Yas Clinic Khalifa City and the Emirates Thalassemia Society (ETS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen support for people living with thalassemia in the UAE. The partnership brings together healthcare provision and patient advocacy to advance cooperation in healthcare access, patient support and community awareness, with a shared focus on addressing the […]
Burjeel Holdings, a leading super-specialty healthcare services provider in the GCC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with etisalat to enhance access to high-quality medical services and specialized healthcare for etisalat’s employees and their families across the UAE. The MoU was signed at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026 by Mr. Omran Al […]
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi has performed a highly complex, fully robotic preventive colorectal surgery on a 37-year-old woman with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), a rare inherited condition that carries a near-100% lifetime risk of developing colon cancer if left untreated. The patient had a strong family history of colon cancer, having lost her father to […]
Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and ŌURA, a leading health intelligence platform and maker of the world’s smallest smart ring, today announced Project CRADLE (Capturing Risk And Detecting Labor signals in Elevated-risk pregnancies), a 24-month pilot study to research how biometric data from wearable technology can reveal early warning signs of spontaneous premature birth. […]
Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi – has released Embedding Wearables into the Future of Health and Wellbeing, a new whitepaper examining how wearable technologies could support more preventive, personalised and continuous models of care. Developed in collaboration with Knowledge Contributor Deloitte, the whitepaper sets out a five-pillar framework for the next […]
Yas Clinic, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center (ADSCC), has achieved promising results in the treatment of thalassemia through advanced gene therapy, enabling Fahad, a 43-year-old patient, to become independent from regular blood transfusions after years of relying on them to manage his condition. For many years, Fahad lived with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, requiring […]
Burjeel Cancer Institute has introduced therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals treatment for patients with certain types of tumours, reinforcing precision medicine and advanced molecular oncology services in the UAE as part of the institute’s ongoing efforts to provide the latest evidence-based cancer therapies in line with international standards, supporting Abu Dhabi’s position as a leading destination for advanced […]
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Biobank, has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative in the UAE to collect and preserve blood and tumour tissue samples from cancer patients to advance research and develop more personalised treatments. The initiative invites patients at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Fatima bint Mubarak Centre to voluntarily donate samples […]
The Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ultrahuman Healthcare SP LLC, a global health technology company, to develop and validate a Biological Health Age model that will combine clinical biomarker data with wearable health data to generate more personalized insights into health and ageing. The initiative […]
The National Insurance Company – Daman, a subsidiary of PureHealth, the largest healthcare group in the Middle East, has opened a new customer service branch at Capital Mall in Mohammed Bin Zayed City, further strengthening access to its services across Abu Dhabi. The branch was officially inaugurated by Khaled Ateeq Aldhaheri, Chief Executive Officer of […]
