Healthcare | Sunday 15 May, 2016 3:06 pm

GCC healthcare experts briefed on innovative technology that helps fight obesity

Innovations in medical technology along with healthy eating and regular exercise provide more effective solutions to abdominal obesity and associated risks   Experts in treating obesity organized in Dubai a workshop with the presence of physicians and specialists from the Gulf...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 10 May, 2016 3:18 pm

Medical insurers in the region are projecting significantly higher costs for 2016

The cost of employee health care benefits in the Middle East and Africa region is trending higher, driven largely by the higher cost of hospital and inpatient services, medical technology, and the overuse of services, according to a survey of medical insurers by Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), ...

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Healthcare | Monday 9 May, 2016 4:11 pm

Dubai is hosting the second edition of the MENA Health insurance Congress

Dubai is hosting the second edition of the MENA Health insurance Congress and the third edition of the GCC Healthcare Innovation Congress  on 16-17 May in cooperation with the Executive Board of the Health Ministers for Gulf Cooperation Council and Maarefah. The congress will be held with...

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Healthcare | Monday 9 May, 2016 5:57 am

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai Collaborates with The Big Heart Foundation

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai and The Big Heart Foundation, an initiative of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bintMohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and UNHCR Eminent Advocate for Refugee Children, are working together to treat a three year old Syrian girl...

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Healthcare | Thursday 5 May, 2016 1:22 pm

Strategic Alliances Precede the Launch of Qatar International Medical Congress

Qatar International Medical Congress (QIMC) today announced Qatar Ministry of Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Health Care Corporation as the strategic congress partners. Held under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 3 May, 2016 2:10 pm

Jawaher Al Qasimi Praises UAE’s Wise Leadership for Supporting Child Rights and Cancer Patients

  Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, has praised the UAE's wise leadership for ensuring the rights of children and supporting patients with cancer.   Her...

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Healthcare | Monday 2 May, 2016 12:29 pm

Middle East businesses encouraged to sign occupational cancer campaign pledge

Organisations across the Middle East were encouraged to sign up to a campaign to tackle work-related cancer on 27 April.    The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) No Time to Lose campaign is seeking to raise awareness of cancer-causing carcinogens in...

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Healthcare | Saturday 30 April, 2016 3:59 am

MOH Accredited ‘Cervical Cancer Screening Workshop’ Conducted at Gulf Medical University

A workshop on cervical cancer screening accredited by the Ministry of Health & Prevention (MOH) was organized by Cytomed, with the partnership of National Reference Laboratory and Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm on Thursday, 28thApril 2016. Held at GMU,...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 20 April, 2016 3:32 pm

Sleep disorders amongst children is a massive emerging issue in the UAE

In an attempt to bring about awareness on Sleep Apnoea, Craniofacial pain (TMD), Primary Headache (Migraine) and sleep disorders amongst children; The London Sleep Centre in Dubai voices its concern over the rise in number of children affected by sleep disorders, the need to identify and early...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 20 April, 2016 3:42 am

E-Cigarette are More Harmful than the Normal Cigarette

The Anti-Smoking International Alliance -ASIA organized a seminar in Dubai aiming to spread awareness about the harmful effects of smoking and helping community to follow the required steps to quit. Fifteen speakers from 10 countries from different health, academic and educational backgrounds came...

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