MORE FROM Healthcare

Tea could help reduce stress

health

Tea could help reduce stress

DUBAI - Drinking tea could make the daily rat race a bit easier, according to Jane Rycroft, a nutrition manager and tea researcher at the Lipton Tea Institute in England.

health

Cord blood the life saver

health

Cord blood the life saver

When mothers decide to store stem-cell-rich cord blood right after giving birth, they pray that they will never have to use it for their families in the future.

health

Cord blood the life saver

health

Cord blood the life saver

DUBAI - When mothers decide to store stem-cell-rich cord blood right after giving birth, they pray that they will never have to use it for their families in the future.

health

health

Resolution on medical liability committee issued

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, has issued Resolution No 6 for the year 2012 pertaining to the establishment of the UAE’s Higher Committee for Medical Liability, according to his official website.

health

health

Healthcare sector creating more jobs

The healthcare sector in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa) is gearing up for a vigorous expansion of 14 per cent per year in job opportunities, said a study. This forecast is amplified by the fact that support occupations worldwide will expand by 34.5 per cent until 2020.

health

Stroke centre opens in RAK

health

Stroke centre opens in RAK

The specialised Acute Stroke Unit set up at the RAK Hospital will be a boon to patients since only three per cent of patients with brain attacks manage to reach the hospital on time for effective treatment.

health

health

Women more prone to hypothyroidism

SHARJAH — Hypothyroidism is a common disorder of thyroid gland. Women are more often affected than men. Thyroid glands are located in neck and produces thyroid hormones which control body metabolism. Metabolism includes things like basal metabolic rate, gut motility, heart rate etc.

health