DUBAI — More than 18 per cent adult males in the UAE are smokers, said a senior health expert yesterday, citing World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics.
DUBAI — More than 18 per cent adult males in the UAE are smokers, said a senior health expert yesterday, citing World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics.
DUBAI — Indoor lifestyle and unclean indoor air are among the main reasons for respiratory illnesses among adults and children in the UAE, according to a health expert.
DUBAI — The UAE Ministry of Health (MoH) launched a web site to mark the World Diabetes Day yesterday. It will also serve as a National Diabetes Registry for patients in the country.
TODAY, it is the seventh day since Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf announced emergency in the country. It is also the seventh day since the clamp down on media and judiciary during which several media men and lawyers have been arrested. Since then, it is only these two institutions that have openly been braving the wrath of the General.
DUBAI — Pakistani youngsters are making the maximum use of the Internet and expressing their views on their country’s situation via blogs.
DUBAI — A scientific study will soon be conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to assess the main factor causing obesity among children in the UAE, said Minister of Health Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qutami yesterday.
DUBAI — The Pakistani woman, who delivered one of her twins aboard an aircraft last week, has been discharged from hospital after the Pakistan Consulate paid her bills.
DUBAI — A majority of cases received in the first year of Rashid Hospital’s Trauma and Emergency Centre (RHTC) were trauma cases resulting from road accidents, a senior health official said yesterday.
DUBAI — A day after the emergency was imposed in Pakistan, the UAE-based Pakistani media have slammed the decision to place curbs on the freedom of the Press.
DUBAI — All Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights to Dubai from Pakistan remained cancelled for the second day even after the engineers and technicians in Pakistan called off their strike yesterday.