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Tweet Dubai, UAE: One of the most pertinent effects of the global diabetes epidemic, besides the devastating health consequences for people with unmanaged diabetes, is its economic impact. Patients diagnosed with diabetes, on average, have medical expenditures that are approximately 2.3 times higher than healthy individuals. According to a recent report by Booz Allen Hamilton, the [...] Tweet Abu Dhabi, UAE: In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), experts have warned that young adolescents are at an increased risk of acquiring diabetes Type 2 conditions in adulthood. Diabetes complications such as cardiovascular disease, kidney diseases and stroke are just some of the illnesses brought on by unhealthy diet and lack of exercise in adolescent [...] Tweet Dr. Matthew Fink, Professor of Clinical Neurology and Interim Chairman and Neurologist-in-Chief of the Department of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, announced that women may be in danger if they delay pregnancy until a later age. He said so at the monthly community health seminar, Medicine & U moderated [...] Tweet A diabetes awareness campaign in the UAE is managed by Novo Nordisk, the healthcare company and world leader in diabetes care, and was launched on Monday, November 14 to highlight the World Diabetes Day. Novo Nordisk‘s campaign has a major participation in UAE because the country has one of the world’s highest prevalence of diabetes. “Novo [...] Tweet A partnership between Omani and Qatari healthcare institutions will be addressed with a focus on diabetes prevention and treatment. Muscat Daily met with Dr Javaid Sheikh, dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, who presented a paper on ‘The role of academic health systems in improving healthcare of a country: Implications for Oman‘. He [...] Tweet The National Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics (NCDEG) published its last study showing that the number of diabetic Jordanians aged 25 years and above is increasing. The rate was 30% but within 2050; three million Jordanians are expected to be diabetic. As per NCDEG figures; about 70% of all deaths in Jordan are caused [...] Tweet Hoping to fast the coming holy month of Ramadan, Abu Dhabi diabetic patients have been advised by doctors in the capital to undergo a series of medical examinations and consult with their physicians. Dr. Suzan Gharaibeh, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Al Noor Hospital, said “People with diabetes have increased risks for additional medical issues associated [...] Tweet About 80% of UAE citizens have failed to control their blood sugar level, most of them are young people. Health Authority Abu Dhabi (Haad) published a new study revealing that UAE contains 141,000 diabetic people. But the study showed that the number of people succeeding in controlling their blood sugar level is 20% only. Women and [...] Tweet Dr. Zuhair Al-Ghareebi, director of the National Diabetes Center and head of the campaign for early detection of diabetic patients in the Kingdom announced that Saudi Arabia is occupying third place in the world in number of diabetes cases. Al-Ghareebi asked the public and private health institutions to help people aged above 30 in determining [...] Tweet According to a senior expert from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), around 15% of Qatar‘s population is affected by Diabetes, which is a major health problem that represents about 10% the country’s healthcare expenditure. During the17th International Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism (DALM) Symposium on diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in Doha, Dr. Mahmoud Zirie, Consultant-Head of [...] |
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