Health

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (Online): Heart failure (HF) is a medical condition in which the heart muscle does not pump enough blood. One of the major causes of reduction in heart’s ability to pump blood is coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart attack. However, faulty heart […]

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (Online): US and Mexican authorities are urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health emergency over a fungal outbreak linked to cosmetic operations in Mexico. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said two people who got surgeries […]

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): COMSTECH, in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Layton Rehmatullah Benevolent Trust, successfully completed 400 cataract surgeries in the least developed country of OIC in Africa, the Republic of Chad. This initiative aimed at addressing the urgent eye care […]

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (APP): With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop subsidizing tobacco crops and help farmers grow food, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said Friday. Ahead of World No Tobacco […]

ISLAMABAD, May 26th (Online): 12 corona patients have been reported in last 24 hours across country. According to National Institute of Health (NIH), 1949 corona tests have been conducted in last 24 hours across country. The positivity ratio of corona cases remained 0.62 percent. 6 […]

ISLAMABAD, May 20 (Online): Around 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. who get COVID-19 eventually develop long COVID, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Trusted Source. But long COVID affects 50% to 70% of people who’ve been hospitalized with COVID-19, […]

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 […]