Health

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): Minister for Notational Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel along with His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Bin Juma al Maktoum, Chairman of Hayat Bio-Tech and other delegation members on Friday inaugurated the Regional Blood Centre. Addressing on the occasion, […]

ISLAMABAD, March 31 (Online): Government has allowed the sale of electronic cigarettes. Ministry of health has also allowed the sale of electronic cigarettes after regular cigarettes in the market. The term has been set to display health warning on the pack of cigarettes. Electronic cigarettes, […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 30 (APP): Pakistan Meteorological Department will continuously publish pollen concentration data throughout the pollen season on its website and print/electronic media on daily basis. The pollen monitoring unit of PMD had installed pollen monitoring devices in Sectors H-8, E-8, F-10 and G-6 of […]

ISLAMABAD, March 28 (ONLINE): A new study reports, for the first time, the effect of poor sleep on the longevity of a person’s cardiovascular health. Researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia and the University of Southern Denmark analyzed the sleeping experiences and cardiovascular […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 (APP): The change in weather is causing flu, cough and fever and other respiratory diseases among people especially children in the twin cities. Talking to a private news channel, Dr Zia Hassan said instructions were being issued to people including to protect […]

ISLAMABAD, 26 Mar (Online): Just do a simple Google search and you’ll find multiple articles highlighting the health benefits of dark chocolate. Headlines from media outlets — both obscure and mainstream — expound upon how healthy the delicious treat can be. But just how much […]

ISLAMABAD 23 Mar (Online): In last 24-hour one death reported due to Covid-19, whereas 23 patients are in critical and 168 new corona cases reported, National Health Authority (NHA) said on Thursday. According to the issued statistics, 5557people went under corona testing from which 168 […]

HANOI, March 21 (Xinhua/APP): Vietnam has raised concerns over the spread of dengue fever after the health ministry saw a jump in the number of cases, local media reported on Tuesday. The number of dengue fever cases in Vietnam in the first two months this […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 19 (APP): French Development Agency (AFD) has pledged $55 million to help support Pakistan’s Polio Programme operations, in efforts to interrupt poliovirus transmission. With this the French Development Agency (AFD) has become part of global polio eradication partners with its commitment to filling […]

FAISALABAD, Mar 18 (APP): As many as 1,484,734 children up the age of five years have been administered polio drops in Faisalabad during first five days of the anti-polio drive. Chairing a review meeting of Health Department here on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ali Annan […]