Eid Al Adh, A Moment Of Celebration Across The UAE
Dubai: Joy and celebrations are sweeping across the UAE and the Muslim world as residents and visitors mark Eid Al Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, on Sunday.
The annual Islamic festival, which thi...
August 11, 20190579Category: Health
Dubai To Give Licences To Nursing Graduates Straight Out Of University
Dubai's main medical free zone will give licences nurses and other healthcare professionals straight out of university to boost the local talent pool.
Graduate nurses and nutritionists, therapi...
August 05, 20190511Category: Health
Low Income Patients In UAE To Receive Free MS And Cancer Drugs
Drugs to treat conditions including multiple sclerosis and blood cancer are to be made available to low income UAE residents who are not able to access them through medical insurance.
About 260 peo...
August 04, 20190701Category: Health
UAE Surgeons Confirmed Receiving Notice Of A Recall For Breast Implants
Dubai: UAE plastic surgeons have confirmed receiving notification of a recall for Allergan breast implants after they were linked to breast cancer.
Pharmaceutical company Allergan reportedly ordere...
July 30, 20190704Category: Health
Billiard Ball Sized Tumour From Mans Brain Removed By UAE Doctors
Abu Dhabi: In an eight-hour operation, surgeons were able to successfully remove a brain tumor the size of a billiard ball from a 34-year-old man – ending his 10-year search for a cure to his he...
July 29, 20190730Category: Health
UAE Vets Says Medication Shortage Putting Pets At Risk
A dire shortage of vital medication for pets in the UAE has become a "life or death" situation, vets said.
Health professionals and pet owners have called for urgent action as a failure by ...
July 29, 20190598Category: Health
Serving Flowers Or Rose Petals With Food Is Banned
Restaurants will no longer be able to serve flowers or rose petals with food and beverages, according to a recent municipality circular.
The circular stated that it is prohibited to use flowers, ro...
July 18, 20190855Category: Health
Couple With Extremely Premature Baby Appeal For Help In UAE
The parents of a premature baby girl born at a leading hospital in Ajman are appealing for help. The parents had paid for a normal delivery self-pay package worth Dh8,000, but owing to the high bills ...
July 14, 20190660Category: Health
Nearly 70 Per Cent Emirati Male Adults Are Obese
The findings of one of the largest population studies conducted recently on 33,000 Emirati men between the age of 18 and 20 in the UAE has thrown up some startling statistics, with the majority of Emi...
July 12, 20190921Category: Health
Gvnt Issues Health Warning Over Toxic Bodybuilding Drugs
Gyms and health clubs in Abu Dhabi have been warned to adhere to safety and health standards and refrain from selling illegal muscle building hormones such as anabolic steroids. The Abu Dhabi Municipa...
July 10, 20190607Category: Health
