Buying Health
An optometrist examines a patient at the Moorfields eye hospital in Abu Dhabi. Cash-rich investment funds in the GCC are looking to life sciences, pharmaceutical and healthcare assets in the UK, the US and Europe. Pawan Singh / The National

Arab Health 2024 to showcase UK investment potential for Gulf boom

Dubai event to see UK healthcare and medical tech companies seek greater partnerships in the GCC

UK

Private medical insurance inquiries soar as NHS waits grow

Health

Patients face 'dire situation' as many opt for private health care

Health

'Great resignation' of women raises pressure on global health sector

UK

GoFundMe health care: Americans look to strangers to help pay bills

US

Early-stage lung cancer screenings can lift stigma

Health

A last hope? More Americans travelling to Mexico for cancer treatment

US
Medical research
The research highlighted the importance of physical activity throughout a person's lifetime. Getty Images

Exercise linked to brain changes that help prevent dementia, study finds

Evidence suggests it’s never too early or late to start making positive changes

Health

Volunteers to be injected with malaria to study long-term effects

Health

UAE government issues new law to regulate drug industry

UAE

How AI can become a doctor's companion

Comment

Migraine drug offers pain relief from first day

Health

CommentAll work and no play can deplete the ego

Comment

Weekend EssayWhat happens to our bodies when antibiotics don't work?

Comment
Medicine
Mohammed Mustafa returns to Perth. Photo: Mohammed Mustafa / Instagram

Blood is cheap on streets of Gaza, says returning Australian doctor

Mohammed Mustafa says the people in Gaza, not he, deserve praise, as he calls for humanitarian intervention

MENA

EditorialWorking to make cutting-edge cancer treatment cut-price

Editorial

CommentToo many in Gulf taking weight-loss drugs without prescription

Comment

How antibiotics and other meds affect the gut – and what you can do about it

Wellbeing

'Audrey Hepburn of the sky': Inside Riyadh Air's new cabins

Sheikh Hamdan hails Emirates Flight Catering's role in Dubai aviation

Lady Gaga concert casts shadow over Sharjah’s AFC final plans

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UAE Aid Agency to build a mosque and cultural centre in Chad

UAE turn to Olaroiu to rescue 2026 World Cup qualifying bid

Abu Dhabi doctors treat girl struck by mysterious Covid condition

Myth that smoking medwakh is safer than smoking cigarettes ‘needs to be dispelled’

Why broccoli and spinach could be good for your lungs

Global dengue fever cases surge, with rising numbers in Middle East

UAE study highlights 'public health emergency' of heart disease risk among Emiratis

Coronavirus: UAE authorises emergency use of vaccine for frontline workers

New $800,000 flying car unveiled in UAE

New $800,000 flying car unveiled in UAE

TeamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi opens to the public

TeamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi opens to the public

Qatar's Emir blames Israel for Gaza ceasefire collapse

Qatar's Emir blames Israel for Gaza ceasefire collapse

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