs Who Adopt ‘Western’ Food Face Raised Cancer Risk
Diets high in meat, sugar, and dairy produce have been linked to prostate, breast, and colon cancer risk, Cleveland Clinic physician warns
Arab men are...
How to Protect against Skin Cancer
It’s already May and here in Dubai, front-of-the-pharmacy aisles are filled with myriad brands and types of sunscreen. While sunscreen is essential to lowering...
How Men Can Deal with Cancer Diagnosis
Often the emotional preparation to deal with cancer diagnosis is the toughest test.
Any kind of cancer diagnosis is life-changing. There suddenly are many decisions...
Cancer Therapy Is Double-edged Sword; How to Blunt It
The remains of tumor cells killed by chemotherapy or other cancer treatments can actually stimulate tumor growth by inducing an inflammatory reaction. A study...
Here Is How Nerves Drive Prostate Cancer
Certain nerves sustain prostate cancer growth by triggering a switch that causes tumor vessels to proliferate, reports a study by researchers at Albert Einstein...
Relationship Between Sugar and Cancer Now Clearer
Belgian scientists say they’ve made a research breakthrough in the relationship between sugar and cancer.
Researchers found yeast with high levels of the sugar known...
With This New Device You Can Identify Cancer in Seconds
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous...
Green Tea for Weight Loss Works But Not Always
Green tea for weight loss has gained tremendous popularity, but that is not all. Green tea emerged as an all-around health elixir, touted to...
How Body May Detect Early Signs of Cancer
Fresh insights into how cells detect damage to their DNA could help explain how the body can detect early signs of cancer.
Scientists have discovered...
Free Breast and Skin Cancer Screening in October
Cocoona Centre for Aesthetic Transformation, which specializes in plastic, cosmetic, dental, orthopedic, weight loss, hair transplant, dermatology and dietary services, is offering free Breast...
New cancer treatment offers hope to patients
A new cancer treatment that retrains the body's immune system to fight cancer now offers new hope. White blood cells were taken from patients...
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...
A Game-Changer Protein May Be Cure for All Cancers
Scientists believe they have found a protein, which they describe as a “game-changer” for cancer treatment. The breakthrough discovery by researchers in the UK...
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...
World Cancer Day: The Biggest Cause of the Disease
Marked on February 4 each year, World Cancer Day is designed to raise awareness of cancer and to promote its prevention, detection, and treatment....