Healthcare | Saturday 24 October, 2015 3:53 pm

Pink Caravan partners with Dubai Properties to raise breast cancer awareness

Pink Caravan, a pan-UAE breast cancer awareness initiative by Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), announced today its partnership with Dubai Properties, the developer and manager of Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR), to hold a number of activities at the destination to raise awareness on early...

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Healthcare | Thursday 22 October, 2015 1:33 pm

World Osteoporosis Day: Saudi Arabia Health Professionals Warn Against Hidden Risks of The Debilit Ating Disease

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and concerned healthcare professionals have today issued a strong message urging those either at risk or already suffering from osteoporosis to take additional steps to tackle this often debilitating disease. This plea coincides with World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) on October 20th ...

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Healthcare | Thursday 22 October, 2015 4:30 am

Concerted efforts needed to fight diabetes, obesity

Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Tuesday that the Gulf countries must make concerted efforts to combat diabetes and obesity in the region. The minister made this recommendation while inaugurating the International Conference on Countering Diabesity in Gulf countries at the King Faisal...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 20 October, 2015 2:18 pm

Dubai Otology 2015 Starts Tomorrow

Under the patronage of H.E. Abdul Rahman Al Owais, Minister of Health in the UAE, Dubai Otology 2015 kicks off its 3rd edition tomorrow 21st of October at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center in Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai – United Arab Emirates.  This year, Dubai Otology...

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Healthcare | Monday 19 October, 2015 4:39 am

Aster DM Healthcare takes majority stake in Saudi Arabia’s Sanad Hospital

Aster DM Healthcare has acquired an additional 57 per cent stake in Sanad Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, raising its total ownership stake to 97 per cent. The AED 900 Million (US$ 245 Million) investment in the Kingdom brings the total number of Aster DM Healthcare hospitals to six in the...

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Healthcare | Sunday 18 October, 2015 1:55 pm

MENA MedTech Forum Unites Medical Experts to Address the Region’s Changing Face of Healthcare

The region’s largest gathering of medical-technology executives, regulators and healthcare professionals will return when the MENA MedTech Forum takes place for its second edition on the 4th and 5th of November 2015 in the UAE. Following the success of the inaugural MENA MedTech Forum in...

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Healthcare | Thursday 15 October, 2015 2:49 pm

10KSA Ambassadors Gather For Group Mammogram Session

10KSA is a holistic health awareness initiative with a focus on breast cancer. As co-founder of this initiative, Dr. ModiBatterjee is gathering a group of 10KSA Ambassadors to promote early detection screening.   In an effort to encourage women to get check ups, 10KSA Ambassadors have...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 14 October, 2015 2:31 pm

Roomz & Zahra Breast Cancer Association comes together to inspire women in KSA

Roomz by Al Mutlaq has comes together with Zahra Breast Cancer Association in a major initiative to fight breast cancer by raising awareness about the disease among women and inspire them to do more to confront cancer.  The Zahra annual campaign against breast cancer will have a new slogan...

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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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