2012 Best Weight Loss Strategies on the Internet

The popular website Diets in Review.com has listed the most trafficked diet trends and the best weight loss strategies during the past year. Contrary on the expectations, not famous people’s diets are the most used and commented, but the more generic and conventional weight loss plans and programs.

SEHA launches health awareness campaigns for Ramadan in UAE

   SEHA, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, has announced the launch of two awareness campaigns for the Holy month of Ramadan. The campaigns’ goals are to reach out to the general public about the importance of monitoring health and regulating medicine intake during the Holy month and to ensure optimal lifestyle benefits during fasting.

The first campaign, ‘Taking Your Medicine during Ramadan’, focuses on balancing your desire to fast with your medical needs during Ramadan. The campaign highlights four areas of interest, offering fasting tips for diabetic patients, individuals with heart disease, pregnant women, and children.

Etisalat showcases the innovative mHealth application at GITEX 2010

In line with its vision of leveraging mobile technology to enhance quality of healthcare, Etisalat unveiled an innovative Mobile Health (mHealth) application at GITEX 2010. The application will be the first such interactive application to be showcased in the UAE that will harness mobile technology for providing vital, relevant and customized information on healthcare.

Dr Moopens Group opens Medcentre in Abu Dhabi

Dr Moopens Group has announced the inauguration of multispeciality polyclinic - Medcentre at Abu Dhabi.

Dr.Moopens Group has completed 20 years in the healthcare business in the Middle East. The group is planning to expand its services with an investment of about Dh500 million in GCC in the next five years.

The Medcentre at Abu Dhabi will cater to the day to day healthcare requirements of the residents. Source

Dealing with Menopause

Menopause simply means the end of menstruation and is a natural part of aging in every woman's life. It generally occurs anytime between the ages of 40 and 60 years. As you go trough menopause, you may experience various symptoms that range from mood swings, hot flushes, sweating, headaches, vaginal dryness, decreased sex drive, heart pal-pitations and osteoporosis. We wont to give you an insight on the lifestyle steps to manage menopause:

• Eat smart and make a healthy choice by reading the package label information.
• Calcium is important for you. Get your daily intake from dairy products, broccoli, legumes and fish like sardines and tinned salmon.
• Include a lot of fibre rich food in your diet like cereals, pasta, rice and whole grain breads.
• Eat at least 3-5 servings of vegetables and 2-4 servings of fruits daily.
• Increase your iron intake. Iron can be found in eggs, poultry, fish, lean red meat, leafy green vegetables and nuts.
• Keep yourself well hydrated. Drink plenty of water.
• Maintain a healthy weight. Reduce foods high in fat, especially saturated fats that raise cholesterol and increase the risk of heart diseases. Saturated fats are found in whole milk, ice cream, fatty meats and cheese. Also limit your intake of transfats, found in baked items, margarine and vegetable oils.
• Be careful in the use of sugar and salt in your diet.
• Avoid Alcohol
• Relax. Stress solves nothing.
  

Sweden impressed by UAE’s care for elderly

The system adopted by the UAE health and social sectors in catering to the elderly people is advanced and effective, according to Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs Goran Hagglund.
The Swedish minister was on a three-day official visit to the country, heading a high-level delegation to explore possible areas of cooperation between the two countries in the field of health and social services.

Hagglund held talks with Minister of Health Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qutami and Minister for Social Affairs Mariam Mohammed Khalfan Al Roumi.
In an interview with Khaleej Times, Hagglund stated that his country will contemplate means and ways of benefiting from the UAE policy regarding services provided for old people.
“In the UAE, elderly people are taken care of in a way where sons and daughters are involved. I hope Sweden will benefit from the UAE expertise in this regard in order to provide old people with a social life and home care,” he said.
Hagglund underlined that Sweden’s policy on taking care of elderly people is mainly based on keeping them in a specialised centre where they receive medical care.
The Swedish minister said he was very impressed with the healthcare system in the country and the social development witnessed by the UAE, but noted that the UAE ought to find a more cost-controlled treatment. “The UAE has a quality healthcare system. However, I think it is very important to have cost-controlled treatment where costs can be controlled and, at the same time, quality medical care is secured,” suggested Hagglund. He said the two sides also discussed ways of fighting ailments like diabetes, which is also prevalent in Sweden, as well as best criteria for hospitals management.
“We have discussed the different systems followed by our countries regarding the social security. I hope we could benefit from each other’s experience in this field. I believe there should always be a change in regulations and laws for the betterment of social services.”

Zayed Military Hospital performs first-ever kidney transplant surgery

In a first for a hospital in the capital, doctors at the Abu Dhabi-based Zayed Military Hospital have performed a successful kidney transplant operation.
Making this announcement at a Press conference yesterday, Dr Rashid Mohamad Al Nueimi, director of the medical services at the hospital, said the operation was performed on a 53-year-old Sudanese patient, who had suffered kidney failure some four months ago.

The operation took nearly two hours to complete.
The patient’s wife and cousin had donated their kidneys to the man.
Dr Al Nueimi said the success of this operation was a major milestone for the hospital. Source