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

Food

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