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The milk aisle in your local supermarket probably doesn’t look like it did 10 years ago.
While cow’s milk is still a popular choice for many, the number of alternatives available to UAE residents can easily boggle the mind. Simply scan the shelves at your grocery store and you’ll find everything from oat to pea milk. While it’s always good to have choices, this can also get a little confusing if you’re trying to decide on what s best for you and your family.
With World Milk Day falling on June 1,
The National spoke to the experts for a lowdown on the benefits, disadvantages and nutritional content of each variety.
“Fertility issues can have a profound biopsychosocial impact on a woman’s life,” says Dr Tara Wyne, a clinical psychologist at The Lighthouse Arabia in Dubai. “Women often hold assumptions that if and when they want to conceive and start a family they will be able to do so at will. However, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, infertility affects almost 11 per cent of women and 9 per cent of men.”
While headlines are often made by older celebrity mothers giving birth, such as Halle Berry welcoming her second child at the age of 47 and Rachel Weisz at 48, Dr Dimitrios Kafetzis, Medical Director at Orchid Fertility in Dubai says medical advice on fertility and age has changed.
Apr 7, 2021
IDF is 1st army in the world to vaccinate 80% of its personnel; Doctors from Israel’s Sheba Medical Centre in the UAE to treat diabetes patients; Tel Aviv University researchers participate in international research to prevent snakebites; and much more!
By Michael Ordman
IDF has herd immunity
Israel Defense Forces was the first army in the world to vaccinate over 80% of its personnel. The whole operation was conducted with military precision in just 10 weeks without wasting a single vial. Currently, no IDF member has died from Covid-19 and only one had a serious infection.
Treating diabetics & women in Dubai
Medcare Women & Children Hospital, Sheba Medical to bring top expertise to UAE reporters@khaleejtimes.com Filed on March 15, 2021
The ground-breaking partnership will see an exchange of knowledge between both hospitals and will focus on specialised care for women’s health.
Medcare Women & Children Hospital, a part of the Aster DM Healthcare Group, has signed an agreement with the world-renowned Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv, Israel. This partnership will facilitate knowledge exchange between both institutions across various specialities, collaboration among doctors to bring the best to UAE and further enhance the quality of care for patients, encourage advanced medical training, upscaling of skills and capabilities at the hospital.
Dubai: UAE-based Medcare Women & Children Hospital, a part of the Aster DM Healthcare Group, has recently signed an agreement with Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel to “facilitate knowledge exchange across various specialities.”
The agreement will also enable collaboration among doctors at both medical institutions “to bring the best to UAE and further enhance the quality of care for patients, encourage advanced medical training, upscaling of skills and capabilities at the hospital,” Aster DM Healthcare Group said in statement on Monday.
The partnership materialised following the signing of the Abraham Accords or the Treaty of Peace, Diplomatic Relations and Full Normalisation Between the UAE and the State of Israel that was signed at The White House in September last year.