Bonus for health professionals in medical fitness centres in Dubai
Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced today payment of one month salary bonus for health professionals in medical fitness centres in Dubai in recognition of...
Zika virus spreads ‘explosively’, WHO
The World Health Organisation has convened an emergency committee to discuss the “explosive” spread of the Zika virus, which is linked to thousands of...
High Doses of Fish Oil Help Recovery from Heart Attack
Heart attack patients who took high doses of fish oil supplements for six months showed improved heart function and less scarring, researchers report.
It is...
UAE Ministry of Health warns against Silicone Breast Implants
The Ministry of Health has warned against using the breast implants made of silicon and produced by Poly Prothese "PIP", a French manufacturing company.
Tips to Stay Hydrated During Summer
Water is crucial for human life. It accounts for around 70% of body weight, depending upon age. Losing just 2% of the water in...
Living in a high-rise lowers survival after cardiac arrest
The higher the floor you live on, the lower your chance of surviving a cardiac arrest, according to a new study.
Canadian researchers studied 7,842...
Love at First Sight May be a Trick of Your Brain
Do you know how we all have different memories of the exact same event? It’s a well-known fact that our memories are influenced by...
Drinking Baking Soda Is a Cheap Way to Combat Diseases
A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say.
They have some of the...
Addicted to Internet? You May Need a Trip to the Rehab
Many of us are dependent on our phones, tablets and laptops, but Chinese scientists claim that Internet addiction is indeed a mental disorder. A...
Superfoods or Superhype?
“Superfoods,” “power foods,” “top 10 foods”—do these titles catch your attention? For those of us seeking to improve our health, the notion of a...
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...
New Guidelines for MERS Virus Prevention in UAE
As Saudi Arabia keeps reporting new cases of the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, the Health Authority Abu Dhabi just issued new guidelines for...
UAE’s First Weight Loss App Helps You Lose 2-4Kgs in a...
First scientific online and app based weight loss program, ‘weightmonitor UAE’ has been launched with the aim of curbing runaway obesity in the region,...
3D Printed Silicone Heart In Need of Longer Lifespan
ETH researchers from the Functional Materials Laboratory have developed a silicone heart that beats almost like a human heart. In collaboration with colleagues from...
Methodist International and King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center announce...
Methodist International (MI), the international subsidiary of The Methodist Hospital in Houston, and King Faisal Specialty Hospital & Research Center (General Organization) (KFSH&RC (Gen.Org.))...
Obesity Officially Recognized as Disease
In the middle of global obesity epidemic, the American Medical Association voted on a new, official definition for it – now obesity is officially...
Lying Is Easier in Groups
Management Studies: Dishonesty Shift
Lying comes more easily to people in teams: Behavioral scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown in an experimental study...
Dubai Isolates Liberian Traveler with Ebola Symptoms
A passenger who traveled from Liberia through Morocco was quarantined on Wednesday by health authorities in Dubai. The Liberian traveler felt sick during the...