Health

QUETTA: The Balochistan’s Caretaker Adviser on Mines And Mineral Resources Umair Muhammad Hassani has apologised to doctors and staffers for manhandling and scuffle at the Trauma Centre Quetta. Umair Muhammad Hassani said in a statement that the incident took place at the Trauma Centre due to a misunderstanding. He formally apologised to the doctors and the paramedical staff of the …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Friday stressed that millions of Pakistani children continued to need humanitarian assistance even a year after historic floods devastated the country. “One year after historic floods devastated Pakistan and a national state of emergency was declared, millions of children continue to need humanitarian assistance and access to essential services,” the press release said It stated that …

Mutations in the KRAS gene are the major driver of pancreatic cancer. The resulting protein controls multiple signaling pathways involved in cell growth and survival. In cancer, the gene is mutated to be permanently “on,” driving cells to excessively multiply and form tumors. New drugs have recently been developed to inhibit KRAS and appear to be therapeutically promising. However, pancreatic …

Pushing into a new chapter of technologically advanced biological sensors, scientists from the University of California San Diego and their colleagues in Australia have engineered bacteria that can detect the presence of tumor DNA in a live organism. Their innovation, which detected cancer in the colons of mice, could pave the way to new biosensors capable of identifying various infections, …

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Wednesday fixed the prices for 25 newly introduced medicines across the country. DRAP taken a significant step in healthcare affordability by issuing a notification that sets fixed prices for 25 medicines including injections, pills, inhalers, and syrups. The notification details the pricing regulations for an array of drugs, covering new salts, …

One of the annoyingly painful things human beings suffer is insomnia. There is nothing worse than lying awake in bed at night knowing one needs to fall asleep but understanding that for some reason or another one just would not be able to pass from wake to sleep. Insomnia is a menace and is defined as a common sleep disorder …

A Japanese health ministry panel on Monday recommended approval of the Alzheimer’s disease treatment Leqembi, following standard approval for the drug granted by U.S. regulators last month. The expert panel’s decision sets the stage for official approval of the drug, co-developed by Japan’s Eisai and U.S.-based Biogen. An Eisai executive said this month the company expects to begin marketing Leqembi …

RAWALPINDI: Though the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Sunday confirmed a monkeypox patient in the garrison city, doctors at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) decided to reconfirm it as the patient had a history of darier skin disease, which shows similar symptoms. A 28-year-old male patient arrived from Gujar Khan on Friday with skin rashes and other symptoms related …

The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. Six cases in four countries have been detected since late July. Scientists are keeping an eye on the new lineage, named BA.2.86, because it has 36 mutations that distinguish it from the currently-dominant XBB.1.5 …

Doctors at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Kohlu have been subjected to torture by the attendants of a patient for allegedly not administering the anti-venom vaccine. The relatives of a patient bitten by a snake attacked the doctors at the DHQ Hospital Kohlu for allegedly not administering the anti-venom vaccine. The attendants used batons to beat the doctors and hurled …