Health

KARACHI, Aug 04 (APP):The United States Government on Thursday presented a mobile biosafety laboratory to Sindh Department of Health to strengthen capacity to diagnose COVID-19. Through this facility, testing for other communicable diseases will be held, especially in Pakistan’s remote locations where there is limited […]

ISLAMABAD, AUGUST 04 (Online): Resistant starches (RS) are carbohydrates that pass undigested through the small intestine and are digested, or fermented, in the large intestine. They are present in plant-based foods including beans, oats, breakfast cereals, rice, cooked and cooled pasta, peas, and slightly unripe […]

NAIROBI,Aug 3 (Xinhua/APP):The World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed for 123.7 million U.S. dollars to respond to the urgent health needs of millions of people in the greater Horn of Africa facing an acute food crisis until December. The funds will go toward urgent measures […]

NEW DELHI,Aug 2 (Xinhua/APP):India recorded its sixth monkeypox case, which is the second case in the national capital, late on Monday, a health department official in Delhi confirmed on Tuesday. The patient is said to be a Nigerian national with no recent travel history. He […]

ISLAMABAD, August 02 (Online): Whether or not eating in a fixed time window each day has any metabolic benefits is a question researchers have been asking in recent years. Referred to as time-restricted eating, which is a form of intermittent fasting, animal and human studies […]

ISLAMABAD, AUGUST 01 (Online): Experts say there are some simple things you can do during your day to reduce your exposure to digital technology. Share on Pinterest You open an app on your smartphone to clear an alert. And look! A friend posted a picture […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 01 (Online): One death occurred while 656 people tested positive due to corona virus during the last 24 hours in the country. The latest data by the National Institute of Health (NIH) disclosed that 19611 corona tests were carried out in the last […]

ISLAMABAD, July 31 (Online): People with rare diseases frequently wait years for a proper diagnosis, have to travel long distances for specialty care and face high out-of-pocket health care expenses, a recent Oregon State University study found. This combination of challenges in accessing appropriate medical […]

RAWALPINDI, Jul 27 (APP): Medical Superintendent (MS) Rawalpindi Institute Of Urology (RIU) Dr. Tahir Rizvi Wednesday said that the provision of a dialysis facility had been kicked off at RIU to help ailing segments of the society. The MS who has the acting charge of […]

ISLAMABAD, JULY 26 (Online): 371 people tested positive and 1 fatality was reported due to corona virus in the last 24 hours in the country. The National Institute of Health latest statistics said 13,439 tests were conducted on Monday of which 371 returned positive. The […]