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    No smoking four weeks before surgery cuts risks: WHO

    No smoking four weeks before surgery cuts risks: WHO

    20 Jan 2020

    Patients who stop smoking at least four weeks before an operation significantly reduce the risk of having postsurgical complications because their blood flow improves, according to a study published...

    Measles cases reported from across world

    Measles cases reported from across world

    27 Nov 2019

    The World Health Organization says cases of measles are continuing to spike globally, with multiple large outbreaks being reported across Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. In an...

    Soaring diabetes cases a cause for concern

    Soaring diabetes cases a cause for concern

    17 Nov 2019

    The soaring prevalence of diabetes in the world, with nearly three times more diabetics today than 35 years ago, is a matter of huge concern and it is disappointing that...

    Clinic for treating gaming addicts to open in Abu Dhabi in 2020

    Clinic for treating gaming addicts to open in Abu Dhabi in 2020

    09 Nov 2019

    An outpatient (OP) clinic for gaming addicts will be opened next year in Abu Dhabi, a senior official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM). The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC),...

    Decisive action needed to reduce air pollution

    Decisive action needed to reduce air pollution

    03 Nov 2019

    United Nations experts have deemed air pollution a human rights violation. It’s a deadly, man-made problem responsible for some seven million premature deaths every year, according to the World...

    WHO accused of rationing Ebola vaccine in DR Congo

    WHO accused of rationing Ebola vaccine in DR Congo

    23 Sep 2019

    Aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Monday accused the World Health Organization of rationing the Ebola vaccine in the Democratic Republic of Congo where more than 2,100 people...

    Better strategy needed to curb suicides

    Better strategy needed to curb suicides

    10 Sep 2019

    Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide each year — more than those killed by war and homicide or breast cancer — according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and it...

    WHO welcomes Facebook pledge to curb anti-vaccine misinformation

    WHO welcomes Facebook pledge to curb anti-vaccine misinformation

    05 Sep 2019

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday it welcomed a commitment by Facebook that it would direct users seeking vaccine information on its Instagram, Facebook Search, Groups and...

    Vaccines group seeks $7.4 billion to save up to 8 million lives

    Vaccines group seeks $7.4 billion to save up to 8 million lives

    30 Aug 2019

    The GAVI global vaccines alliance on Friday called on donors for $7.4 billion to help immunise 300 million children against life-threatening diseases between 2021 and 2025, and save up...

    Resurgence of measles a cause for concern

    Resurgence of measles a cause for concern

    29 Aug 2019

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that measles cases are skyrocketing in Europe and the disease is surging in four countries previously considered to have eliminated it, including...

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