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Youngsters witnessing alcohol use in Bollywood movies are twice as likely to have tried drinking than their counterparts who do not watch movies, according to a new study presented at the World Congress of Cardiology in Dubai on Thursday.
AL AIN - Surgeons at Al Ain Hospital successfully removed a benign tumour weighing 5.8 kg from the abdomen of a woman, after a complex surgery.
WASHINGTON - Increased numbers of workers pull the night shift. Teenagers text past midnight and stumble to class at dawn. Travelers pack cheaper overnight flights.
Cardiologists from the Dubai Health Authority’s team performed two heart surgeries on Thursday which were transmitted live at the World Congress of Cardiology, taking place in Dubai until April 20.
Smokers are going to smoke whatever be the prices of the cigarettes, said a few Dubai residents. Commenting on the 200 per cent increase on cigarette packets, a few residents that Khaleej Times spoke with commonly opined that increasing the price of cigarettes will cut down the habit only to a small extent.
Increasing prices is the most effective way of controlling tobacco use especially among youth, according to experts who welcomed Dubai’s move to double the prices of cigarettes by August. On the other hand, a number of smokers said that the increase means they would have to shift to a cheaper brand.
RAS AL KHAIMAH — Over 500 women from across Ras Al Khaimah have gone through mammogram scans at the Sager Hospital and Maamura Medical Centre.
Some private clinics and labs in Dubai are concealing HIV positive cases from the authorities. This is in violation of federal laws that call for immediate notification and deportation of the infected expatriates, a Khaleej Times investigation has found.
Super-specialty children’s hospital Al Jalila is on track and scheduled to open for the public in 710 days, a senior official of the Dubai Health Authority said.
