Healthcare | Tuesday 14 July, 2015 1:27 pm

Launch of New Nestlé Fitness Cereal, Maintaining Same Taste with more wholegrain and 30% Less Sugar

Nestlé has launched a new recipe for its popular Nestlé FITNESS® Cereal across the Middle East, which maintains the product’s same taste, with more wholegrain, while reducing sugar by up to 30% without adding artificial sweeteners.    The move is in line with ...

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Healthcare | Monday 13 July, 2015 4:27 am

Al-Falih: No move to privatize hospitals

Minister of Health Khalid Al-Falih has denied rumors that the ministry is looking into privatizing government hospitals, noting that the government is building new and advanced hospitals. He said that if there is any consideration of privatizing hospitals, it would be in the long run. Regarding...

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Healthcare | Monday 13 July, 2015 3:02 am

The Supreme Council of Health Launches its "Choose Healthy Eating Habits" Campaign

The Supreme Council of Health (SCH), the responsible authority for healthcare issues in the State, launched its “Choose Healthy Eating Habits” campaign with the aim of promoting the society's awareness of the importance of health eating.    This initiative comes as...

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Healthcare | Monday 13 July, 2015 2:54 am

al khaliji supports children with cancer

In its ongoing commitment to the well-being and health of the Qatari society, Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) Q.S.C. in cooperation with Qatar Cancer Society recently visited Hamad General Hospital to support children suffering from cancer in their battle against the disease. The initiative...

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Healthcare | Friday 10 July, 2015 4:11 am

3.3m Saudis enjoy coop health cover

A total of 10,229,109 people are covered under the cooperate health insurance system, including 3,338,628 Saudis and the rest non-Saudis, Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih has said. In a press statement, the minister said the insurance system aims to provide health care and organize services for all ...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 12:29 pm

GCC countries form 30% of the patients out of the 120 countries catered by Apollo hospitals

Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s pioneering healthcare provider, has stated that GCC states alone accounts for 30% of the traffic of medical patient flow to Apollo institutions in India out of the 120 countries that it caters to. This fact corroborates the fact that India’s medical tourism...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 7 July, 2015 1:25 pm

Eastern Clinical Laboratories Bags the "Building Healthcare: Best Technology Initiative Award"

The Eastern Group identified the importance of online presence to enable its stakeholders 24/7 access to diagnostic information and tests. Through its indigenously developed Web portal http://www.eclabs.ae and the complimentary Web App, the Lab has created the Eastern Diagnostic Network...

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Healthcare | Monday 6 July, 2015 12:23 am

GCC and German Rheumatologists to establish “Spondyloarthritis” Center

In partnership with AbbVie Biopharmaceuticals, a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company, Rheumatologists from around the GCC journeyed to Charite Berlin University Hospital in Germany to discuss the recent updates in the management of Spondyloarthritis disease (SpA), a type of...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 30 June, 2015 1:48 pm

Early Detection Helps Prevent Onset Of Diabetes

According to the International Diabetes Federation’s Diabetes Atlas in 2014, around half of the estimated 387 million people living with diabetes worldwide are unaware because the general symptoms are so subtle they can be quite hard to recognise.    Abu Dhabi’s Imperial ...

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Healthcare | Monday 29 June, 2015 3:01 am

MoH plans changes at top; all eyes on Al-Munis

Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih is expected to announce changes in directors of health affairs across the Kingdom, which will include a decision on Saleh Saad Al-Munis, director general of health affairs in Najran. Citizens have requested the Ministry to reveal the result of the investigation into ...

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