Health

KARACHI: A frantic mother cradling her seven-month-old baby rushes to­­wards the special paediatric ward in a desolate town, the boy’s eyes are blank and he is smaller than most newborns. He is starving in a country that has no shortage of food, but which has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world and where malnutrition is rife. …

ISLAMABAD: Over 20 million children will be covered during a door-to-door vaccination campaign against polio, which is being launched in 97 high-risk districts across the country on Monday (today). The sub-national polio vaccination campaign will run for five days in Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar blocks followed by a two-day catch-up drive in these areas, while a three-plus-two-day campaign has been …

TEHRAN: Avoid taking hot tea to protect against oesophageal cancer  as research has found that regularly swallowing hot drinks nearly doubles the risk of developing diseases of the gullet and researchers have advised people to allow beverages to cool.  According to a new study, regularly drinking very hot tea could increase the risk of esophageal cancer.  In 2016, the World …

Washington: People who use e-cigarettes are more likely to have heart problems than those who don´t, says a study released on Thursday in the US. The rate of heart attacks among those who vape was 34 percent higher than among those who don´t, once corrections were made for risk factors such as age, gender, body mass index, cholesterol level, blood …

KARACHI: Pakistan is facing an acute shortage of qualified rheumatologists to treat diseases of joints, muscles, bones, ligaments and tendons, experts revealed at Karachi Press Club on Tuesday During the presser, the expert panelists revealed that in a country where 15 to 20 percent of the population is suffering from rheumatic diseases, there are only 60 rheumatologists who are practicing …

By Our correspondent LONDON: Well Pharmacy, the third largest pharmacy chain in the UK, has pledged its support for the NHS Long Term Plan through digitalisation. The plan published by the NHS aims to make greater use of community pharmacists’ skills and opportunities to engage patients in vital healthcare services. The plan has a heavy focus on a ‘digital first’ …

KARACHI: The experts said that unfortunately, most of the kidney is already damaged by the time the symptoms of kidney diseases appear while Pakistan is the eighth largest country with high prevalence of kidney diseases causing 20 thousand deaths annually. They were speaking at a day-long public awareness program, organized on the occasion of World Kidney Day by the Sindh …

NEW YORK: In a shocking development, it has been revealed that epic use of wireless Bluetooth headphones such as Airpods pose a serious threat to the human health. A group of 250 experts have signed a petition to the United Nations and World Health Organisation (WHO) expressing ‘serious concern’ about the risks of Airpods and other similar  wireless devices. The scientists, …

RAWALPINDI: A special five-day anti-polio drive kicked off here on Feb 19 after polio virus detected in sewage of Rawalpindi, was suspended for one day on Thursday due to heavy rain. The campaign  reinstated on Friday while 238,679 children were administered anti-polio drops in two days. The children up to 10 years of age are being administrated polio drops in …

KARACHI: Junior doctors in Sindh led by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) reverted back to protesting on Wednesday. Out Patient Departments (OPD) in various government hospitals remained closed in Sindh. The young doctors demand that their pay packages be similar to the salaries of doctors in Punjab. The YDA is also demanding an end to corrupt practices in provincial hospitals …