Health Hub Newsletter
Issue 17 - SEPTEMBER 2023
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The significance of cardiac screening on World Heart Day
In the UAE and around the world, heart disease is a significant health concern. Taking proactive steps to protect your heart health is crucial. This World Heart Day, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi's experts emphasize the importance of regular cardiac screening for a healthier heart.
Cardiac screening is a comprehensive check-up that evaluates your heart's health, helping identify potential risk factors and conditions related to cardiovascular diseases. Assessing your heart's well-being empowers you to make informed decisions about your health and lifestyle.
Remember, heart disease is largely preventable. Cardiac screening can identify risk factors, and help us understand how to manage them, to improve the health of our heart.
Cardiac or Heart Screening Test: Heart Health Check-Up & Screening
Revolutionizing blood cancer care with advanced technology
Blood cancers, which include leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma, are complex diseases marked by irregular blood cell proliferation, frequently triggered by genetic mutations. These mutations interfere with the body's capacity to control cell growth and division.
Causes and Symptoms While the exact triggers for these genetic changes remain elusive, a combination of genetic and environmental factors is believed to be involved. Common symptoms include fatigue, fever, unexplained weight loss, and swollen lymph nodes.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi's Approach Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi adopts an integrated approach to blood cancer care. This includes a meticulous diagnostic process involving thorough assessments and advanced tests, such as Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and molecular testing, enabling precise diagnosis and tailored therapies.
Technological Advancements Dr. Julietta Osorio Zuluaga, Clinical Associate Hematologist, highlights remarkable technological advancements. Precision oncology and NGS analyze cancer cell genomes, providing insights crucial for diagnosis and treatment. Immunotherapy leverages the immune system to combat cancer.
These innovations redefine medical science paradigms, promising personalized care, improved outcomes, and renewed hope for those facing blood cancers. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi remains at the forefront, pioneering these transformative leaps in the battle against blood cancers.
Eyes of the future: Pediatric Ophthalmology
Pediatric eye disorders differ from eye diseases in adults, and therefore require a specialized approach to treatment. At Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Eye Institute, experienced pediatric ophthalmologists, orthoptists (caregivers specialized in children and eye movement disorders), nurses and technicians work together to provide the highest possible standard of patients first care for children affected by eye disease.
In support of World Sight Day, the Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi encourages everyone to learn more about eye screenings and the vital role they play in eye health. This message resonates across all age groups, from the youngest to the elderly, underlining that regular eye examinations are a fundamental step in safeguarding our precious eyesight.
Click here to learn more about Pediatric Ophthalmology
Upcoming event - The Galleria Al Maryah Island activation for Breast Cancer
Breast cancer in females have shown the fastest increase in incidence over the past decade across UAE according to the UAE National Cancer Registry. One of the keys to successfully treating breast cancer is catching it early. Regular screenings and self-examinations are valuable tools for early detection, which significantly increases the chances for successful treatment and survival.
The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness month across the globe, also known as Pink October and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will be raising awareness and engaging visitors at The Galleria Al Maryah Island for a week. Come and catch us at The Galleria Al Maryah Island from 18th – 27th October 2023.
Learn more about the Breast health & Cancer program
Executive Health Program
Enhance your health this fall with our Executive Health Program at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, where the healthcare experience for patients will be entirely transformed as explained by Dr. Alison Herbert, the program's Lead Physician.
More of an experience than an appointment, you will receive tailored care from the moment you arrive, as a comprehensive assessment of your health is conducted. The specialists use cutting-edge technology, evaluation methods, and procedures to provide a comprehensive assessment from head to toe.
Elevate your well-being and receive personalized recommendations to boost your summer wellness. #ClevelandClinicAbuDhabi #ExecutiveHealth
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