Dubai, UAE: Latest study has found that activities that causes a relaxation response – a state of deep rest induced by practices such as meditation, yoga, deep breathing and prayer – produces immediate changes in the expression of genes involved in immune function, energy metabolism and insulin secretion. The study from investigators at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Beth Israel Deaconess... 

Dubai, UAE: The third edition of annual Health and Wellness Festival, which will until May 7, will provide the public with free access to many health screenings and information that will help steer them towards a healthy lifestyle. The festival is held at the Dubai Outlet Mall in association with UAE Ministry of Health (MOH). Every day from 2-10pm, common public are provided benefits of the quality services and free health checkups, interactive group... 

Dubai, UAE: A recent study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health revealed that women who had sufficient amounts of vitamin D were 32 percent less likely to develop fibroids than women with insufficient vitamin D. Fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomata, are noncancerous tumors of the uterus. Fibroids often result in pain and bleeding in premenopausal women, and are the leading cause of hysterectomy in the United States. The study... 

Dubai, UAE: Boehringer Ingerlhiem hosted a two-day forum, on April 5 & 6 in Dubai. The second edition of the forum revolved around respiratory diseases focusing on COPD, highlighting that the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and productive cough that is rapidly increasing in the MENA region. At present, 13 million people in the region suffer from COPD, of which, 1.9% of UAE’s population suffers from COPD. The forum... 

Al Ain, UAE: Tawam Hospital, organizer of the region’s largest annual pediatrics conference, gets enrolment of above 400 pediatrics professionals from the Middle East and North Africa to attend its 7th Annual International Pediatric Conference that began today at the Danat Al Ain resort. The three-day conference witnessed celebration of Mother’s Day at the opening ceremony and will close on March 23, 2013. The 7th Annual International Pediatric... 

Dubai, UAE: Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center begun an initiative to raise the awareness about Rheumatoid Arthritis and encourages women to undergo a test. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, women in the UAE are being encouraged to screen for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Although only one to two percent of the global and regional populations are affected by the condition, women are proportionately susceptible with both incidence and prevalence... 

Ever since women started earn a bread by working in a office, they have been spending more and more time in formal work environments, which means less time at home, doing housework. Technology has advanced such that those who do stay home and choose to do household chores have a much easier time than women did in the ’60s. Combine this with the sedentary nature of many modern jobs, the free time that technology affords us and the prevalence... 

Dubai, UAE: Mediterranean diet that mainly includes olive oil, nuts, and seafood is a healthy diet (particularly for heart), with less compromise. This week a report was published The New England Journal of Medicine, in which researchers compared the health benefits of two Mediterranean diets (one supplemented with olive oil and the other with nuts) to a control diet (a low-fat diet). In the study, 7,447 Spanish participants who were at risk for... 

Dubai, UAE: Dubai Ladies Club, a member of Dubai Women Establishment, unveiled its newly revamped Personal Training Programme, powered by Los Angeles Personal Training (LAPT). At the launch event members and guests had the opportunity to learn about the new Personal Training packages and experience some of the added benefits that are associated with the newly acquired LAPT certification. The project is the introduction of the famed Los Angeles Personal... 

Here comes another reason to push you out with your track-suit and jog-shoes. Not only will you lose those extra pounds when you jog in the open air, but you will also build stronger bones. This might be a known fact to all but a new study states that those extra pounds will make your bones weaker. Obesity may lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the body, according to a study led by the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH). Efforts to tackle...