Healthcare | Wednesday 30 November, 2016 10:57 am

Mundipharma Highlights the Need to Commit to Innovating and Developing Pioneering Cancer Care Medicine

Mundipharma, an international pharmaceutical leader in pain management, hosted its third Cancer Care Summit in Morocco on the 21st and 22nd of October, to share major developments in the understanding and the management of cancer patients' care, and highlight the need to...

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Healthcare | Monday 28 November, 2016 4:43 pm

al khaliji supports World Diabetes Day through an awareness session

On the occasion of World Diabetes Day, Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) P.Q.S.C, Qatar’s next generation bank, in association with the Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA), recently organized a Diabetes Awareness Session entitled “Risk Assessment program”. The event...

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Healthcare | Monday 28 November, 2016 2:54 pm

New Treatment for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Launched in UAE

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company FZCO has announced the availability of the monoclonal antibody, Vedolizumab, the first and only gut-selective biologic approved for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) and adults with moderately to severely active...

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Healthcare | Monday 28 November, 2016 9:06 am

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai Performs a Complex Eye Surgery to Remove Massive Orbital Tumour

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai, one of the Middle East's leading eye hospitals and a branch of the world renowned Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, has successfully performed a highly complex surgical procedure in which a team removed a large tumour from behind a 26 year old Arab ...

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Healthcare | Monday 28 November, 2016 3:02 am

Regional experts and policy makers launch first MENA Heart Failure Alliance

The MENA Heart Failure Alliance, the region’s first dedicated group for heart failure management, was launched during a regional experts event held in Abu Dhabi yesterday. The ‘Closing the Gaps in Heart Failure across MENA’ workshop brought together healthcare leaders, policy...

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Healthcare | Sunday 27 November, 2016 2:13 pm

Gulf Medical University receives recognition from Ghana Medical and Dental Council

In a bid to provide Ghanian medical students with state-of-art teaching facilities in the Middle East, the Ghana Medical and Dental Council on November 21, 2016 accorded an official recognition to the Gulf Medical University (GMU).  A high-profile team of delegates from Ghana Medical and...

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Healthcare | Thursday 24 November, 2016 8:33 am

The benefits of getting a second opinion for your dental work

Dentist Direct Dubai, a UK-based expert in dentistry with a holistic approach to oral health, offers free ‘Second Dental Opinion’, aimed at ensuring patients make the right decision for their dental treatment.   Seeking a second opinion on a dental situation especially on a...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 22 November, 2016 4:08 pm

ZonesCorp supports World Diabetes Day

As part of its corporate responsibility programme, ZonesCorp organised a special event for its employees and investors for "World Diabetes Day" to raise awareness about the disease. The event included number of educational lectures about prevention methods and ways to live with...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 22 November, 2016 3:58 pm

UAE to go Orange for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC) announced the launch of its second ‘Orange’ Campaign, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women as designated by The United Nations General Assembly (UN) on November 25th. Under the slogan...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 22 November, 2016 10:07 am

Prevention against infectious diseases key to healthy aging: say local experts in KSA

Decreased birth rates and longer lifespans indicate that the global population is aging, although rates of aging differ between countries. In 2010, the proportion of the population aged >60 years in the general Arab Region was 7%, and this proportion is expected to rise to 19% by 2050 for the...

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