Health

News Desk Islamabad: A study conducted in America has shown that excessive consumption of sweet foods and drinking sugary drinks can cause kidney stones. Kidney stones are a painful disease that is not easy to treat because they can…

News Desk Islamabad: Scientists believe that sensitive teeth contain cells and signals that lower the temperature which increases tooth pain and shocks the brain. They say the research will help develop new treatments, including…

News Desk Islamabad: Scientists claim to have discovered a bacterium that will kill the malaria parasite at its root in an experiment to develop a powerful and effective malaria drug. The British multinational pharmaceutical company…

News Desk Islamabad: Eating 26 grams of strawberries per day, or eating 8 to 10 seeds, provides the vitamins and minerals a person needs to stay healthy which improves the health of a person’s heart and mind, according to new research.…

News Desk Islamabad: Patients who engage in mild exercise while receiving dialysis are physically fitter and are admitted to hospitals less frequently than those who do not, according to a large-scale study. According to researchers…

News Desk Peshawar: As the number of active diabetes patients in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's reached a staggering 7.5 million, the scope of the Free Insulin for Treatment of Diabetes programme should be expanded to the whole of the province,…

News Desk Hyderabad: The medical practitioners urged the government to make a thalassemia test mandatory for a couple before solemnising marriage. They were speaking at a seminar organised by Pakistan Baitul Mal and Liaquat University…

News Desk Peshawar: Three positive cases of the Congo virus are reported in Peshawar in a single day, signaling the reemergence of the disease in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. All three patients are shifted to Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC).…

News Desk Islamabad:  Experts expressed grave concern about the rising number of diabetic patients in the country and emphasised the importance of raising community awareness through the media in order to reduce sedentary lifestyles,…

News Islamabad: Health expert suggested people drink more water to stay hydrated in the intense heat. Dr Khalid Awan said that heat exhaustion is the precursor to heat stroke which can become lethal if not treated within 30 minutes.…