The world has become a noisier place. Apart from creating long-term hearing loss, high sensitivity to noise can actually be fatal, if you consider that noise pollution has caused 12,000 premature deaths and 48,000 new cases of ischaemic heart disease in a year (according to the European Environment Agency).

One of the biggest side effects of fasting during Ramadan is putting on those extra kilos. For a season that demands a high degree of self-control, it’s therefore a bit ironic that people practicising it don’t leave it to a planned schedule, giving up finally to an indulgent lifestyle that if not checked, only ends up with excessive weight-gain and heightened risks of hypertension.

It’s that time of the year which calls for spiritual reflection, and self-control. Ramadan month is also a clarion call to exercise your self-control during fasting for your overall attention to your health and well-being.

Understanding Endometriosis, like its hard-to-pronounce name by itself is a challenge of sorts.

Your child’s smile can light up the world …or be destroyed if proper care doesn’t start at a young age.

Getting those pearly whites to look shiny and healthy through time, depends on how well-built they are on an early foundation of healthy habits.

There’s an alarm bell ringing right now, and you wake up to shut it off.

But wait a minute, there’s no alarm clock and you just woke up at 4:00 am and… why is that ringing continuing in your head?

Your heart will skip a beat as you read this: 30% of all health fatalities in the UAE are related to cardiovascular diseases, a figure highlighted by the World Health Organization. That number is frighteningly on the rise, not just among an older population, but a younger generation…from 25 years of age and upwards!

Winter in the UAE has an extreme side to it, which also means that your skin can be highly vulnerable to its effects such as acne breakouts to dry flaky skin and chapped lips. It helps to stay aware on how best you can choose the best approaches to maintaining skin treatment in winter.

One of the biggest causes of severe diabetes, especially in the UAE is excessive weight gain. That’s why the one thing you need to lose most quickly is your excess weight…to gain diabetes-free health!

Remember, losing just 5% of extra body weight can help you control your blood sugar levels much better. The more weight you gain over time makes it challenging to lose it early as your body metabolism slows down as you age, which in turn makes it difficult to control diabetes. That’s why the earlier you get into the habit of maintaining a healthy weight (and of course an early check-up to gauge your condition), the more prepared you can become to stay diabetes-free.