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CommunityHealthChoosing a good family doctor is important. Here’s how
June 9, 202111 min
Your primary care doctor is ultimately the person you trust with your health and wellbeing, the professional you can turn to when you or a family member are in physical pain and is likely to be your first port of call if you’re suffering with mental health issues. So, why is it that some of us take longer to choose our dinner than we do to pick the right doctor? It might be easier to...
UncategorizedFrom Saudi Arabia to the Ironman World Championship
June 8, 20218 min
Growing up in Saudi Arabia, Dr Dina Al-Tayeb always loved sports. Her mother encouraged her passion, despite the severe restrictions her country imposed on women taking part in sport. The dentist and mother-of-three tells the Livehealthy Arabic Podcast how she beat the odds and how, after more than 15 years of steady hard work, she became the first Saudi woman to complete the notoriously grueling Ironman Triathlon. The triathlon combines a 2.4-mile (3.8km) swim, a 112-mile (180km)...
CommunityHealthTravelTravel is opening up for UAE residents
June 7, 20217 min
UAE nationals and residents are now allowed to travel to more than 30 cities in 19 countries without the need to quarantine on arrival or when they return.
CommunityModels of determination
June 7, 202113 min
People of determination are often excluded from society in the UAE but Bareface model agency wants to put them centre-stage.
CommunityHealthHospitals are meeting demand for long Covid treatment
June 6, 202110 min
It’s been well over a year since Covid-19 began dominating headlines worldwide, and unfortunately that still remains true today. In the UAE, the vaccination programme is proving successful with the Emirates moving up to 8th place in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, which ranks the countries in terms of how effectively they are handling the pandemic. What these rankings – and indeed daily case figures – don’t reveal is how many people are still suffering from...
MindfulnessAgreeing just to get along? Don’t
June 3, 202110 min
We all have disagreements in our lives, whether with colleagues, with spouses, with children, with parents and everyone else we come across. But how do these disagreements affect our mental health? How should we be handling them for the best outcome? And how can we learn from people who think in different ways? Dr Haseeb Rohilla, specialist psychiatrist at Priory Wellbeing Centre, Dubai, has some insight, plus top tips for resolving disagreements in the healthiest...
FoodHealthEating disorders: ‘Twice as high as Western countries’
June 2, 202114 min
The number of people living with eating disorders is on the increase both in the UAE and worldwide, making World Eating Disorders Action Day (June 2) more important than ever. One organization that’s working to raise awareness in the region, while supporting those living with a variety of eating disorders, is the Middle East Eating Disorders Association (MEEDA). The not-for-profit association was founded in Lebanon in 2009 by clinical psychologist Dr Jeremy Alford who wanted...
CommunityHealthCovid variants get new Greek names
June 1, 20215 min
All variants of Covid-19 will be assigned new names from the Greek alphabet to avoid the stigmatization of countries where new variants are found.
MindfulnessDoes the color of your walls affect your mental health?
June 1, 20217 min
Does the color of walls affect your mood and productivity? We helo you figure out whether painting is worth losing your rent deposit over.
CommunityHealthWorld No-Tobacco Day challenge: Just quit smoking
May 31, 202123 min
Qutting smoking is very hard but there are a ton of therapies, medications, alternative methods and now, digital ways, to eliminate smoking from your life.