To satisfy Trump, GOP delivers blow to health industry

Doctors, hospitals, and health insurers for weeks issued dire warnings to Republican lawmakers that millions of people would lose health coverage and hospitals would close if they cut Medicaid...

Health is wealth

Health is wealth. We should revisit our habit of consuming junk food. I am writing to express my concern about the increasing consumption of junk food and its harmful...

Sharjah campaign targets 10,000 workers to combat heat exhaustion

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), in collaboration with the Supreme Council for Family Affairs (SCFA) in Sharjah and a network of government and private sector partners, has...

Six surgeries save man from serious vascular malformations in his liver in UAE

A medical team in Abu Dhabi managed to save the life of a 36-year-old man after he was diagnosed with a dangerous liver aneurysm, caused by a rare genetic...

'Benign' vein issue behind Trump's swollen legs: White House

US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a chronic but benign vein condition after seeking medical examination for swollen legs, the White House said Thursday. The presidential physician...

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When Pneumonia doesn’t heal: A hidden diagnosis and a life turned around at NMC Royal Hospital, DIP

A 43-year-old man living with poorly controlled diabetes was admitted to NMC Royal Hospital, Dubai Investment Park, with a persistent cough and shortness of breath that had lingered for...

Emergency vaccines slash deaths by 60 per cent since 2000, reveals study

Emergency vaccination programmes – rolled out in response to outbreaks of five major diseases – are believed to have reduced deaths by around 60% over a period of 23...

States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts

Anna Claire Vollers, Tribune News Service The giant tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law over the weekend includes the biggest health care spending cuts in...

The ‘MAHA Report’ calls for fighting chronic disease

The Trump administration has declared that it will aggressively combat chronic disease in America. Yet in its feverish purge of federal health programs, it has proposed eliminating the National...