Health

APPLahore: Around 109 women die every 24 hours due to breast cancer in Pakistan, with 40,000 annual fatalities and 90,000 new cases, according to Pink Ribbon data.Statistics further reveal that every ninth women in Pakistan is prone…

News DeskIslamabad: A nationwide anti-polio campaign begins today (Monday), with over 40 million children receiving the polio vaccine along with a supplementary dosage of vitamin A.According to details, thousands of teams have been…

APPLahore: Diabetes patients in Lahore, Kasur and Jhang districts administered locally manufactured Avastin injections to address retinal damage but the injections led to severe infections, ultimately resulting in the loss of eyesight,…

APPChitral: Eradication of polio is the national duty of all of us so all the relevant institutions have to play their part to make this campaign successful, said Chitral Deputy Commissioner (DC) Muhammad Ali Khan.As many as 56,481…

Muhammad ShakeelPeshawar: "I was on the verge of death, unsure of my survival, when I suffered a heart attack while eating dinner in Kohat. I felt severe pain in my chest and was rushed to Liauqat Memorial Hospital, where doctors gave…

M Sohaib KhalidLahore: Over the years, Punjab, the country’s most populous province with over 127.4 million inhabitants, has encountered with enormous challenges in the healthcare sector.Despite the province’s large number of…

APPIslamabad: Health activists urged the Minister of Health to inquire about the serious matter of the regularisation of heated tobacco products (HTPs) which are now openly sold everywhere in Pakistan.The decision to regularise…

APPIslamabad: Ministry of Health Federal Secretary Iftikhar Ali Shallwani called upon the global community to expedite the development, widespread deployment and accessible availability of an effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine by the…

News DeskPeshawar: The Peshawar Institute of Cardiology (PIC) has achieved a significant milestone by implanting a new technology device in the heart of a 71-year-old woman with heart disease.This pioneering effort, the first of its…

Xinhua/APPSeoul: Cancer remained South Korea's top cause of death in 2022, causing 162.7 deaths per 100,000 people, a slight increase from the previous year’s rate of 161.1 deaths, according to the Statistics Korea statistical office.…