Day: April 29, 2020

Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, recently inaugurated the Smart Salem Center, a medical fitness and occupational health screening facility, in City Walk, Dubai. The medial fitness facility, the world’s first-of-its kind center, is equipped with the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s technologies, including artificial intelligence, robotics and the Internet of Things. The new center will shorten the time it takes to register, undergo medical exams and issue residency visas…

The UAE is setting up a new medical facility to accommodate those affected by coronavirus in case of a global emergency, the UAE health minister announced. Addressing a media briefing, organised by the National Crisis and Emergency Committee in Abu Dhabi, Abdul Rahman Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, said, “Thanks to the UAE’s wise leadership, the authorities responsible for the health sector have completed all the technical, medical and logistical preparations required to set up the medical facility…

Aging can be partly chalked up to a loss of collagen production, which starts slowing down at a rate of 1 percent a year around age 38, gradually encouraging the skin to sag. To ensure that you maintain the slimming, tightening, and lifting - Ultherapy, a non-invasive way to firm areas like the chin, neck, brow, and décolleté is the best bet of the season. It's based on the same technology used in radiology for ultrasound imaging (i.e. during pregnancy).…

Remote dental care, or, 'teledentistry' is getting more and more popular with each day. Even though it may seem like it, it is not a new concept. Invisible aligners have actually been around since the 1970s. There are controversies surrounding this technology, with some people doubting its safety. But the steep increase of adults who are in need of orthodontic treatment keeps patients coming. The invisible aligners market was valued at $2.2 billion in 2018 and it keeps getting higher. According to the American…

3D printing is already used in medicine in many applications, but there’s still a great deal that custom-built implants could offer to patients. Bioinks, the materials from which bespoke implants can printed, may be the most important focus of research aimed at expanding the use of additive manufacturing, another term for 3D printing, in medicine. Typically, bio-compatible inks have to be developed for a specific application, but researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland report on a new ink that can…