Autism is by far one of the most common developmental disabilities. For children with autism spectrum disorder, receiving an early diagnosis can make a big difference in improving behavior, skills, and language development. Doctors look at the child’s behavior to detect signs of the onset of autism. In many cases, it is hard to detect […]
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), the emirate’s enabling healthcare and wellness free zone, has set up a fitness and wellness hub in its Oud Metha Phase I to help residents and visitors get fit during the month-long Dubai Fitness Challenge (DFC). The hub, one of the DFC official hubs for this year, is open from 6am […]
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company(SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network,is raising awareness of advances in the treatment of psoriasis. SEHA and its team of specialist medical dermatologists provides high-level medical care for psoriasis patients at healthcare centers across Abu Dhabi with treatments. This includes the use of biologic medicines -one of the latest and most […]
A specialised medical team at Al Zahra Hospital in Dubai was able to save the life of a two-year-old child, after taking the wrong medication, which almost cost him his life, as his survival rate was not more than 50%. The mother of the child explained that her son was suffering from severe pain, difficulty […]
The success of breast cancer surgery is higher when the cancer is caught early, before it has spread to the lymph nodes or the rest of the body. The cure for a Stage I breast cancer can reach 98 per cent, said Dr Taghreed Almahmeed, consultant general surgeon and breast specialist. Dr Almahmeed, who works […]
This Breast Cancer Awareness month what advice would you like to give to women? Breast cancer remains one of the most common forms of cancers. According to the chairperson of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), almost 30 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer are in the third stage of the disease. Pink October […]
With telehealth usage surging as consumers and healthcare providers are seeking ways to safely access and deliver healthcare in the pandemic, Middle East’s leading teeth straightening startup, Smileneo launches MENA’s first teledentistry platform license. To address the flood of unlicensed companies operating regionally under different rules, Smileneo is the first startup to cooperate with health […]
Leading healthcare professionals from across the Middle East and Africa highlighted the need for healthcare professionals to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to managing type 2 diabetes at the ‘2021 Regional Interchange on Diabetes (‘RID’)’ conference. Organized by Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, the event was held on October 15th and 16th […]
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) and Mediclinic Middle East have successfully carried out the UAE’s first robotic kidney donor surgery on two male patients at Mediclinic City Hospital. The complex surgery done using state-of-the-art medical technology demonstrates Dubai’s rapid advancements and innovative capabilities in the healthcare sector as well as […]
The annual congress Excellence in Oncology Care- EIOC, dedicated to the latest scientific advances and treatment options in Oncology Care, will take place in a hybrid from 21 to 22 October, 2021 at the Intercontinental Festival City in Dubai, and virtually on 23 October, 2021. Held under the theme ‘Strike Out of the Word Cancer’, […]
