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Vegetarians may be at higher risk to suffer bone fractures, study suggests

Compared with people who ate meat, vegans with lower calcium and protein intakes had a 43 per cent higher risk of fractures anywhere in the body, researchers have warned.

27 Nov 2020

Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital Dubai welcomes first UAE National Day baby

The families of the newborn were excited that their baby shared their special day with the country of their birth.

02 Dec 2020

VIDEO: Brushing your teeth too hard will do more damage than good, says aesthetic dentist Angel Mansoor

Too much harshness while brushing teeth does more damage than good, says Dr. Angel Mansoor, a general and aesthetic dentist, in an exclusive Facebook Live interview with Gulf Today in Dubai on Sunday.

29 Nov 2020

How can you improve your relationship with yourself?

Being alone may be hard but it isn’t always bad: Sometimes it can force you to reassess and improve yourself.

29 Nov 2020

Study confirms COVID-19 is rare in kids, but in some cases it can be severe

A huge study of paediatric patients found only 4% were infected with the new coronavirus, and the vast majority of those cases were mild or asymptomatic.

26 Nov 2020

Try out these unique exercises to make your fitness regime interesting

Working out at home needn’t be boring. Try out these lesser-known exercises to add some variety to your regular home workout regime.

22 Nov 2020

Duterte lifts ban on sending of Filipino medical frontliners abroad

In April, the government imposed a ban on the foreign deployment especially of Filipino nurses to help control the spread of the disease. At that time, the Philippines ranked second in Southeast Asia in the number of infections.

21 Nov 2020

Diet trends to see 4 billion people overweight by 2050: study

More than four billion people could be overweight by 2050, with 1.5 billion of them obese, if the current global dietary trend towards processed foods continues.

19 Nov 2020

Virus-drained nurses hang up uniforms for other jobs

One is a pastry-cook. Another dreams of becoming a bookseller. All have slammed the door on the hospitals where they used to work, exhausted by wave after wave of Covid-19 patients.

19 Nov 2020