Healthcare in the Gulf

The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have young populations and are economically classified as emerging markets, but in terms of public health they already rival the problems of …

When Maria Carballo recently returned to her job with an airline in the United Arab Emirates, she felt fortunate. Her tests after completing treatment for breast cancer had shown that …

With an entrenched sedentary lifestyle, junk food as part of the daily diet, a climate that discourages outdoor walking, an aging population and a good few genetic predispositions, the outlook …