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Science Explains Why Women Talk More than Men

The universally acknowledged truth that women talk a lot more than men finally found its scientific back up. A new study discovered that women...

WHO Emergency Committee Gathers to Discuss MERS Threat

Globally, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, has reached a total of 80, including 44 deaths. And while thousands of Muslims...

Gold traders brace for losses

Last week gold registered its worst weekly performance this year. The none-stop gains in the yellow metal, which has seen eight positive weekly performances posted in succession...

Early Treatment of HIV May Save 3 Million People by 2025

Globally, 34 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2011, according to estimates by the World Health Organization. On Sunday, it...

Gold Prices To Remain Range-bound on US Dollar’s Bounce

Gold price retreated by the end of the last week since it settled on Tuesday at $1,279.40. Its highest level since June 8. It...

Global gold demand up 6% in third quarter 2011

Gold demand in the third quarter of 2011 reached 1,053.9 tonnes, an increase of 6% compared to the same period last year.

Mark Faber recommends emerging markets and gold in 2016

Mark Faber, the publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, said in an interview with Bloomberg “I believe that we’re already entering a...

Do you know that one out of five people in UAE...

Could you have diabetes and not know it? Glucose (also known as blood sugar) is produced by the body from the foods that you...

A mini bull run for gold?

Gold prices advanced on Monday in electronic trading, moving above last week’s highs as the equity market continued to wobble. A mini bull run...

Economic uncertainties fade, data drives global markets

Investors seek a haven from Europe's debt crisis and the prospect of weakening currencies Euro strengthens to two-week high after Spain seeks bailout fund The...

Half of UAE residents want to lose weight

New Research found men and women differ both in terms of what they are hoping to achieve and what they are doing to attain...

Salt is to blame for Childhood Obesity

A new study in Australia finds that salt affects children’s health, and a moderated salt intake can reduce childhood obesity. The main objective of...

How School Children Can Breathe Easy

About 50% of schools have poor indoor air quality, which directly contributes to students’ health problems. TR Ganesh, General Manager, Blueair Middle East, offers...

Gold adjusts to renewed investor demand

Reasons for having an inflation hedge and crisis protection asset have not disappeared By the end of the last week, spread between gold and silver...

Sanofi-aventis announces results of research in the use of Lantus®(...

1. Two new meta-analyses confirm once-daily Lantus® efficacy and reduced risk of hypoglycaemia compared to NPH Insulin 2. With lower dose, Lantus® achieves similar and...

Gold gained 0.3% for the week, Silver lost 4.4%

Gold futures climbed on Friday after a report indicated U.S. employers last month added the slightest number of jobs since September, prompting buying in...

Gold’s upside pace may slow down

The announcement by the US Federal Reserve past Thursday of open-ended asset-buying shook the commodity and financial markets late Thursday and Friday. The impact...

Physical silver is a long-term safe haven

It is not a secret that silver is much better long-term investment than gold. This is attributed to the more diversified use of the white metal,...