Asma Ali Zain

DUBAI — At least Dh1.6 billion ($436,507) was spent on diabetes-related treatments in the UAE in 2007, said a health researcher on Wednesday.

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DUBAI — Physicians and patients will soon have equal access to health files maintained in public and private hospitals countrywide through a unified health database, the UAE’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced.

SHARJAH — Delayed approval of bus stops and installation of bus stop signs have delayed the launch of the much-awaited second bus route in Sharjah.

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DUBAI — Increasing parking woes have turned people — especially the families with more than one car — into ‘parking bullies’, according to some residents of Dubai and Sharjah.

dubai — Herbal products sold in the country are safe as they are tested and registered with the Ministry of Health (MoH), assured a senior official of the ministry.

SHARJAH — If one is living in the UAE, having a lighter skin colour means that the person needs more protection from the sun to avoid skin cancer, says a senior dermatologist.

dubai — It really doesn’t require much effort on our part to pick up the phone and order Dh1 bread from the nearby grocery store. But ask Shaful Amin, the home delivery boy, what does it take for the packet to land in our apartment finally. For Shaful, it becomes an added trip to the already 40 that he makes door to door in our neighbourhood daily.

dubai — When a young, healthy-looking Lebanese man walked into the Noor Dubai clinic in Dubai Hospital, little could one guess that he was slowly edging towards total blindness. Abbas Mohammed is suffering from glaucoma, the second leading cause of blindness worldwide.

dubai — The final number of patients treated since the launch of Noor Dubai project on September 3, will be announced by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai in the month of October.

dubai — Stopping age in its tracks is probably the greatest human desire. Recent developments in science have come closer to giving the ‘exterior’ a better look while the hunt is still on to ward off the inner ravages.

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