Health

News Desk  Islamabad: Researchers have reported a major advance in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, with two new methods, a blood test and an advanced brain scan, being described as important milestones that could detect the…

News Desk  Islamabad: Saudi Arabia’s healthcare system has delivered more than 1.27 million medical services to pilgrims since the beginning of Hajj 1447 AH, marking one of the largest healthcare operations during the annual pilgrimage.…

News Desk  Multan: In a strong defence of emergency surgical practices at Nishtar Medical University, senior doctors have rejected allegations of negligence during an operation performed on an HIV-positive patient, insisting that all…

News Desk Multan: An inquiry committee has been formed at Nishtar Hospital Multan after an emergency surgery was conducted on a patient later confirmed to be HIV positive, hospital officials said. According to sources within the…

News Desk  Islamabad: A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that the global COVID-19 pandemic led to approximately 22.1 million excess deaths between 2020 and 2023, highlighting the devastating direct and…

News Desk  Islamabad: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern after the virus claimed at least 80 lives and…

News Desk  Islamabad: As extreme heat continues to grip most parts of the country, hospitals are witnessing a rising number of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses, particularly heat stroke.  Health experts have warned the…

News Desk  Faisalabad: A serious case of medical negligence has surfaced at the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, where surgical scissors were allegedly left inside the body of a 22-year-old patient during open-heart surgery, hospital…

News Desk  Islamabad: Health experts have sought to calm fears over recent cases of Hantavirus linked to a Dutch cruise ship, stressing that the virus does not pose the same global pandemic threat as COVID-19 despite growing public…

News Desk Rahim Yar Khan: At least seven children have died in suspected measles cases in the town of Hakim Abdullah, located in Rahim Yar Khan, over the past six weeks, raising concerns about public health conditions in the area.…