Black Friday, Christmas and the New Year sales are a testing time for people with a shopping addiction. UAE behavioural therapist Mandeep Jassal advises on how those with Compulsive Buying Disorder can develop strategies to cope.
The recent Dubai Ride provided a special moment for cycling in the UAE, as Sheikh Zayed Road was closed down for several hours to host those on two wheels. With more than 20,000 participants, it was the latest example of a sport that is booming in the country. Omar Nour knows that better than most. His always-beaming figure has become a familiar fixture at triathlon and cycling events in the UAE. The former professional triathlete...
Back in June 2014, a cheery wave from a small hand would change my life for good. The hand belonged to my then two-year-old daughter, and she was waving at me as I was being wheeled into a Dubai hospital for surgery. My op was the culmination of a lifetime of over-indulging in alcohol and takeaways. A regular in UK pubs since I was 16, my love of a good night out was fuelled by...
The health authorities in Abu Dhabi have made getting the Covid vaccine as efficient and painless as possible - and it's free.
The pandemic has been a confusing time for parents, says popular radio host Helen Farmer. It has blurred the lines between working mothers and stay-at-home mums and instead of teaching children to share their toys, we now have to tell them not to.
Mark your calendar, the livehealthy festival is back this coming January 22 and 23, 2021. This year's festival will empower you to build Your Immunity; this year's theme.
Aakanksha Tangri was already a successful journalist when she decided to launch Re:Set, an online platform hosting dialogues with experts in mental health, education, entrepreneurship and ender issues.
As a teacher, researcher and scientist, I have often reminded my students to let the facts speak for themselves. When it comes to the psychological effects of online distance learning on our children, the data,is sobering. But no parent needs data to know that six months of being forced to learn from screens has done serious damage to our children. Lest you label me a ‘Covid-denier’, let me assure you know that I am all...
It was 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece that Hippocrates, the father of medicine, recognized that a person’s wellbeing is the totality of their mental and physical health – and that prevention of ill health is key. “The greatest medicine of all is teaching people not to need it,” he said. Another Movember has come and gone, and with it the moustaches men grow to raise awareness about men’s health. But a full 17 years...
It’s increasingly recognized that sticking to traditional concepts of masculinity and male gender roles stigmatizes men expressing emotions and places limits on what they feel comfortable expressing. And this, in turn, causes many problems, both at work and at home. As British comic and writer Robert Webb put it, “The Rules for Being a Man go something like this: Don’t cry. Love sport. Play rough. Don’t talk about feelings.” But, he asked in his 2017...
Abu Dhabi announces new measures for volunteers in Phase 3 vaccine trials and for those in the national vaccine program: tests and quarantine no longer required to enter Abu Dhabi from other emirates.
