Prevention and Screening

Our Family Medicine department places a strong emphasis on preventive medicine. Preventive medicine is a combination of practices which can help you to avoid diseases and illness in the future.

Our proactive, preventive practices center around promoting, protecting and maintaining your health. We offer routine screening and wellness checkups to facilitate early detection of disease and we educate patients on healthier lifestyle choices and practices, that are proven to reduce the risk of many serious health conditions from developing later in life.

Lifestyle changes

Improving your diet and increasing physical activity levels are at the core of preventive health. Simple lifestyle changes that include eating a healthier, balanced diet, and getting regular exercise, are among the most effective ways to prevent disease and improve your immediate and long-term health.

Our family medicine specialists work with patients to tailor a diet plan and exercise schedule that is manageable and achievable, to benefit overall health and minimize the likelihood of many common conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and hypertension from developing.

Routine checkups

Routine wellness checkups are a vital part of preventive health. Our health maintenance visits involve our specialists reviewing the current state of your health, your lifestyle, and performing a number of tests, including blood tests, blood pressure and cholesterol tests. The checkup can tell you whether you are at an increased risk of developing certain health conditions and crucially, what you can do to reduce the risk.

Vaccines and immunization

Preventive medicine also supports your family to ensure childhood immunizations are up to date, and provides vaccinations services, such as seasonal flu shots, to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Services include

• Childhood immunization schedules in line with government guidelines
• Seasonal flu shots
• Travel vaccines.

Screening

Screening is an important aspect of preventive healthcare. We offer screening for a range of preventable conditions, as well as for conditions such as cancer and heart disease, which are often easier to manage if caught early.

Our family medicine specialists can advise on the recommended screening protocols based on your age, your current health and any factors that may be putting you at increased risk, such as family history or pre-existing conditions.

Our screening services include

• Cancer screening per specific age groups
• Diabetes screening
• General cancer prevention counselling
• Heart health screening
• Osteoporosis screening.

Protect your long-term health

Taking steps to protect the health of you and your family today, could help to prevent serious health conditions in the future. Talk to our family medicine specialists about our preventive medicine practices, including health maintenance, immunizations, and screening services.

Book an appointment today with our Family Medicine clinic in Dubai.