Dubai Breaks another World Record, but This Time is Different
Dubai is one of the few cities in the world that have been mentioned in the Guinness records book more than once. It is...
Delivering Insulin in a Pill
Given the choice of taking a pill or injecting oneself with a needle, most of us would opt to regulate a chronic health condition...
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...
Dubai Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Bookings via WhatsApp
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has introduced a service that allows the community to book appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine at DHA facilities through...
Buy Happiness on a Budget
Money can't buy happiness! This is a popular saying and we are not even imagining to argue against it. However, the connection between happiness...
Dubai International Implantology Summit Concludes with Overwhelming Success
Industry Specialists Praise High Participation and Organization Levels
Dubai International Implant Summit has successfully concluded last Thursday. High end profile attendees, specialized in Implantology...
World’s largest ‘Healthy Aging’ Database revealed
The longevity industry is estimated to be worth $26.5 trillion in 2022 and expected to reach $33 trillion in 2026
The longevity database encompasses over...
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...
Abu Dhabi to Use Drone Technology for Medical Supply Transfer and...
First of its kind project in the Middle East and North Africa will use drones to deliver and transfer medical supplies between healthcare facilities...
Both Obese and Anorexic Women Have Low Levels of ‘Feel Good’
Women who struggle with anorexia nervosa or obesity exhibit low levels of a neuroactive steroid known as allopregnanolone, a metabolite of the hormone progesterone,...
UAE Approves Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine for Emergency Use
The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) today announced it has approved the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, for emergency use, making it the...
10 Most Popular Diets in 2014
As we’re counting down the last days of this year, global search engines, namely Yahoo and finally Google, revealed their most searched for terms...
MERS Virus Spreads among Countries
As Saudi Arabia is welcoming thousands of pilgrims for Umrah, the new MERS coronavirus continues to spread in different countries. According to WHO, there...
A New Look at Getting Older
*Article by Dr. Saliha Afridi, Clinical Psychologist and Managing Director of The LightHouse Arabia:
When I was younger- 40 seemed like the end of the...
Increase in knee and hip replacement surgery in the Arab world
International Congress for Joint Reconstruction - Middle East will take place from 1-3 March 2012
Total joint replacement had been in effect as early as...
New Coronavirus Myths Busted
Separating coronavirus fact from fiction
Is it safe to receive a letter or a package from China?
Yes, it is safe. People receiving packages from China...
Surviving Ebola Depends on Your Genes
Ebola is considered one of the deadliest diseases with approximately half of the infected people in the current West African outbreak dying from the...
47% of Ebola Patients Survive
The current Ebola epidemic which has killed nearly 1,500 people out of over 2,600 known cases was called “the worst in history” and declared...