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Health Care

Yoga: The Holistic Key to Tackling Obesity – RAK Hospital’s Obefit Webinar Highlights Ancient Wisdom for Modern Wellness

Ras Al Khaimah, April 24, 2025 – As part of its ongoing RAK Biggest Weight Loss Challenge 2025, RAK Hospital hosted another compelling session under the Obefit Webinar Series, this time spotlighting the powerful role of Yoga in managing obesity. The session titled “Yoga for Managing Obesity” was led by Ms. Zareena Kennedy Ali, Assistant Professor at the University of Stirling, Ras Al Khaimah, and a trained Yogacharya in Ashtanga Yoga – a traditional Indian school integrating the eight limbs of yogic philosophy into daily life.

Ms Zareena Kennedy Ali, Ashtanga Yoga Specialist

Highlighting the multidimensional nature of obesity, Ms. Zareena emphasized that excess weight isn’t just the result of poor diet and lack of exercise. “Obesity is multifactorial,” she said. “Genetics, hormonal imbalances, psychological eating habits, and environmental factors all contribute. This makes Yoga’s holistic, mind-body-spirit approach particularly effective in tackling the issue.”

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Global Health Innovators recognised with Abu Dhabi Global Health Week Innovation Awards for transformative impact

  • Winners of the ADGHW Innovation Awards 2025 addressed prenatal gene editing, robotic organ transplantation, precision drug delivery, and novel pain treatments

  • Recipients include the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, BioSapien Inc., and Nobel Laureate Ardem Patapoutian

  • The diverse range of applicants underscore the pivotal role in encouraging international collaboration and demonstrates Abu Dhabi’s commitment to nurturing a thriving ecosystem to redefine global health
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Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Lohith Reddy Pioneers Revolutionary 15-Minute Parkinson’s Treatment Now Accessible to GCC Patients

Breakthrough CyberKnife procedure offers rapid relief to debilitating tremors—without surgery, hospital stay, or anaesthesia

22 April 2025; Dubai, UAE – Offering new hope for Parkinson’s patients, leading Radiation Oncologist of India, Dr. Lohith Reddy has successfully performed a 15-minute non-invasive CyberKnife radiosurgery to treat severe tremors in a 78-year-old patient. This breakthrough treatment, one of the first of its kind globally, is now available to patients across the UAE and GCC through coordinated international care.

Dr. Lohith Reddy successfully performed a 15-minute non-invasive CyberKnife radiosurgery

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M42 Announces Strategic Investment and Partnership with Leading Biotech Juvenescence

  • M42 and Juvenescence will collaborate in drug discovery to develop a pipeline of innovative medicines to advance the prevention and treatment of diseases of high unmet need within UAE and globally and age-related diseases
  • The strategic partnership aligns with M42’s newly launched AI Life Sciences Platform
  • M42’s strategic investment in Juvenescence will accelerate Juvenescence’s clinical pipeline and drug development capabilities which underscores this collaboration
  • Expansion of capabilities in AI-enabled therapeutics underlines Abu Dhabi’s vision of becoming a global hub for AI-driven longevity science and next-generation drug development
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ADIO, DoH and Hub71 join forces to position Abu Dhabi as global epicentre for life sciences investment

  • Strategic partnership set to drive accelerated growth, attract global venture capital and empower groundbreaking HealthTech through Abu Dhabi’s new Health, Endurance, Longevity, and Medicine (HELM) cluster

Abu Dhabi, UAE – 17 April 2025:  The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the health sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, today announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, to attract global venture capital (VC) investment and accelerate the growth of HealthTech and life sciences startups through the emirate’s newly launched Health, Endurance, Longevity, and Medicine (HELM) cluster. Led by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED), ADIO and DoH, the HELM cluster was established to be a global hub for biotechnology, MedTech and digital health innovation. The cluster is projected to contribute AED 94 billion to Abu Dhabi’s GDP and create 30,000 new jobs by 2045.

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