How Body May Detect Early Signs of Cancer
Fresh insights into how cells detect damage to their DNA could help explain how the body can detect early signs of cancer.
Scientists have discovered...
Health Promotion Department Releases 1st Health E-bulletin
The Health Promotion Department, HPD, has recently launched its first e-bulletin which aims to raise awareness about the healthy lifestyles followed while staying home...
Fake, Low-quality Medicines Prevalent in Developing World
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that substandard and falsified medicines, including medicines to treat malaria, are...
Fitbit Smartwatch Debuts in UAE
Fitbit smartwatch debuts with personal guidance, on-device workouts, relative SpO2 sensor, industry-leading GPS, swim tracking, on-board music and up to 5-days battery life
Fitbit, a...
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...
The First 1000 Days of Life: Why Little Lungs and Brains...
Exposureto air pollution, affecting the physical and cognitive development of the child, starts already in the womb. With access to clean air during the...
Nomophobia – Modern-Day Illness or a Simple Technology Dependence
Have you heard of the latest and more dubious mental illness nomophobia? This is a rather new term which is not coined from Ancient...
Osteoporosis awareness campaign in line with CSR efforts
Emirates Holidays' Eid Al Fitr Offers
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) recently held an Osteoporosis awareness campaign urging participants to undergo regular medical checkups at...
Aging population and disease management key topics at Arab Health
37th edition of Arab Health Exhibition and Congress, the region’s largest healthcare event
Adults Also Affected by Summer Brain Drain
Summer brain drain is usually associated with children and school holiday. However, not many people are aware of the fact that adults are also...
Dubai Announces UAE’s First Full Genome Sequencing of COVID-19 Virus
Dubai’s COVID-19 Command and Control Centre, CCC, has announced the UAE’s first full genome sequencing of the COVID-19 virus. The successful sequencing of the...
No restrictions on travel to Zika virus affected areas, WHO
According to the declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern from 1 February 2016 on the...
World Cancer Day: The Biggest Cause of the Disease
Marked on February 4 each year, World Cancer Day is designed to raise awareness of cancer and to promote its prevention, detection, and treatment....
Eliminate Stress for Sound Sleep
Let's face it - Stress has become an inevitable part of our lives, from professional demands, personal lives to even the snarling traffic conditions...
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...
Business Opportunity: Easy Up – Wake Up Formula, Green Coffee Bean
Green coffee bean extract is hardly known in the Middle East
Easy Up - Wake Up Formula is now available for retail distribution and online...
‘Breakthrough’ for Aids vaccine
An experimental vaccine being tested in Thailand has shown signs of protecting people from infection by the virus that causes Aids.
US military and Thai...