Top Countries for Wellbeing of Older People Revealed
If you want to be happy when you hit 60, you should probably move to Norway. A new international index has found that Norway...
Playing Sounds during Sleep Boosts Memory
You might have studied all night for your test in the morning, and yet you have the feeling you just can’t remember anything....
Job Loss as a Heart Attack Risk Factor
New study in the US discovers that unemployment and loss of a job can result in a higher risk of heart attack (acute myocardial...
Slightly Overweight People Live Longer
Being slightly overweight may actually not pose a risk to health, but even adding years to life. According to a new study, moderately overweight...
10 health myths busted
10 common health tips and warnings you should ignore
It can sometimes be hard to distinguish facts from old wives’ tales when it comes to...
Emaar Healthcare Group opens Meadows Clinic
Emaar Healthcare Group, the healthcare subsidiary of Emaar Properties, has opened the Meadows Clinic, the first community clinic that will also serve...
Ebola Vaccine to Be Ready in 2015
Clinical trials of an experimental vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus, which killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa, will begin next month, the...
Men’s health is a matter of balance, or so it should...
Today we live in a modern world, or so we believe. We got smartphones, wi-fi and personal vehicles. There are so many utilities and...
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...
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...
Many UAE People Believe Diabetes Is The Norm
Here, a leading clinician at King’s College Hospital London, UAE calls for new approach to fight the region’s diabetes health epidemic.
A leading diabetes expert...
Obesity: Causes and Treatments
Obesity is one of the most serious modern-day diseases resulting from the new global lifestyle. It has become a real threat to public health...
World No Tobacco Day: Get ready for plain packaging
For this year's World No Tobacco Day, 31st of May, the World Health Organization is calling on countries to get ready for plain standardized...
The Real Risk of Automation: Boredom
We are at risk of boring ourselves to death? Less than 5% of occupations are 100% automatable, according to estimates. However, 30% of the...
People Get Nicer as They Age
Have you ever wondered why older people seem more responsible, kinder, and more agreeable than those still in their youth? After conducting numerous research...
High-intensity Workouts Won’t Work for Most People
The allure of high-intensity interval training is simple -- go all-out for as little as one minute and reap the benefits of a 45...
World Cancer Day – Debunking Biggest Cancer Myths
Today is the World Cancer Day. The tradition of marking this day was originally started by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). The...
Infertility treatment tops list of medical tourism procedures
·Infertility procedure topping list of common procedures on medical tourism trips bucks global trend
·48% of medical tourists are from the GCC
·80% of physicians surveyed...