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GE Employees Rally Around Healthymagination Commitment Through Global Day of Health

GE employees around the world took a timeout to focus on their own health and wellness as part of a larger internal commitment to...

Aswaaq conducts H1N1 awareness training program in collaboration with Dubai Health...

Dr. Saif Ahmed Darwish educates aswaaq’s employees about the flu’s facts and symptoms In line with its vision to ensure that all employees are...

H1N1 vaccines explained

The H1N1 virus is a pandemic but at the moment it is still less deadly than the normal seasonal flu. The fear though is...

The Dubai Mall Medical Centre showcases advanced diagnostics and modern consulting...

1. 60,000 sq ft facility leverages medical expertise of US-based Methodist International 2. Conveniently located in second floor of The Dubai Mall 3. Highlights Emaar’s focus...

‘Breakthrough’ for Aids vaccine

An experimental vaccine being tested in Thailand has shown signs of protecting people from infection by the virus that causes Aids. US military and Thai...

Diabetes emerges as the epidemic of the new millennium in the...

High prevalence of diabetes is posing a serious healthcare challenge in the UAE, currently home to the second largest percentage population of diabetics worldwide. One...

WHO announces school measures to reduce impact of pandemic H1N1 flu

WHO is today issuing advice on measures that can be undertaken in schools to reduce the impact of the H1N1 influenza pandemic. Recommendations draw on...

10 reasons why dancing improves your well-being!

Whether you can shake it like Shakira, launch into a perfectly choreographed routine like Britney (pre-VMAs 2007) or have two left feet, there's no...

Sanofi-aventis welcomes the European Medicines Agency’s statement on Lantus® safety

Based on existing evidence CHMP (the EMEA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use) concludes that no changes to the prescribing advice are necessary Sanofi-aventis...

A Drink a Day?

According to New Study, Drinking Wine Adds Five Years of Life

Inside Story – The swine flu threat

The UN has warned that the virus has the potential to become a pandemic, but said the world was better prepared than ever to...

Ge and Intel to form healthcare alliance

1. GE and Intel invest $250 million in new market opportunity; 2. Companies to market and develop innovative technologies for independent living and chronic disease management GE...

Noor Dubai restores the sight of 11,000 people in Chad

The camp successful treated more than 100 totally blind individuals Noor Dubai, the UAE-based charity initiative focused on preventing and treating low vision and...

Giordano walks to promote good health and wellbeing

International brand sponsors 3rd edition of “Walk for your Health” Yesterday, more than 500 Filipinos gathered at Safa Park to join the Walk for...

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...

UAE’s healthcare market is estimated to touch Dhs44bn ($12bn) by 2015

Over the years, the UAE has witnessed significant expansion in healthcare and wellness facilities, which has put emphasis on the appeal for healthy living....

Late night emails equate to double espresso before bed

Sleep experts have cracked the mathematical formula for a good night’s sleep in a bid to halt the sleepless epidemic – and there’s bad...

300 children receive free nutrition check-up from Anchor at Mother, Baby...

ِApproximately 300 children have been provided with a free nutrition check-up as part of Anchor’s Proven Nutrition activity, during the three day Mother, Baby...