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Instagram Worst Social Media App for Young People

Instagram is the worst social networking app for young people's mental health, followed closely by Snapchat. These findings are revealed in a new report...

Women Kinder Than Men, More Generous Too

Male and female brains react differently to selfless and selfish behaviour, with women’s brains showing a stronger reward signal for kindness and generosity, a...

Health awareness campaigns for Ramadan

Emirates Holidays' Eid Al Fitr Offers SEHA, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, has announced the launch of two awareness campaigns for the Holy month...

Longevity Secrets for Super Aging

Will you dance at your great-grandchild’s wedding? Some people are not only dancing, but cooking, driving, and volunteering at an age when they’re supposed to...

Neuroscientists Get at the Roots of Pessimism

Many patients with neuropsychiatric disorders such as anxiety or depression experience negative moods that lead them to focus on the possible downside of a...

The Year of The Vegan: A Guide to Going Plant-based

It was recently revealed that a record number of people have signed up to ‘Veganuary’ in a bid to reduce their meat consumption and...

Gender Inequality in Willingness to Punish: Who Is More Cruel

A new research measures gender differences in cooperation and punishment behavior. Results showed that men punish more than women, men obtain higher rank, and...

Fasting is Good for Overall Wellbeing

Most people know that Ramadan is a month of abstaining from food, drink, and other substances from sunrise to sunset. But what most people...
Allurion Balloon in the UAE to support a community struggling with being overweight and obese and thus the worrying risk of heart damage.

UAE Residents Still Risk Heart Damage with Lifestyle Choices

Allurion launched the Allurion Balloon (formally known as the Elipse Gastric Balloon) in the UAE to support a community struggling with being overweight and...

Antibiotic Addiction: Health Experts Warn Against Overuse

Economists estimate that without intervention, up to 10 million deaths, globally, could be attributed to antibiotic resistance by 2050 Overuse and misuse of antibiotics is...

Dubai Health Authority Launches Mobile Skin Clinic

More than 300 visitors received free skin consultation and diagnosis at the Mobile Skin Clinic, launched to raise awareness about skin diseases by visiting...

A Link Between Mind Wandering, Giving Up

People whose minds tend to wander are less likely to stick to their long-term goals, according to new research led by the University of...

Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2019

A panel of top doctors and researchers presents the advancements with the power to transform healthcare this year Alternate therapies for pain. The use of...

How To Deal with Embarrassing Situations

Feelings of embarrassment can be overcome through mental training. This is the finding of a study published in Springer's journal Motivation and Emotion. By...

Dancing Slows Brain Aging

As we grow older we suffer a decline in mental and physical fitness, which can be made worse by conditions like Alzheimer's disease. Older...

New Discovery: Bacteria-Eating LUNA Bug Living In Your Face

Swedish beauty-tech company FOREO has announced the discovery of a new microscopic organism that lives in people’s sweat, using a ‘suction-nozzle’ to hoover up...

WHO Halts Hydroxychloroquine Testing Over Safety Concerns

The World Health Organization has suspended testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after a study published in The Lancet reported that COVID-19 patients taking the drug...

How Men Can Deal With Anxiety

More and more, do you find yourself fighting feelings of worry? Do you feel increasingly anxious and tense? Do you obsess about things that...