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
The research highlighted the importance of physical activity throughout a person's lifetime. Getty Images

Exercise linked to brain changes that help prevent dementia, study finds

Evidence suggests it’s never too early or late to start making positive changes

Health

Volunteers to be injected with malaria to study long-term effects

Health

UAE government issues new law to regulate drug industry

UAE

How AI can become a doctor's companion

Comment

Migraine drug offers pain relief from first day

Health

CommentAll work and no play can deplete the ego

Comment

Weekend EssayWhat happens to our bodies when antibiotics don't work?

Comment
Medicine
Rich or poor, patients who seek to buy genuine GLP-1 drugs without a prescription or a proper treatment plan are taking a huge risk. Reuters

CommentToo many in Gulf taking weight-loss drugs without prescription

Ozempic, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 drugs are not just a medical sensation but a cultural phenomenon that requires more research and responsible use

Comment

How antibiotics and other meds affect the gut – and what you can do about it

Wellbeing

'Profound failure to protect the vulnerable': MSF director sounds Sudan alarm

MENA

UAE government issues new law to regulate drug industry

UAE

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Hezbollah stands to lose from Lebanon’s reconstruction nightmare

My Own HomeFamily navigates Sustainable City in their golf buggy

Slot ‘shocked’ as Liverpool crash out of Champions League on penalties to PSG

Man United’s new stadium plan is bold and daring - but how will it be paid for?

EditorialHow the UAE is building resilience into its economic plans

One million bottles of water bought every minute around the world

‘Break fast gradually to avoid severe stomach problems’

Harley Street specialists treating Middle East patients for Captagon addiction

Health pods installed in Dubai government offices will collect workers' data

UK nurses flock to Middle East as record numbers leave NHS

Beware of burning incense at home, UAE doctors warn

Abu Dhabi's flying ferries could travel from capital to Dubai in 30 minutes

Abu Dhabi's flying ferries could travel from capital to Dubai in 30 minutes

Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah

Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah

Oil tanker collides with cargo ship in North Sea off UK coast

Oil tanker collides with cargo ship in North Sea off UK coast

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