Category Archive For "Health"
Anxiety disorders in the UAE
Everyday life can be stressful in the UAE, and it is normal for everyone to experience anxiety under certain circumstances. We might get these feelings from the mundane routine we go through to start the day, such as getting to work on time. Other stressful triggers in life may be a test situation, a job …
Married bachelors in the UAE
A strange socio-cultural phenomenon has emerged in the UAE, where more and more migrant men are choosing to live and work alone in order to give their families a decent life back home. Navigating their way through the Arabian cosmopolitan alone, these men are known as ‘married bachelors’ in the UAE. In this article by …
10 essential health benefits global health insurance must cover
For an expatriate living in the UAE, picking the right global or international health insurance plan can be everything from confusing to overwhelming. Living abroad in a different country far away from home means you will want to make sure you invest in high-quality global health insurance that will offer comprehensive medical coverage. In today’s …
The Impact of Obesity on the Health of Children and Adults in the UAE
Building on from our previous article on childhood obesity in 2018, we return to discover that adults themselves are becoming overweight and obese due to their lifestyle. Obesity is an epidemic in the UAE, and the level is among one of the highest in the world. A very recent study led by Professor Ashraf Hassan …
What you need to know about asthma in the UAE
According to Gulf News, one in six UAE residents suffers from asthma – a condition that causes the airways to swell and narrow. Sadly, the number continues to grow every year due to factors such as sand storms and humidity. The rise of allergies in the UAE also contributes to the higher number of asthma …
How to survive Dubai’s dust storm season
The strong winds whipping up desert sand and dust particles directly into Dubai’s path severely reduce visibility, air quality, and may also have adverse effects on the health of individuals. Dust storms are natural events that occur in places with severe drought like in deserts, and across large areas of arid dryland. Sand and dust …
How your insurance company can provide support for mental wellness
Historically in the UAE, owing in part to the negativity surrounding the word ‘mental’, little to nothing was done to provide solutions and establish necessary support. Unfortunately, acknowledging and treating mental health issues in the Arab world was, and still is, seen as a sign of weakness. Prevalent in the past and also very much …
How can AI be used to set our premiums in the future?
Recently, the UAE cabinet members launched a 10-year national strategy to place the country as a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2031. The development in AI technologies is projected to affect the entire landscape of insurance as we know it. Predominantly, we will see this in healthcare, where AI investment will yield more …
A guide for the holy period of Ramadan
Ramadan is a month-long fasting practice taken on by Muslims to bring them closer to God. They believe that fasting allows them the chance to boost their own self-respect, increase their prayer time, and also to help others. That is done through increased charity work and good deeds. It is estimated that there are over …
Dubai to tighten mandatory health insurance scheme
It has been six years’ time since the UAE government decided to implement mandatory health insurance throughout the country. Currently, the number of people in Dubai covered by health insurance has increased from 1.8 million in 2013 to 4.7 million. In a recent report by UAE University, the universal health insurance for human development in …
