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        The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has announced that all women with faulty breast implants from the now-defunct French firm, Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), are to be able to have them removed and replaced for free, Saudi Gazette has reported. The regulator said the move is the result of an agreement signed with the local medical supply firm that had imported the silicone implants and plastic surgeons who had conducted the initial operations. The agreement covers all the implants which entered the country from 2006 to 2009 through express mail companies, said the SFDA.
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    <title>Six modern special needs facilities set for Abu Dhabi</title>
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        The UAE’s Zayed Higher Organisation for Humanitarian Care and Special Needs (ZHO) has announced plans to build 6 new state-of-the-art facilities in the emirate of Abu Dhabi for people with special needs at a cost of Dhs3.782bn, Gulf News has reported. "The facilities will be built in Abu Dhabi (2), Al Ain (2), Al Qaou and Ghayathi. They will provide excellent services on a par with the best international standards and in line with the strategy of making the capital among the world's top five nations that care for people with special needs," said Mohammad Al Hameli, secretary-general and deputy chairman of ZHO.
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        The Saudi health ministry and the General Directorate of Passports (DGP) have unveiled an electronic health certificate system, Arab News has reported. “The system links electronically both of the ministry and DGP to share the electronic health certificate information for the purposes of iqama (work permit) issuance and renewal,” a ministry official said. "The system includes a special safe portal designed to be accessible by all designated 350 hospitals and health-care centres to issue iqama health certificates all over the kingdom," the official added.
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        According to a study by the UAE University, many diabetic Emiratis are not aware what triggers the rise of blood sugar in their bodies, Gulf News has reported. The study showed that 93% believe that eating white bread, not brown bread, increases sugar levels in blood. Also, 88% incorrectly believe that unsweetened fruit juice does not lead to increased levels of sugar in the blood. The study will be used to help develop culturally-appropriate diabetes education programmes that focus on diet and physical activity to control blood sugar levels, said Dr Habiba Ali, assistant professor, department of nutrition and health, faculty of food and agriculture, UAE University.
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        A preliminary survey conducted by the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies has documented at least 55 types of cancer in the Arab population across the region, Khaleej Times has reported. Rapid improvements in the field of healthcare and dramatic socioeconomic changes have resulted in modified lifestyles that are believed to have contributed to the increased incidence of cancers among Arabs, the study said. “For example, the UAE shows a continually increasing proportion of cancer burden imposing itself as the third leading cause of death after cardiovascular diseases and accidents,” said Dr Ghazi Omar Tadmouri, assistant director of the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences’ Centre for Arab Genomic Studies.
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