UAE Ranked 22nd Most Obese Nation in the World
Obesity rates around the world have more than doubled for only 20 years, according to the latest report by the World health Organization. The...
Growing UAE Health Awareness – Big Business for Manufacturers
55% believe they are overweight, and 63% are trying to lose weight.
83% say they are willing to pay a premium for foods with healthy...
2015 Top New Year’s Resolution? Fitness!
Twice-a-year juice cleanse? Gym membership? Binge-watch the latest TV show everyone’s talking about? It’s January 2015, and that means most people are already several...
2015 Emerging Fitness Trend: Yoga for Men
Yoga has turned into more or less mainstream fitness activity, but only for the ladies. However, men are starting to realize that the exercise...
Most Amazing Medical Breakthroughs of 2014
Similar to technology, medicine is constantly developing and evolving. The more it advances, the more breakthroughs are reported every year. In 2014, humankind witnessed...
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...
Don’t Abandon Your Healthy Habits During Holiday Season
You may consider yourself a health-conscious, fit person who eats healthy, exercises regularly, and maintains a good work-life balance. But once the holiday season...
Wellness Travel Trends 2015
While a few years ago, wellness tourism was classified as a travel trend, today it has become a travel category of its own right....
Top Rated Healthcare Wearables of 2014
During the last MEMS Executive Congress dedicated to micro electromechanical systems, it was predicted that 2015 will be the year of healthcare wearables. Experts...
Black Friday Sales on Vitamins, Food Supplements and Organic Products
The winter holiday season is characterized not only with presents, merry songs and cheery mood, but also with overeating around Thanksgiving. Luckily, this time...
Black Friday Deals on Yoga & Zumba Essentials
Athletic clothing and yoga or zumba gear aren’t usually on sale during the holidays, but the Black Friday deals have already started online. If...
Travel and Transport Task Force on Ebola virus disease outbreak in...
Leading international organizations and associations from the transport, trade and tourism sector stand firmly with the World Health Organization (WHO) against general bans on...
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...
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...
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...
World Stroke Day – Myths vs. Facts
This week, people and health organizations all over the world will mark the World Stroke Day. The purpose of this day is to raise...
Countries Begin Issuing Travel Bans over Ebola Scare
The World Health Organization, as well as other health experts, says travel or trade ban to any of the Ebola-affected countries in the current...
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...