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          Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi's cube-shaped cancer treatment centre will open in 2021. Courtesy: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

          A step into the future for UAE cancer care

          EditorialApril 16, 2019
          Dr Amer Azaz said medics are looking at other potential applications for faecal transplants. Khushnum Bhandari for The National

          First faecal transplant performed in Abu Dhabi to transform child's life

          HealthApril 03, 2019
          Children as young as five months are being fed french fries, a new study has found. Victor Besa / The National

          Babies fed fries and pizza by parents, UAE study finds

          HealthApril 02, 2019
          We must break the stigma surrounding mental health. Getty

          We may never find a cure for depression, but a holistic approach will make it easier to live with

          CommentMarch 24, 2019
          From Left: Cathy Paul- Fijten, Jamie Hutson with her 5 month old daughter, who is healthy, and Hind Altayeb. Anna Nielsen for The National

          UAE mothers call for compassion on world Rare Disease Day

          HealthMarch 04, 2019
          Mohamed Darbah, 12, from Gaza with his mother after receiving chemotherapy at the Augusta Victoria Hospital. Heidi Levine For The National

          Gaza child cancer facility deserves plenty of praise

          FeedbackFebruary 25, 2019
          The outlook is bleak, for both Prime Minister Theresa May and Britain. AFP

          Brexit Britain is in chaos and only a People's Vote can save it

          BrexitFebruary 20, 2019
          Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, tours the Museum of the Future during the 2019 World Government Summit. Rashed Al Mansoori / Ministry of Presidential Affairs

          The UAE is setting the tone for a new dialogue

          CommentFebruary 16, 2019
          Doctors at NMC Hospitals in the UAE are being offered round-the-clock support and advice to curb the misuse of antibiotics in clinics. The National

          UAE hospitals take lead on the over-prescription of antibiotics

          UAEFebruary 15, 2019
          A war crimes probe has identified 160 ISIS members who could eventually face prosecution for atrocities carried out against the Yazidi community in northern Iraq, a UN Council heard on Tuesday. AP

          Shamima Begum sums up the dilemma facing security forces after the defeat of ISIS

          CommentFebruary 14, 2019
          Decades after polio was eradicated from Papua New Guinea, the crippling and sometimes deadly disease has returned, leaving doctors scrambling to resuscitate long-lapsed vaccination programmes. AFP

          Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returns

          December 03, 2018
          A scientist loads Cas9 protein and PCSK9 sgRNA molecules into a fine glass pipette at a laboratory in Shenzhen. Opening up intellectual property access to other resarchers will hasten innovation in the field of gene editing. AP

          First gene-edited babies claimed in China

          AsiaNovember 26, 2018
          A Syrian Arab Red Crescent aid convoy drives to the Rukban camp on the border with Jordan on November 4, 2018. Syrian Arab Red Crescent via AP

          Vital aid reaches displaced Syrians near Jordan border

          November 04, 2018
          Bill Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has enlisted the support of the UAE in the mission to eradicate polio. AP

          Bill Gates in talks over plan to open UAE centre to tackle polio

          HealthOctober 25, 2018
          An employee carries test tubes inside a laboratory at Piramal's Research Centre in Mumbai, India. Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

          India must not be allowed to become a laboratory for the world

          EditorialOctober 06, 2018
          Figures revealed at the Abu Dhabi Medical Congress show that just 3 per cent of the 23,000 to 25,000 nurses across the emirates are UAE nationals. Nicole Hill / The National

          Health experts want urgent steps to attract more Emirati nurses

          UAESeptember 25, 2018
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