| DHA’s strategy will promote Dubai as health tourism hub | | His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, was briefed on Sunday on the four-pronged strategy of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), which builds on Shaikh Mohammed’s long-term sustainable development vision for promoting Dubai as a favourite destination for health tourism in the Gulf, Middle East and world. | | Sea change in surgery | | Treating breast cancer almost always involves surgery, and for years the choice was just having the lump or the whole breast removed. | | Men too at risk for osteoporosis | | Osteoporosis is still considered a disease of older white women, but it is clear that both sexes and all ethnic groups have some risk for fracture, explains Dr Adnan Abdulwahid, Rheumatologist, Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah. | | Coronavirus: WHO in touch with UAE | | The World Health Organisation (WHO) is in talks with the UAE authorities to trace the path of the deadly coronavirus after a 65-year-old patient was hospitalised in Paris with the Sars-like virus after a visit to Dubai last month. A second person who shared the room with the elderly patient was also diagnosed with the disease. | | Breast cancer: Taking no chances | | With breast cancer claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands of women annually, many are choosing to remove their breasts before diagnosis, but is this a drastic alternative?
Kelly Clarke talks to women who have undergone prophylactic mastectomies | | Mother Nearest? | | What is it that makes the mother daughter relationship so complex and, at times, challenging? There’s no doubt that the bond between care providers and children is a vital component for psychological well-being — so important that it affects all areas and developmental periods of our lives. However there’s something quite special about the dynamics between girls and their mothers. | | No cases of Sars-like virus registered in UAE | | There are no cases of novel coronavirus reported in the UAE, an official source at the Ministry of Health has confirmed, adding that the Ministry has taken the necessary measures as per the international standards and recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO). | |
