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UAE the Intellectual Centre

I think it is nice that UAE wants to be the Intellectual Centre in the region and the world, but to do this, I believe that they need to look at the begin instead of the end of a person’s educational education.  If the UAE wants to be the centre of intellectual they need to [...]

Babies not as innocent as they pretend

It seems that children learn at an early age to see just how far they can go with their parents and other adults, this is according to study at University of Portsmouth’s psychology department. Read more at Telegraph.co.uk.
Behavioural experts have found that infants begin to lie from as young as six months. Simple fibs help [...]

New children’s library established in UAE

MENAFN.com:
(MENAFN) A doctor at the Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Cultural and Religious Center in Al Ain said that a children’s library has recently been established in the city, Khaleej Times reported.
He went on to say that the new library is known as Ajyal Al Mostaqbal or Future Generations library and is said to [...]

Southborough autism center to help build school in UAE

The MetroWest Daily News:
Southborough -
The New England Center for Children has been recruited by the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi to establish a school for autistic children in the United Arab Emirates’ capital.
The 10-year agreement, signed last week at the Sea Palace in Abu Dhabi by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and [...]

Union Properties supports Children’s City

AME Info: 
UP has planned several activities dedicated to the community this year to highlight its 20 years of growth in the emirate of Dubai.
‘We owe our success and growth over the past 20 years to the Government of Dubai’s infinite support for the private sector, and it is our turn to give back to the [...]

Ibn Battuta mall’s second monthly Coffee Club

Al Bawaba:
Women and children gather at ibn battuta mall’s second monthly coffee club to raise funds for the beit al khair society.
Guests enjoyed a Starbucks Coffee Seminar, new Summer Ranges by Debenham’s and a fun fitness demonstration by Fitness First
Over 130 women and children gathered at Ibn Battuta Mall’s second monthly Coffee Club this [...]

Rickets in Children

With the study by UAE University, I thought we should look at what happens when children are deficient in Vitamin D. This what the Mayo Clinic has to say about Rickets (name for children’s deficiency in Vitamin D).
Introduction
Rickets is the softening and weakening of bones in children, usually because of an extreme and prolonged vitamin [...]

Middle Eastern women may have vitamin D deficiency

I found this today, and it is not something that you would just think about, but this just goes to show us that we really need to make sure we get our vitamins when we are pregnant and breastfeeding.  But what women need to remember that it is just as important for their health, that [...]

Children ‘put at risk of rickets’

BBC Health News:
Children are being put at risk of rickets because policies on vitamin D supplements are not been adhered to, experts have warned.
Doctors in Dundee write in the British Medical Journal that they recently diagnosed five infants with rickets - which can stop bones forming properly.
The government recommends that pregnant women should use vitamin [...]

Protein mutations link to autism

BBC News:
Scientists have discovered how mutations in two key proteins may lead to autism.
They have shown one protein increases the excitability of nerve cells, while the other inhibits cell activity.
The University of Texas team found that in normal circumstances the proteins balance each other out.
But the study, published in Neuron, suggests that in people with [...]