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Poor Sleep Leads To Heart Disease
ISLAMABAD: Expert on 'World Sleep Day' stressed that poor sleep has been linked to an increased risk of chronic diseases like stress, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Talking to a…
27th Dec, Int’l Day of Epidemic Preparedness
KARACHI (WHO): Today is 'International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.' Major infectious diseases & epidemics can have devastating impacts on people's lives. To avoid future pandemics, we need to focus on…
PM for polio eradication
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday directed that all available resources should be utilized for the anti-polio campaign on urgent basis so that the disease could be eradicated from the…
Obesity ups kidney disease risk
ISLAMABAD: Obesity is likely to cause an increased risk of kidney disease, according to a study. Chronic kidney disease affects more than 10 per cent of adults worldwide and is…
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Moving away from traditional cigarettes lessens harmful HTPs
ISLAMABAD: Thousands of people die every year owing to smoking traditional combustible tobacco with many more suffering chronic diseases. Combustible cigarettes cause hazards to human health therefore they must be…
Polio
UAE announces over US$ 23M fund for Polio campaigns in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has made available a total of US$ 23 million in funding for polio campaigns and around US$ 376,000 for the procurement of frontline…
Heated tobacco devices just as harmful as regular cigarettes
E-cigarettes as harmful for your gum as smoking
ISLAMABAD: Electronic cigarettes are as equally damaging to gums and teeth as conventional cigarettes, research has found. "We showed that when the vapors from an e-cigarette are burned, it causes…
Germany
Germany sees daily virus infections of over 30K
BERLIN: Germany on Thursday reported a daily record of new coronavirus infections of more than 30,000, as it struggles to cope with the outbreak with a fresh partial lockdown. The…
Commissioner Karachi announces measures to contain COVID-19
KARACHI: Administrator and Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shallwani on Saturday observed that holding of events are not permissible at indoor marriage halls, restaurants and auditoriums due to increasing cases of…
Cuba reopens but faces challenge wooing back tourists
HAVANA: Cuba is reopening its doors to foreign tourists after an eight-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the cash-strapped country faces an uphill struggle to woo back wary travelers.…
Polio
Govt committed to eradicate polio from Balochistan: CM
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Jam Kamal Khan Friday said the provincial government was utilizing all available resources to prevent polio virus on emergency basis. In a message issued here…
UN needs ‘immediate infusion’ of $15B for global vaccine fund
WASHINGTON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for an "immediate infusion" of $15 billion to a global pool for the procurement and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines. The ACT-Accelerator, led by…
New York City delays return to school again
NEW YORK: The Big Apple has postponed again Thursday the return of in-classroom teaching for a large number of pupils, highlighting the difficulty of getting children back to school amid…
Live longer by running only 50 minutes per week
KARACHI: According to WHO report 3.2 million people die prematurely per year due to lack of exercise. The early deaths are associated with absence of adequate physical activity. It is…
First lady Samina Alvi launches Breast Cancer Awareness campaign in Karachi
KARACHI: First lady Samina Alvi inaugurated Breast Cancer Awareness campaign here to educate the women regarding the deadly disease and the measures that should be taken to control it. The…
Lung tumors hijack bacteria for surviva
Lung tumors hijack bacteria for survival: study
WASHINGTON: American cancer biologists have discovered that lung tumors could hijack bacteria within the lung to promote their own survival. The study published in the journal Cell showed that the…
Suicide risk more than four times higher in cancer patients
Suicide risk more than four times higher in cancer patients
CALIFORNIA: People with cancer are four more times likely to commit suicide than those without cancer, a new study said. The study was conducted by researchers from the Penn State…
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Study says smartphone addiction disrupts sleep pattern of human
According to a new study, using smartphones for responding to messages, looking at social media notifications, reading news or replying to office emails in middle of the night disrupts sleep…
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Inadequate sleep alters metabolism
AIMAN INAM LONDON: In a new study, conducted here at the University of Helsinki, it was noted that insufficient sleep would not only alter your mood but also manipulate good cholesterol…
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Possible presence of Zika Virus mosquitoes in Pakistan: GOARN
ISLAMABAD: Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) Wednesday has warned about the presence of mosquitoes carrying Zika Virus in Pakistan. “It is confirmed that Zika mosquitoes are found in…
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PTI chief vows to prioritise education, health
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan has said the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government’s focus is on health and education, sources said Friday. He was addressing students at a session held at Convocation Hall,…