Health

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (APP): A global surge of cholera cases has put one billion people in 43 countries, including Pakistan, at risk, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has warned. Three countries, this week alone, have reported outbreaks, WHO cholera team […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (Online): The best treatment for a cough will depend on its underlying cause. A number of home remedies may help, such as honey and saltwater gargles. If home remedies do not help, over-the-counter and prescription medications are available. Overview Share on Some […]

LAHORE, Feb 22 (APP):The 5-Day International Gastroenterology Conference-2023 kicked off at the Lahore General Hospital (LGH) here on Wednesday and a training Endoscopy Workshop was organized for the awareness and training of the young doctors on the first day. As many as 40 operations were […]

D.I.KHAN, Feb 13 (APP): A five-day anti-polio campaign kicked off here on Monday to administer anti-polio drops to about 364,422 children up to five years of age across the district. According to an official of the health department, 2,403 teams have been engaged to administer […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (APP): Polio vaccination campaign has kicked off in 39 districts of the country to vaccinate more than six million children under the age of five after sewage samples in Lahore tested positive for wild poliovirus last month. In a statement received here […]

ISLAMABAD, FEB 09 (ONLINE): A study of over half a million people aged 18 to 49 finds a strong association between depression and cardiovascular disease and poor cardiovascular health. Study participants who reported having 1 to 13 days of poor mental health in the past […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb 6 (APP): World Pulses Day will be marked on February 10 across the globe including Pakistan to recognize the significance and nutritional benefits of pulses (also known as “legumes”) pulses are not only nutritional, but they can also contribute to the development of […]

BEIJING, Feb 6 (BEIJING/APP): A 19-year-old patient has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at a hospital in Beijing, a rare case of this disease mostly found in old people. Jia Longfei, a physician in the neurology department at the Xuanwu Hospital under the Capital Medical […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb 02 (Online): As many as 19 persons were tested positive due to COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in the country. According to latest statistics of National Institute of Health (NIH) 4698 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours all over the […]

ISLAMABAD, Feb 02 (Online): Depression is such a common mental health disorder that it affects around 5%Trusted Source of all adults around the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. There are different types of depression — such as major depressive disorder and persistent […]