Gaming Addiction Clinic To Be Launched In Abu Dhabi
The UAE is to open a clinic next year dedicated to treating gaming addiction, a senior official has confirmed.
The outpatient clinic, to be based on site at the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC)...
November 10, 20190787Category: Health
UAE Doctors Urge Residents To Request Latest Flu Vaccine
Healthy UAE residents as well as at-risk groups must ensure they are vaccinated to avoid any outbreak of flu this winter, authorities said on Sunday.
Officials stressed that the common infection wa...
October 14, 20190768Category: Health
One Of UAEs Largest Hospitals To Open In November
One of the largest hospitals in the UAE will open in a few weeks.
Billed as the country’s most advanced hospital, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City will handle up to 2,500 outpatients a day from ...
September 29, 20190991Category: Health
Global Health Conference In Abu Dhabi To Set Out Plans To Eradicate Diseases
Health leaders from across the globe will come together in Abu Dhabi to help create a road map for a disease-free future.
More than 250 experts drawn from the public and private sector, philanthrop...
September 19, 20190633Category: Health
Mandatory Food Labels Policy In UAE To Encourage Healthy Eating
A nutrition labelling policy offering consumers more information about the foods they eat has been approved by the UAE Cabinet.
It is the latest initiative to emerge from the Community Design for W...
September 12, 20190753Category: Health
Dubai Doctor Who Claims To Be Top Stem Cell Expert Is Suspended
An Emirati woman who claimed to be a leading expert in stem cell treatment has had her medical licence suspended.
Dubai Health Authority said it took the decision while her qualifications are verif...
September 10, 20190645Category: Health
Luxury Is Killing Young People, Says UAE Cardiac Surgeon
Luxurious lifestyles and a dependence on outside help for daily tasks are contributing to an obesity crisis among young people in the UAE, doctors said.
Speaking during Heart Awareness Month, docto...
September 09, 20190742Category: Health
New Pill Could Transform The Fight Against Heart Disease
Imagine being able to slash your chances of dying from a heart attack or stroke just by popping one pill daily.
Imagine no longer. Just such a possibility has moved a step closer following the bigg...
September 07, 20190627Category: Health
Abu Dhabi Hospital Shuts Down, Health Chiefs Confirm
A major Abu Dhabi hospital has shut down, the Department of Health has confirmed.
Universal Hospital, in the Mushrif area, was closed “at the request of its owner” and patients have bee...
September 07, 20190714Category: Health
Regular Consumption Of Soft Drinks Linked To Early Death
People who regularly consume sugary or sweetened soft drinks, including diet options, raise the risk of an early death, health experts have said.
A medical study of more than 450,000 people, which ...
September 04, 20190695Category: Health
