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Kidney disease is driven by poor lifestyle choices, obesity and diabetes. Fatima Al Marzooqi / The National

How can the Middle East tackle the rise in kidney disease cases?

Chronic form of the condition has doubled since 1990, with patient numbers rising fastest in the Middle East and North Africa

UAE

How Emirati genome could unlock improved treatments for Alzheimer's Disease

UAE

Diabetes could cost Middle East and North Africa $1.5 trillion annually by 2050

UAE

Ozempic drug could cut cardiac deaths regardless of weight loss, study finds

UAE

Abu Dhabi cancer breakthrough could pave way for chemotherapy alternative

UAE


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Fadah Jassem with her sons Ameen, left, and Maleek on the roof of the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. Photo: Fadah Jassem / The National

Review'Absolutely fantastic': A young critic's take on the Natural History Museum

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 22: Murillo of Nottingham Forest celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Anfield on November 22, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill / Getty Images)

Liverpool fall to dismal defeat against Forest as problems mount for Slot

There is no automatic state pension for foreign workers and no strict mandatory retirement age for expats in the private sector. Getty Images

Baby boomers in UAE delay retirement to maintain residency and afford rising costs

Lahore Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, third right, with the PSL trophy. AFP

Which Pakistan cities will get new franchises in PSL 2026?

Personal finance experts say that if your goal is to grow wealth over the long term, you must be investing in the stock market. Getty Images

A beginner’s guide to investing in the UAE

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre aims to send the Rashid Rover 2 to the Moon next year and is stepping up plans for future missions. Photo: Dubai Media Office

UAE to equip future lunar rover vehicles with AI navigation to boost exploration

Developers are beginning to install electric-vehicle charging points in some new master communities in Dubai. Photo: Dubai Media Office

UAE Property: ‘Will energy-efficient features increase my house’s resale value?’

British racing driver Stirling Moss soon after winning the historic Mille Miglia endurance race in Italy on May 1, 1955. AFP

Europe’s classic car rallies are a tourism model the UAE is primed to explore


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World Economic Forum: What is the Cost of Underinvesting in Health? (L-R) Mina Al-Oraibi, editor-in-chief, The National, Maha Taysir Barakat, Assistant Minister for Health abd Life Sciences, Amit Bouri, CEO of Global Impact Investing Network, Alison Holmes, Professor of Infectous Diseases, Fleming Imperial College London and Damiano de Felice, Chief, External Affairs CARB-X. Victor Besa / The National

The National at WEF Dubai: Counting the cost of underinvesting in health

Business

Breakthrough in understanding how blood disorders develop

Health
A computer illustration of Naegleria fowleri protozoans infecting the brain. Getty Images

Surge in deadly 'brain-eating' amoeba cases causes alarm in Kerala

Health

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro can 'change how food tastes'

Health
A person's BMI - weight to height ratio - may not be the most reliable indicator of health, say researchers. Getty Images

You can be fat and fit, finds diabetes study

Health

Blood test could speed up Alzheimer's diagnosis

Health

How patients risk being misled by ChatGPT's 'persuasive' medical advice

Health

Nearly half of diabetes sufferers unaware they have the condition

Health

Abu Dhabi scientists develop 'Ozempic-buster' weight-loss device

Health


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
Pelage Pharmaceuticals have trialled a drug that aims to combat male-pattern baldness. Getty Images

Scientists comb through research for milestone cure for male baldness

Pharmaceutical companies look to gain a slice of the multibillion-dollar anti-baldness market

Health

Palestinian-Jordanian girl hopes for new life after US surgery

US

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

Health

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

Health

Medicine
A study has revealed the medicinal powers of the mulberry. Photo: Getty Images

UAE's mulberry trees could be nature's secret weapon in rooting out disease

Research highlights the untapped potential of plant extracts in medicine, scientists claim

UAE

How graphene is revolutionising the microchip industry with help from the UAE

UAE

Hold the starter and dessert: How Ozempic is reshaping the UAE dining scene

Food

UK millionaire exodus could accelerate after November budget meeting

Economy

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