Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC), the region’s first dedicated centre protecting the physical, mental and social wellbeing of Abu Dhabi’s population by raising public and preventative healthcare awareness has collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Prevention Society, Department of Community Development, Abu Dhabi Sports Council and fitness app STEPPI to launch […]
Abu Dhabi: Burjeel Medical City (BMC) in Abu Dhabi announced that it has launched the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) life support system for pediatric patients. ECMO is the highest form of life support currently available to patients with life-threatening but reversible conditions such as respiratory failure that is unresponsive to conventional therapies like mechanical ventilation. […]
New York: A daily serving of walnuts may help control blood pressure, prevent weight gain, and minimise your chance of developing diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study. The finding, published in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, showed that those in the walnut-eating group had lower blood pressure than those that did […]
Dubai: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) will launch the National Seasonal Flu Awareness Campaign next week. Themed “Protect yourself…Protect your community”, the annual seasonal flu campaign will kick off on September 26 in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Centre for Public Health and Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Department of Health- Abu Dhabi. […]
Dubai: Aster DM Healthcare has opened a multi-speciality clinic in Dubai’s Warqaa region to serve the community and ensure seamless delivery of medical care. It is the third biggest clinic of Aster in the UAE. The Aster Clinic in Warqaa has experienced doctors in all major specialities, including internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, ENT, urology, […]
Abu Dhabi: Providing an option for patients to undergo kidney transplantation in private hospitals in the capital, Burjeel Medical City, located in Mohamed Bin Zayed City, has started performing kidney transplantations. The first such transplantation was successfully performed at the hospital on a patient from Kazakhstan whose kidney donor was his family member. Naser Al […]
SHARJAH: The UAE-based Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP)’s Pink Caravan initiative is calling on public and private sector organisations to come together and get behind the targeted efforts and community-wide activations they are planning to roll out in observance of the international Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer became the most common cancer globally as […]
Tokyo: Regular consumption of sufficient amounts of vegetables and fruits rich in dietary fibre and vitamins reduces the risk of death by almost 10, according to a report of a group of Japanese specialists published on the website of the National Cancer Center of Japan. Since the beginning of the 90s of the last century, […]
London: A new study has found a link between the consumption of artificial sweeteners, generally found in dietary beverages, and increased cardiovascular disease risk like stroke. Artificial sweeteners like aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose emerged as an alternative to added sugar that enabled the sweet taste but reduced the calorie content. Dietary drink heart disease […]
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Our daughter has attended school virtually for the past five years and enjoyed the experience. Now that she is heading into ninth grade, she wants a more traditional high school experience. However, she has become more nervous as school gets closer and complains about stomachaches. How can I ease the transition for her […]
London: Apple Watch’s ECG heart sensor has saved a man’s life by sending him alerts for a low resting heart rate on almost 3,000 occasions. David Last, 54, from the UK credited Apple Watch for saving his life after his heart stopped an astonishing 138 times in a 48-hour testing period at the hospital. His […]
