Awareness of men’s health conditions and the need for regular check-ups has improved in the region, but there’s still a long way to go. Even now, many men sweep health concerns under the carpet. However, simple measures and simple tests can have a huge impact and save lives, say specialists at Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital in Dubai (CMC Hospital Dubai).
“I think men, especially in the Middle East and Arab world, tend to deny their symptoms; they are reluctant to seek medical health or do basic routine health check-ups,” says Dr Rabii Madi, Urologic Oncologist at CMC Hospital Dubai. “Within my specialty, I always encourage men to speak up if they notice something wrong, let s say, in urination, or in their sexual life, because even a minor symptom could be a sign of a serious underlying pathology. Don t try to suppress or ignore your symptoms.”
Even better: don’t wait until you feel symptoms to take care of your health. One of the most pressing concerns for men, of
Not every patient with a blocked artery requires a stent – that is the message Dr Yasir Parviz, Interventional Cardiologist at Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital in Dubai (CMC Hospital Dubai), is passionate about spreading in the region. With the latest in imaging and physiological assessments at CMC Hospital Dubai, patients can go on to lead normal lives with no treatment at all, or just minimal interventions.
“The perception that if there is a blockage, it needs to be stented is wrong. It’s called the oculostenotic reflex – your eyes see a blockage and you think you need to put a stent,” says Dr Parviz, who has dual board certifications from the UK and Canada, as well as a fellowship in imaging and physiology from Columbia University, New York. “But multiple large-scale randomised trials done all over the world over the period of 15 years have shown that in many cases no stent is needed, and one can safely defer treatment.”
The problem is that most of the time, doctor
One in eight women in the UAE will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and the women affected are now increasingly in their 40s and even late 30s, says Dr Tatiana Khoury, who leads the Breast Care Unit at the Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital in Dubai (CMC Hospital Dubai).
“These are women in the prime of their lives, peak of their careers, who have children dependent on them,” says Dr Khoury, a specialised breast radiologist. “This is an enemy that we cannot run from, and the best solution we have is catching the cancer early – if you catch it stage one or two, the survival rate is close to 100 per cent.”
Catching it early and saving these lives, however, requires a holistic, multidisciplinary approach that takes into consideration every aspect of these women’s well-being. “Every patient is unique – the composition of each woman’s breast is unique like a fingerprint, and so are her family history and her risk factors,” she says. “The care must be tailored to
One in eight women in the UAE will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, and the women affected are now increasingly in their 40s and even late 30s, says Dr Tatiana Khoury, who leads the Breast Care Unit at the Clemenceau Medical Center Hospital in Dubai (CMC Hospital Dubai).
“These are women in the prime of their lives, peak of their careers, who have children dependent on them,” says Dr Khoury, a specialised breast radiologist. “This is an enemy that we cannot run from, and the best solution we have is catching the cancer early – if you catch it stage one or two, the survival rate is close to 100 per cent.”
Catching it early and saving these lives, however, requires a holistic, multidisciplinary approach that takes into consideration every aspect of these women’s well-being. “Every patient is unique – the composition of each woman’s breast is unique like a fingerprint, and so are her family history and her risk factors,” she says. “The care must be tailored to
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