Healthcare | Sunday 4 October, 2015 1:41 am

UAE based Canadian Specialist Hospital mulls expansion into Africa

Delegation led by Dr.Jose’Andrade de Lemos, Ambassador of the Republic of Angola visited Canadian Specialist Hospital to explore opportunities of building a hospital in Angola. Canadian Specialist Hospital (CSH) will be conducting a thorough feasibility study in the coming months and will aim ...

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Healthcare | Friday 2 October, 2015 12:53 pm

Pampers and UNICEF Celebrate a Decade Together Helping to Save Millions of Mother’s and Babies’ Lives

An estimated 500,000 newborn lives have been saved and 100 million women and their newborns protected from the deadly disease, maternal and newborn tetanus, thanks to a ten-year long partnership between Pampers® and UNICEF that helped achieve this milestone.  The partners marked the...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 29 September, 2015 2:48 am

MAYO CLINIC AND CLEVELAND CLINIC FROM USA TO ORGANIZE THE 5th CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CONFERENCE IN DUBAI

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE, Minister of Finance, and President of 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 | Friday 25 September, 2015 10:57 am

MoH: No MERS cases among Haj pilgrims

The current number of Coronavirus patients is 20 percent less than in the same period last year, with just 417 cases in comparison to 547 at this time in 2014, according to statistics from the Command and Control Center of the Ministry of Health. This news comes as the Minister of Health...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 23 September, 2015 1:32 pm

Awareness on ‘diabetic eye’ disease vital for UAE: CSH

 An average healthy lifestyle and timely medical intervention can be highly effective in dealing with diabetic eye disease, according to doctors at Canadian Specialist Hospital (CSH), one of the leading private sector hospitals in the UAE. ‘Diabetic retinopathy’, also known as...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 22 September, 2015 1:44 pm

FoCP launches “Colour My World” Programme for cancer patients

The Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP) announced that it has transformed its ‘Colour My World’ initiative from a short event into a yearlong programme dedicated to providing assistance and emotional support to both female and male cancer patients.   The move to transform the...

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Healthcare | Monday 21 September, 2015 7:19 am

Bobolink Presents the Largest Pan-Arab Anti-Drug Campaign "Ma Btefro' Ma'eh"

The issues of drugs and drug addiction have always been a taboo in the Arab world, to the extent that - up until this day - there are no official statistics about the matter. Bobolink Creative Boutique, located in Beirut, Lebanon, has launched the first pan-Arab anti-drugs campaign entitled ...

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Healthcare | Saturday 19 September, 2015 3:43 am

65 MoH centers to monitor pilgrim health

The Ministry of Health has set up 65 epidemiological survey centers in Makkah and at the holy sites for the safety of the pilgrims, a senior official from the ministry told Arab News here  on Friday.  “We have mobilized our resources to offer maximum safety for the guests of...

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Healthcare | Saturday 19 September, 2015 2:45 am

Leading Vascular Surgeon Launches SHAMMA Medical Center

Following the success of Dr. Asad R. Shamma in the field of aesthetics, and his recent acquisition of "Dr Al Rustom Medical & Day Surgery Centre", a major corporate branding exercise was carried out and is now complete. The name has changed to SHAMMA Medical Center, and ...

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Healthcare | Thursday 17 September, 2015 12:54 pm

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Updates Physicians on Latest Innovations in Hematology and Oncology

Leading physicians from Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) held another session from the now well-established Critical Care Refresher Series (CRS), focusing on hemotology and oncology.   Bringing the latest updates in critical care medicine to the medical community in the UAE, the full...

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