Health

ISLAMABAD, May 18 (Online): The World Health Organization recommends against using sugar substitutes to help with weight loss, or to reduce the risk of diet-related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. In new guidanceTrusted Source released May 15, the global health body said a […]

ISLAMABAD, May 18 (Online): Metabolically healthy and unhealthy forms of obesity are both associated with an increased risk of various obesity-related cancers. That’s according to an articleTrusted Source published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers looked at the medical records of 797,193 […]

FAISALABAD, May 15 (APP): A week-long anti-polio drive commenced in Faisalabad district on Monday, during which over 1.536 million children up to the age of five years would be administered polio vaccine. A spokesman for the Health Department said on Monday that 4,869 teams were […]

ISLAMABAD, May 14 (APP):Quitting smoking early was associated with higher survival rates following a lung cancer diagnosis, according to a study. The study, led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, showed that compared to those who never smoked and were being […]

LAHORE, May 12 (APP): The International Nursing day was observed in the country like the rest of the world on Friday, May 12. Punjab Health Secretary Dr Ahmad Javed Qazi cut the cake during his visit to the Directorate General office here. The secretary assured […]

ISLAMABAD, May 11 (APP):The risk of long Covid is strongly associated with area-level deprivation, with the odds of having long Covid 46 per cent higher for people from the most deprived areas, compared to those in the least deprived areas, according to a study. Published […]

ISLAMABAD, May 11 (APP): Like other parts of the globe, International Nurses Day will be observed in Pakistan on May 12 in recognition of their tireless and invaluable contribution to health care and health security. According to World Health Organization’s (WHO) report, nurses and midwives […]

QUETTA, May 10 (APP): Commissioner Quetta Division Suhailur Rehman on Wednesday chaired a meeting regarding the arrangements and security plan for the anti-polio campaign here from May 11. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Quetta Shahak Baloch, Additional Deputy Commissioner Political Quetta Division Babar […]

MULTAN, May 09 (APP): Medical experts participated in a walk arranged in connection with World Asthma Day here on Tuesday. The walk started from VC office of Nishtar Medical University (NMU) and concluded at Nishtar Tower. The experts said, “People with asthma can prevent asthma […]

KARACHI, May 04 (APP): Sindh Health Department confirms first case of monkeypox in Karachi. The patient had recently arrived in Karachi from Middle East and is believed to have contracted the virus over there. He is being treated in an isolation ward while further samples […]