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A 5mg pre-filled injection pen of Mounjaro. PA

UAE home services app launches weight-loss drug delivery

Justlife working with clinics to meet huge appetite for GLP-1 drugs and ensure safety measures are in place

UAE

David Cameron reveals prostate cancer treatment

Health

How can the Middle East tackle the rise in kidney disease cases?

UAE

What is 75 Grow? Why gentle wellness doesn’t mean a lack of discipline

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

UAE


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Labubus were a popular search trend in the UAE. AFP

Googling googlies: Cricket beats Labubu and Dubai Chocolate in UAE top searches

Tunisia blends North African culture with Mediterranean beauty. Noelle Guirola / Unsplash

The top 13 travel destinations for UAE residents in 2026

Sam Curran of Desert Vipers celebrates taking the wicket of Dubai Capitals' Gulbadin Naib at the ILT20. Photo by CREIMAS / ILT20

ILT20: Gulbadin Naib v Sam Curran rivalry can help league get traction, says Tom Moody

Hemant Mundhra has considerable savings because of spending 28 years working in the UAE, investment returns and yields from properties in India. Antonie Robertson / The National

My Dubai Salary'From Dh8,000 on my first job, to earning Dh40,000 as a start-up founder’

Iraq's Mustafa Saadoon concedes a free kick in the match against Bahrain. Reuters

Iraq open Fifa Arab Cup with win as UAE lose after red card

NAZARE, PORTUGAL - DECEMBER 03: A surfer rides a wave during a big waves surfing session on December 03, 2025 in Nazare, Portugal. (Photo by David Ramos / Getty Images)

In picturesCollectors' Week in Abu Dhabi to the UN Security Council delegation in Damascus

Ras Al Khaimah is bringing back its record-breaking firework and drone shows on New Year's Eve. Photo: Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority

New Year's Eve fireworks in the UAE: Where to watch the biggest displays

The Binance Blockchain Week 2025 in Dubai. The crypto market is regaining its footing after a prolonged sell-off. Antonie Robertson / The National

Does the current crypto slide mirror the 2022 crash? Yes and no


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A health worker administers polio drops to a child in Karachi. AFP

Funding cuts and war threaten global efforts to wipe out polio

Latest conflict in Pakistan and Afghanistan hampers vaccination programmes, experts say

Health

Chart of the weekThe journey towards eradicating polio

Health
World Economic Forum: What is the Cost of Underinvesting in Health? (L-R) Mina Al-Oraibi, editor-in-chief, The National, Maha Taysir Barakat, Assistant Minister for Health abd Life Sciences, Amit Bouri, CEO of Global Impact Investing Network, Alison Holmes, Professor of Infectous Diseases, Fleming Imperial College London and Damiano de Felice, Chief, External Affairs CARB-X. Victor Besa / The National

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

Business

Breakthrough in understanding how blood disorders develop

Health
A computer illustration of Naegleria fowleri protozoans infecting the brain. Getty Images

Surge in deadly 'brain-eating' amoeba cases causes alarm in Kerala

Health

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro can 'change how food tastes'

Health

You can be fat and fit, finds diabetes study

Health

Blood test could speed up Alzheimer's diagnosis

Health

How patients risk being misled by ChatGPT's 'persuasive' medical advice

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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
Pelage Pharmaceuticals have trialled a drug that aims to combat male-pattern baldness. Getty Images

Scientists comb through research for milestone cure for male baldness

Pharmaceutical companies look to gain a slice of the multibillion-dollar anti-baldness market

Health

Palestinian-Jordanian girl hopes for new life after US surgery

US

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

Health

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

Health

Medicine
In critical care, where decisions change outcomes in seconds, diverse minds prevent tunnel vision. Silvia Razgova for The National

How the UAE’s multiculturalism helps saves lives

Cognitive diversity in the country's hospitals leads to world-class care

Comment

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

UAE

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

UAE

Hold the starter and dessert: How Ozempic is reshaping the UAE dining scene

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