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ISLAMABAD: People who walk to work are around 40 percent less likely to have diabetes as those who drive, according to a new study. Researchers at Imperial College London and University College London examined how various health indicators related to people get to work, using data from a survey of 20,000 people across the UK. They found that cycling, walking, …

GAMBAT: Director Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jilani Institute of Medical Sciences (PAQSJIMS) Gambat Dr Rahim Bux Bhatti, confirmed on Friday, that the institute has performed 100 successful liver transplants. “This is for the first time that 100 complicated procedures of liver transplant have been successfully carried out in a public-sector health facility of Pakistan,” said Bhatti. He said the Liver …

A regional blood centre that will act as a central point for blood transfusion services in Karachi has been established at the Qatar Hospital in Orangi Town. It was inaugurated on Wednesday by Sindh Minister for Health and Population Welfare Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho and German Consul General Eugen Wollfarth. Karachi’s regional blood centre (RBC) is part of 15 centres …

ISLAMABAD: People who walk to work are around 40 percent less likely to have diabetes as those who drive, according to a new study. Researchers at Imperial College London and University College London examined how various health indicators related to people get to work, using data from a survey of 20,000 people across the UK. They found that cycling, walking, …

GAMBAT: Director Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jilani Institute of Medical Sciences (PAQSJIMS) Gambat Dr Rahim Bux Bhatti, confirmed on Friday, that the institute has performed 100 successful liver transplants. “This is for the first time that 100 complicated procedures of liver transplant have been successfully carried out in a public-sector health facility of Pakistan,” said Bhatti. He said the Liver …

Roche’s influenza treatment Xofluza, a one-dose pill that can clear flu symptoms within days, may cause a mutation of the virus that leads to drug resistance, researchers reported on Monday. Results of their study suggest that common flu strains can quickly acquire resistance to the drug. They caution patients who receive it – especially children – should be watched for …

A team of marine science students from Karachi University (KU) have made a first of their kind portable bandages from fish skin to treat burns on the spot. Speaking to Samaa TV’s Naya Din on Tuesday, four of the nine-member team and their supervisor said the use of fish skin to help heal burn wounds was patented and in use …

A public awareness campaign was held at Altamash General Hospital today (Saturday) regarding hepatitis as a CSR activity. As many as 300 people from all walks of life attended the event which was held at the hospital’s Clifton block 1 branch. Located at junction of both high and low economic group of population, Altamash General Hospital, a 200 bed Hospital …

Dengue fever claimed four more lives in Karachi on Saturday, taking this year’s death toll in Sindh to 40. According to health officials, four people, including two women, died in a private hospital in Karachi. Over 178 cases of dengue virus have been reported in Karachi in the past 24 hours, the official said. Over 4,200 cases have so far …

Five new polio cases have been reported across the country, taking the tally to 100. All of them are wild polio virus cases. There are now 91 wild polio virus cases and nine vaccine-derived polio cases. Three of the new cases were recorded in Sindh and two in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The first case was a 36-month-old female from Sakran in …