Long overdue it was time again for our GNC company dinner. Time to eat good old #German food and bond with colleagues. Where else in #Dubai should we do it than in the #keller (THE #German restaurant in #JumeirahBeachHotel)? Watch (almost) the whole team having a blast. It was so great and yummy. We cannot
First of all: Thanks to everybody who filled out the short questionnaire after your appointment. We know that you are most probably bothered with a lot of surveys. Each restaurant, hotel or shopping center will ask you to fill out a questionnaire. It is time consuming and you may wonder if anybody reads it anyway.
Doctor Heike Jacobs tells us about our brains Heike Jacobs, a specialist in neurology at Dubai’s German Neuroscience Center, on brain apps and the importance of sleep. By Mike Peake, Friday Magazine, 1 May 2015 Just how powerful is the human brain? People sometimes say that it packs more punch than a supercomputer. I’m sure
Nilanjana Gupta (Senior Web Journalist/Videographer) & Kymberlee Fernandes (Web Journalist) / 30 April 2015. According to a poll by Khaleej Times, more than 70 per cent of the respondents said children hardly interact with their parents because of their cell phone addiction. Are cell phones stealing away your kids? Snapchat, Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and
Even though this new study comes from the US, we face the similar stigmatization of mental health problems here in the UAE. With our awareness and anti-stigmatization campaigns we are fighting against this. Some of our activities here & here “This new report from RAND researchers highlights both the need to confront stigma, and the
You want to know what’s new about Parkinson’s disease? We screen the media, see what’s trending and collect interesting research findings for you. Here a short summary: Certain Sleep Disorder may lead to Parkinson’s Disease If you are suffering from a certain sleep disorder you may have a 50% risk to develop Parkinson’s disease.The sleep
Most probably you are flooded by inspirational talks and inspirational pictures already. Most of them have poor quality pictures and deliver some shallow message that doesn’t really interest you. This TED Talk about “Happiness” is different. Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures
ABU DHABI, The National, Jennifer Bell, April 25, 2015 Experts are calling for better strategies to change outdated attitudes to mental health in the workplace and provide a better forum for employees to safely disclose any medical issue. Jared Alden, a Dubai-based psychotherapist, said employers often have a “shoppers mindset” when looking at their
Sleep Science, Khaleej Times Wknd., Mary Paulose (Chief Sub Editor), Friday, April 17, 2015 A recent study reinforces the belief that the female of our species needs more shuteye than the male. But in an imperfect world, is that even possible… and necessary? We find out… For starters, who doesn’t like getting a good, long
World Parkinson Day 2015: A big success – German Neuroscience Center joint forces with the Dubai Health Authority – Rashid Hospital, Parkinson Support Group Dubai, Movement Mantra and Abbvie. The preparation of this big event was of course stressful, time consuming and many times we exhausted our brains how we could make the event
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