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Smoking Facts & figures

Smoking Facts & figures

Sat, Sep 24, 2011

Quick Facts about Smoking. 35 percent of high school kids currently smoke cigarettes. 4.5 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 are currently tobacco users. Each day, 3,000 kids become regular smokers and one-third eventually die from tobacco - related diseases. Read more facts.

Vitamin deficiency can lead to obesity in children

Vitamin deficiency can lead to obesity in children

Wed, Nov 17, 2010

The vitamins are organic chemical compound that our body required in certain quantity to perform various functions well and deficiency of them could lead to diseases.

Do People Avoid your Closeness?

Do People Avoid your Closeness?

Wed, Nov 17, 2010

Does your confidence shakes while whispering jokes to friends or cuddling to dear ones? Have you ever experience that people avoid your closeness just because of bad breath? Or do you avoid proximity of some one in your family or friend whose breath smells foul? Bad breath is a very common problem that can greatly influence the confidence of a person.

World Health Day Campaign Reveals Significant Incidence of Chronic Illness in UAE Professionals

Tue, Nov 09, 2010

Significant numbers of professionals in the UAE have chronic health conditions, including obesity, hypertension and diabetes, according to findings from a month-long screening programme undertaken in Abu Dhabi.

Staying Healthy... Your Responsibility to your Community as well as Yourself

Staying Healthy... Your Responsibility to your Community as well as Yourself

Tue, Nov 09, 2010

Chronic diseases can be attributed to three factors; genetics, ageing and lifestyle. By ensuring that you make healthy lifestyle choices, you will be taking precautions that will allow you to completely avoid some diseases and to significantly defer others.

Smoking… a dirty habit that gets right under your skin

Smoking… a dirty habit that gets right under your skin

Mon, Nov 08, 2010

Smoking doesn’t just induce changes that only have cosmetic implications and there can be other, more serious, dermatological consequences for those who regularly light up.

Weathering the Storm

Weathering the Storm

Wed, Apr 07, 2010

Two health industry leaders outline how the global economic downturn has affected their organisations

Medicines in the UAE - Why the Huge Disparity?

Medicines in the UAE - Why the Huge Disparity?

Wed, Apr 07, 2010

Why is there such a discrepancy in the price of branded and non-branded drugs? A regional spokesperson provides an insight

Tuberculosis Awareness Campaign Targets 25,000 Workers in Dubai
News in Brief

News in Brief

Sat, Jan 23, 2010

A Sharjah day surgery centre opens to patients and an Abu Dhabi hospital picks up an award