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New MERS Surge in Saudi Arabia

While the world seems to have forgotten about the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, which was first discovered in 2012, Saudi Arabia and the...

Make-a-Wish Foundation UAE Helps Diabetic Children’s Dreams Come True

Marking World Diabetes Day , Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC), part of Mubadala’s integrated network of healthcare providers, worked with Make-a-Wish Foundation UAE...

7 Habit-Driven Tactics to Crush Your Exercise Goals

While ringing in the New Year, self-reflection is almost unavoidable. Yet with work, kids, family, school, and relationships—it’s easy for the mind to focus...

10 Things Your Personal Trainer Won’t Tell You

With the ongoing fight against obesity and the widespread obsession over health and fitness on the Internet, many people choose pay a personal trainer...

Bad News Comes Easier Without a Buffer

You know you want to end your relationship, but you're nervous and don't want to be hurtful. So you spend the first 10 minutes...

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...

The Difference Between COVID 19 and Influenza

For children with COVID-19, rates of hospitalization, ICU admission, and ventilator use were similar to those of children with influenza, but with different rates   According...

Dubai Breaks another World Record, but This Time is Different

Dubai is one of the few cities in the world that have been mentioned in the Guinness records book more than once. It is...

How Much Coffee Is Too Much?

There are many publications in recent years trying to convince us that coffee isn’t as bad as doctors warn with claims that caffeine is...
Miguel Morcillo, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Specialist in Cataract, Cornea and Refractive surgery at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai

How Do We Remove Progressive Glasses?

Having trouble focusing on near objects, usually as we head into our 40s & 50s, you probably are developing presbyopia. It is a condition...

Behavior in High School Predicts Success Later in Life

Being a responsible student, maintaining an interest in school and having good reading and writing skills will not only help a teenager get good...

The Secret to Being Cool: Try Smiling

For many people, one of the unspoken rules for being cool is maintaining an emotionally inexpressive attitude. This message is reinforced through advertisements where...

Arabs Who Adopt ‘Western’ Food Face Raised Cancer Risk

Diets high in meat, sugar, and dairy produce have been linked to prostate, breast, and colon cancer risk, Cleveland Clinic physician warns Arab men are...

New Medical Breakthrough May End Alzheimer’s Disease

Scientists might have discovered a cure for Alzheimer’s. Researcher’s from King’s College London and Oxford University have successfully identified ten proteins contained in people’s blood...

Copper usage will enhance hygiene standards in region’s hospital infrastructure, says...

Medical research confirms antimicrobial properties of copper touch surfaces With an estimated US$18 billion in investment in developing hospital infrastructure in the GCC region,...

What Training Exercise Boosts Brain Power Best?

One of the two brain training methods most scientists use in research is significantly better in improving memory and attention, Johns Hopkins University researchers...

Who’s Smarter, Dogs or Cats? Here Is The Answer

There’s a new twist to the perennial argument about which is smarter, cats or dogs. It has to do with their brains, specifically the number...
FitWin Rewards UAE Residents

New Fitness Application FitWin to Motivate UAE’s People

Digital fitness and wellness motivation platform STEP (Self-Care-Technology –Engagement – Protocol) has launched a rewarding fitness application called FitWin in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...