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An Abu Dhabi hospital has administered the first dose of Itvisma, in a milestone success for the country's health sector. AFP

Abu Dhabi hospital first in world to use new spinal muscular atrophy drug

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City provided one-dose treatment aimed at children and adults

Ozempic launches in India, with weight loss drug priced at under $25 a week

'Unsung heroes': why family members of cancer patients need key support

Global leaders announce $1.9bn pledge in Abu Dhabi to help eradicate polio

Major diabetes breakthrough as scientists find way to ‘block inflammation’

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Medical associations have written to the UK home secretary warning that foreign doctors are struggling to find work due to visa restrictions. Getty Images

Foreign doctors forced out of UK amid visa crackdown

Newly qualified GPs warn struggles to obtain a visa means they are unable to find work

David Cameron reveals prostate cancer treatment

RPMG9J blood sample to investigate remedy against Alzheimer's disease. Alamy

How Emirati genome could unlock improved treatments for Alzheimer's Disease

Migrant health workers increasingly plugging gaps in OECD workforce

Walking for more than 10 minutes at a time could be key to a healthier lifestyle. Getty Images

Why one long walk beats two short strolls

Funding cuts and war threaten global efforts to wipe out polio

Chart of the weekThe journey towards eradicating polio

The National at WEF Dubai: Counting the cost of underinvesting in health

Breakthrough in understanding how blood disorders develop

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

Private medical insurance inquiries soar as NHS waits grow

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

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

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

Early-stage lung cancer screenings can lift stigma

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

Medical research

Delivered in a one-time fixed dose, the drug aims to improve quality of life and reduce reliance on long-term treatments. Getty Images

UAE approves use of 'most expensive drug' to give sick children hope

Itvisma replaces defective gene responsible for spinal muscular atrophy

Scientists comb through research for milestone cure for male baldness

Palestinian-Jordanian girl hopes for new life after US surgery

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

Medicine

Dr Saladin Sawan, right, has given The National his account of being a surgeon in Gaza. Photo: Saladin Sawan

The Gaza surgeon's choice: who might survive - and who could not be saved?

With the broken bodies queuing up at the resource-starved Nasser Hospital, Saladin Sawan had to choose between who might survive and who could not be saved...

How the UAE’s multiculturalism helps saves lives

UAE's mulberry trees could be nature's secret weapon in rooting out disease

How graphene is revolutionising the microchip industry with help from the UAE

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