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
A survey conducted last year found that 22.4 per cent of adults in the UAE are living with obesity. Getty

CommentThe UAE's approach to tackling obesity goes beyond prescribing a magic pill

Medicated weight loss is just one aspect of a much broader strategy

Comment

UAE approves use of 'most expensive drug' to give sick children hope

UAE

Scientists comb through research for milestone cure for male baldness

Health

Palestinian-Jordanian girl hopes for new life after US surgery

US
Medicine
Semaglutide drug Wegovy is awaiting regulatory approval to be used in the UAE. Alamy

New weight loss pills could become long-term obesity treatment

Second oral weight loss drug due to enter UAE market

UAE

EditorialPublic health is behind the UAE's changing drugs market

Editorial

CommentIn 2026, 'connected care' will be at the heart of healthcare delivery in the Gulf

Comment

The Gaza surgeon's choice: who might survive - and who could not be saved?

MENA

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