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Reports from the International Diabetes Federation indicate that diabetes prevalence is increasing significantly worldwide, led by countries with emerging or newly emerged economies.

Dubai’s 2015 healthcare strategy remains focused on prevention, access, and quality as the medical tourism industry grows.

UAE signs US$ 1 million cooperation agreement with the World Health Organization to secure artificial limbs for Syrians in need.

GCC region shows dynamic positive change in ICT connectivity in comparison to 2013; poised for innovative development.

Dubai is transforming itself into a smart city that could be a model for emerging economies.

Private investments continue to pour into the UAE’s healthcare sector amid high growth, affluence, and a rising incidence of lifestyle diseases.

With multiple projects in mHealth, telehealth, genomics, robotics, digital hospitals – and now, a cancer R&D; and manufacturing facility – the UAE continues to solidify its claim as the hub of healthcare and digital health growth in the Middle East.

High quality of medical care, experienced physicians, specialized treatments and proximity are the main reasons why medical tourists are flocking to Dubai.

Researchers have devised a nanoparticle delivery system that could target bone cancer cells with more precision than existing therapies in order to delay cancer progression and metastasis.

Kuwait is partnering with the U.S. Army of Engineers in building a $1.7 billion military hospital, one of nine new hospitals to be built in the next few years to meet rising demand for health services.

Qatar plans to build 48 new health care facilities by 2020, with 22 of those projects expected to be done by 2016, during the first phase of its 20-year Qatar Health Facilities Master Plan (QHFMP).

Increasing affluence, a booming and graying population, and the rise in lifestyle diseases will help drive the total healthcare market value of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - to reach USD$56 billion by the end of the decade, according to a research firm.

A new study reveals that one in three people worldwide is now either obese or overweight, with the greatest weight gainers found in the Middle East, and no country has reduced obesity rates in more than three decades.