DUBAI — A primary healthcare pilot project aimed at cutting costs and assessing the mental health system in the country is ready for expansion.
DUBAI — A primary healthcare pilot project aimed at cutting costs and assessing the mental health system in the country is ready for expansion.
Sleepless people sometimes use the Internet to get through the night. Now a small study shows promising results for insomniacs with nine weeks of Internet-based therapy.
DUBAI - As an incessant effort of The Fat Truth campaign, the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) organized a health seminar in Al Baraha Hospital addressing the role of primary healthcare doctors from across the UAE on child obesity prevention.
GENEVA - The head of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, said on Monday that the global economic crisis was causing people to ditch healthy foods that this would lead to health problems.
A Red Cross official has sharply criticised “complacency” towards the impact of communicable diseases on poor countries, contrasting it with responses to flu or heart disease in rich nations.
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WASHINGTON - Well planned vegetarian diets are healthy and nutritious for all age groups and help prevent heart diseases, cancer, obesity and diabetes.
WASHINGTON - The new H1N1 influenza strain may be just a little less catching than seasonal flu, but seems a little better able to cause stomach upsets, researchers reported on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - Repeating positive statements such as “I am a lovable person” or “I will succeed” makes some people feel worse about themselves instead of raising their self-esteem, a study showed on Thursday.
SYDNEY- Providing intensive dietary advice improved blood sugar control in type 2 diabetics even when they were arguably on the best available medication, according to the latest research.