A medical facility focused on optimising brain and body performance has opened in Dubai.
Aviv Clinics was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group.
The facility is a significant example of the successful collaboration between the UAE and Israel, made possible by the Abraham Accords, signed last year.
Developed by world-renowned physician Professor Shai Efrati, with his research team from the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Shamir Medical Center in Israel and the Aviv team, the Aviv Medical Programme is a transformative treatment scientifically proven to reverse the effects of physical and cognitive decline caused by the ageing process.
Dubai: Marking a pioneering era in anti-ageing health care, the first UAE-Israel joint venture, Aviv Clinics, opened its doors at Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, on Wednesday.
The Aviv programme, based on several advanced health therapies, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, will focus on preventive and preservative health care.
The scientific leadership of Dr Shai Efrati, a pioneer of hyperbaric medicine and therapy, has guided the Aviv team. Speaking exclusively to Gulf News, Dr Efrati addressed several concerns about lifestyle-related disorders that are threatening the general health of people and compromising their immunity.
GULF NEWS: How would you define ageing?
DR SHAI EFRATI: When you are asked, ‘How old are you?’ What do you say in response? Simply put, your chronological age is the amount of time that has passed between birth and now. It is your age in terms of years, months, days. With biological ageing, many factors are considered in addition to chronological age a