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AMC Faces Financial Crisis Due To Scant Funds
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Abbottabad: The decreased budget of hospitals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has forced the Ayub Medical Complex (AMC) administration to operate on insufficient funds which has made it difficult for the hospital to provide quality…
4.5 Million Maternal, Newborn Deaths Annually: UN Report
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Islamabad: Over 4.5 million women and babies die every year during pregnancy, childbirth, or the first weeks after birth, equivalent to one death happening every seven seconds, mostly from preventable or treatable causes if…
Wild Poliovirus IdentifiedIn Sewage Samples Of KP
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Islamabad: Wild poliovirus has been detected in sewage samples (environmental samples) from the Naray Khuwar site in Peshawar and in another collected from the Civil Hospital-Jani Chowk site in Hangu districts in…
Int’l Nurses Day: WHO Urges To Invest In Nursing Workforce
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Islamabad: Nurses and midwives make up more than half of the health workforce in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, which accounts for 17 percent of the global shortage of 5.9 million nurses,…
Four Deaths From Congo Virus, Alert Issued To KP Hospitals
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Peshawar: After the deaths of four people in Quetta and Karachi, the authorities have issued an alert to hospitals across the province in the wake of threats of Congo virus spread.
According to the authorities of the Health…
Avoid Cousin Marriages To Avert Thalassemia, Urged Experts
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Islamabad: It is necessary for families with a history of thalassemia to screen their children before marriage to help control the spread of the disease in Pakistan, where at present there are an estimated 5000 infants born…
Overworked Individuals May Develop High Blood Pressure: Heart
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Islamabad: A recent study conducted by American experts found that blood pressure and stress, i.e., anxiety, among employees are caused by the problems they face in the office.
According to the medical journal of the…
Sleep Paralysis: Superstitious Belief Or Reality?
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Islamabad: “Early in the morning, I was trying to get out of bed for school, but my body couldn't move; my toes were paralysed. My mind was conscious, but I was unable to move. Finally, after about 15 seconds, I was able to get…
11 Minutes of Daily Walking Lower Risk of Early Death
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Islamabad: Doing brisk walking, dancing, riding a bike, playing tennis, or hiking for 11 minutes each day (or 75 minutes per week) would significantly reduce the risk of dying from conditions including heart disease, stroke,…
Covid Vax Augments Immunity in Blood Cancer Patients: Study
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Sydney: Despite having acutely low immunity levels, blood cancer patients have significant responses against SARS-CoV-2 following vaccination, on par with those of healthy individuals.
Researchers at the University of…