News & Updates

Noor Dubai Foundation launches website

The Noor Dubai Foundation, launched its website with an aim to increase awareness on eye health nationally, regionally and internationally. The portal will also help raise support for eye health programmes, especially for those in countries of need. Humaid Al Qutami, Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Noor Dubai Foundation, said during the launch ceremony that the NGO has come a long way since its inception in 2008 and has benefitted…

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3D printing technology applications in the UAE

Health professionals in Dubai have discussed processes, applications, and the conditions for adopting 3D printing technology in the healthcare sector of the UAE. This came during the seventh edition of Dubai Science Park, DSP, Advance Health networking event which also witnessed an interactive demonstration of 3D printing in action. Titled ‘How 3D Printing Is Transforming Health’, the event organised in partnership with Synapse Medical Services, a healthcare administration company, and Connect Communications, a strategic healthcare communications agency, featured panellists from…

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Early screening is one of the utmost factors of decreasing incidence of cancer and improvement in the survival

Usually we start screening by the age of 40 lower age or earlier if the patient had a family history of breast cancer or detecting a lump in the breast during monthly examination would you prefer to be after the Cyclical period. The Gene test a valuation is going to be considered for any patient who had one or two family history of breast cancer or if patient had a breast cancer below the age of 50 or lobular type…

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ERC continues campaign to combat eye diseases in Morocco

The Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, launched the sixth phase of a campaign to combat eye diseases in Morocco, following the directives of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation. The campaign aims to provide healthcare services to 5,000 patients in remote Moroccan villages and regions, including white cataract removal and lens implants using advanced surgical techniques for about 2,000…

Events

Gulf Medical University Hosts the Prestigious MRCP (UK) PACES Examination

Gulf Medical University (GMU), Ajman, the leading medical university in the Middle East region, hosted the prestigious MRCPUK PACES (Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills) exam in collaboration with the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, at the university campus between the 2nd and 4th of July 2019. With this, GMU has joined the exclusive list of international PACES exam centers in the region hosting this high-profile examination conducted under strict vigilance, in compliance with…