Health

News Desk Islamabad:  Wild poliovirus has been detected in a sewage sample from the Hangu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health informed us that wild poliovirus type…

News Desk Islamabad/Lahore: Schizophrenia affects approximately 24 million people or one in every 300 people (0.32 per cent) worldwide and this rate is 1 in 222 people (0.45 per cent) among adults, according to the World Health…

News Desk Islamabad: More than 800 million people will suffer from lower back pain by 2050, projecting a 36 per cent increase from 2020, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Rheumatology. The study – an analysis of the…

Shakila Jalil Rawalpindi: Caretaker Provincial Health Minister Punjab Dr Jamal Nasir said on Tuesday that the best kind of medical facilities would be provided to the journalist community while inaugurating the medical dispensary at…

APP Quetta: Scorpion-bitten Khadija Baloch, a resident of the Barkhan district of Balochistan, died on Monday. According to health experts, the teenage victim of a scorpion could survive the sting if she was provided with immediate…

\News Desk Geneva: In a new alert, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that more countries now face cholera outbreaks, increasing numbers of cases are being reported, and the outcome for patients is…

News Desk Islamabad: All points of sale are selling innovative tobacco products around points of interest for youth. These products, mainly nicotine pouches, are displayed at visible eye level for children and placed beside candies,…

News Desk Islamabad: Health officials on Friday said that 13 new Coronavirus cases are reported nationwide during the last 24 hours. The case positivity ratio is 0.48 percent and seven patients are in critical condition, confirmed Health…

News Desk Abbottabad: More than one billion people around the world live with hypertension (high blood pressure), which is a major cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death worldwide, said Ayub Medical College Dean Dr Umer…

News Desk United Nations: “Replacing free sugars with non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) does not help with weight control in the long term. People need to consider other ways to reduce free sugar intakes, such as consuming food with naturally…