Asma Ali Zain

DUBAI — Pakistani woman Nasim Bibi, who delivered one of her twins aboard an aircraft in Dubai, is now stranded as she doesn’t have the money to settle her hospital bills in a land where she knows no one.

SHARJAH — A 12-year-old Somali girl succumbed to meningitis after fighting the deadly fever for 24 hours at a local hospital on Monday morning.

DUBAI— Higher rates of taxation on tobacco products can help smokers kick the habit, experts opined at a meeting held in Dubai on Wednesday evening.

DUBAI — Experts who came to attend the World Dental Congress (FDI 2007) that concluded in Dubai recently, have recommended making regular dental check-ups mandatory for all people every six months. They had also recommended inclusion of fluoride compulsorily in tap water.

DUBAI — Etisalat and du, the two main telecom operators in the UAE, yesterday made similar promotional offers once again, spoiling customers for choice.

DUBAI — Liposuction remains the most favoured kind of cosmetic treatment among women in the Arab region, an expert has said.

DUBAI — The local Scientific Committee of FDI (International Dental Federation) has urged the authorities to compulsorily include fluoride in tap water in the UAE.

DUBAI — The organisers of the World Dental Federation (FDI) gala dinner at Bab Al Shams Resort on Friday evening were stumped by an usual request when a German delegate sought permission to use the romantic evening setting to propose to his long-time girlfriend.

DUBAI — Thirty-seven-year-old Abdul Rauf, a Nigerian national, has just been back from the brink of death after a kidney transplant carried out on August 10 in the Philippines.

DUBAI — “There is a need to start educating parents on oral health even before their children are born,” said experts on the second day of the FDI Annual World Dental Conference yesterday.