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Poor lifestyle habits are causing heart attacks and chronic conditions to become more common in younger people in the Middle East. Getty
Poor lifestyle habits are causing heart attacks and chronic conditions to become more common in younger people in the Middle East. Getty
UAE doctors seeing heart disease patients in their thirties
Poor sleep and high smoking rates mean the average patient is about 10 years younger than in the West
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The National
13 September, 2020