Healthcare | Sunday 11 October, 2015 12:44 pm

Primary prevention key to tackling cardiovascular diseases in the UAE: CSH

The risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in the region can be addressed by adopting comprehensive primary prevention programs, as per senior cardiologists at the Canadian Specialist Hospital in Dubai. CVDs have been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the world’s leading...

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Healthcare | Sunday 11 October, 2015 1:12 am

Merck and Pfizer Announce Investigational Immunotherapy Avelumab Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Metastatic Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Merck and Pfizer today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted avelumab*, an investigational fully human anti-PD-L1 IgG1 monoclonal antibody, Fast Track designation for the treatment of metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare and aggressive type of skin...

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Healthcare | Saturday 10 October, 2015 3:41 am

H.E. HUMAID AL QATAMI MEETS WITH KEY SPEAKERS FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC AND MAYO CLINIC AT THE 5th ANNUAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONFERENCE IN DUBAI TODAY

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Health Authority, and supported by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, the 5th Annual Case Based Approach to Controversies in...

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Healthcare | Thursday 8 October, 2015 4:02 pm

H.E. HUMAID AL QATAMI MEETS WITH KEY SPEAKERS FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Health Authority, and supported by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, the 5th Annual Case Based Approach to Controversies in...

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Healthcare | Thursday 8 October, 2015 10:39 am

Abscessed Tooth Awareness: Are you at Risk?

What is an abscessed tooth and what causes it? An abscess is a term used to describe the collection of bacteria and their products (pus) around the causing agent which is usually the tooth and its surrounding structures.  A presenting dental abscess can be classified broadly...

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Healthcare | Thursday 8 October, 2015 2:23 am

MoI Launches Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

In cooperation with the Security Media Department at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; the Health Authority- Abu Dhabi; the Ministry of Health at the countrywide level; and the Federal Demographic Structure Council, the Ministry of...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 6 October, 2015 7:46 am

Dr. Michael’s Dental Clinic in Opens Doors to New Dentist

Dr. Michael’s Dental Clinic, the leading and most advanced dental health care provider in the region, welcomes Dr. Ladan Sahirad to its team. She is an accomplished dentist with over 10 years of private practice in London, UK.   “Dentistry is a career that provides plenty of...

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Healthcare | Monday 5 October, 2015 3:02 pm

Dubai Medical Tourism presented in International Medical Travel Exhibition and Conference

The world’s leading regenerative medicine centre, Bioscience Institute, recently opened it’s doors in Dubai Healthcare City, is pleased to announce its participation in IMTEC (International Medical Travel Exhibition and Conference) highlighting its role in Dubai’s journey to...

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Healthcare | Monday 5 October, 2015 1:34 pm

Dubai to host the first International Paediatric Medical Congress

With the support of the Dubai Healthcare City together with the Executive Board of Health Ministers Council for GCC States (KSA); Saudi Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; and Royal College of Paediatrics a       nd Child Health (UK),...

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Healthcare | Sunday 4 October, 2015 7:45 am

Apollo Hospitals sees surge in demand for specialized cosmetic procedures from GCC patients

Growing awareness, along with rapid advances in surgical as well as non-surgical cosmetology, is helping to demystify cosmetic treatments and encouraging leading healthcare facilities worldwide to integrate cosmetic care as a prominent component of their service portfolio, say experts at Apollo...

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