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diabetes

UAE and Israel team up to fight diabetes and obesity

Jonathan Gornall March 9, 2022

As the citizens of Israel and the UAE are discovering with collaboration between the two countries blossoming in multiple areas, there is much they have in common, and much to be gained in trade deals across multiple sectors. But behind the much-publicized wealth-creating deals in technology and aerospace, a more down-to-earth and yet vitally important collaboration in healthcare is under way that could save both nations vast sums of money, and improve and even save

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diabesity

Diabesity is our second pandemic

livehealthymag.com December 5, 2021

A major factor in the number of deaths and serious illness from Covid-19 is diabesity, aka the modern-day combination of diabetes and obesity. The condition is associated with a higher risk of contracting severe forms of bacterial and virus respiratory infections, including H1N1, influenza, SARS, MERS and Covid-19. Obese patients are three times more prone to severe infections than those of a normal weight. Worldwide, obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 and along with it

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diabetes

November is Diabetes Awareness Month

Anna Pukas October 30, 2020

As we enter Diabetes Awareness Month, Livehealthy.ae looks at the latest developments in the battle to conquer the condition which affects more than a million people living in the UAE and is rising faster here than anywhere else in the world

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How these UAE residents kicked their sugar habit

Jennifer Bell December 24, 2019

HOW SWEET IT ISN’T: On December 1, the UAE government enacted its first-ever tax on sugary drinks. And on January 1, many people will vow once again to change their eating habits for good. That’s why livehealthy.ae is taking a closer look at scientific and anecdotal evidence telling us that the sugar we love to eat is hurting our health. Sugar has been vilified by doctors and nutritionists who warn the sweet stuff is the

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