Tag: Health

COURTESY HINDUSTAN TIMES Ladies, you may want to include yoghurt in your diet as a recent study has suggested that its daily consumption can reduce...

This is one study we will never get tired of hearing about. Now an American study has found that tea drinkers enjoying a daily...

CM’s Adviser on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that effective dengue surveillance and concrete anti-dengue steps taken in March and April would help...

COURTESY HINDUSTAN TIMES If you struggle with falling asleep at night, then you may want to blame your well-lit neighbourhood, a new study has found,...

Joyful events -- the birth of a child, a big win for your favourite team -- can trigger a dangerous condition called the "broken...

An international team of researchers has identified a gene for greying hair, confirming greying has a genetic component and is not just environmental. The study,...

Scientists on Tuesday said they had confirmed that the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a...

  Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has taunted on the health of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak while talking to media outside of Punjab...

  Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar said on Wednesday that the Sindh government was providing government jobs to educated girls in Thar and traditional midwives were being trained for safe deliveries of children. In first phase, 165 midwives have been trained for the purpose. Talking to media men visiting government hospitals and dispensaries of Diplo, Islam Kot, Mithi, and adjacent areas, he said that the Health Department was working in collaboration with Population Welfare Department, NGOs, Revenue Department, EPI, MNCH and other stakeholders to uplift the living standard of people and that 42 mobile medical units had been formed to provide health facilitates in remote areas of Thar for children under five years of age. He said that the 42 medical mobile units had been equipped with all the required the medical facilities and staff. They provide medicines and treatment to expecting females and in case of severe illness, the affected children are transported and referred to big cities through these mobile units. He said that with the coordination of Population Welfare Department, camps were being established at certain points to provide awareness to the women regarding gap in birth and how to make deliveries safe besides improving the health of the pregnant women. He expressed hope that the provision of government jobs to educated girls in Thar and the basic health training would improve the situation in the area. He said that he would not tolerate any negligence in this regard.

SC observes epidemics cause more deaths than terrorism Says won’t allow anyone to maintain monopoly over hepatitis medicine The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to...

Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday presided over a meeting which decided to set up central blood banks in nine divisions of the province. The meeting...

Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has said that we are committed to serve the suffering humanity and we all have taken...

Sitting down is no worse for you than standing up as long as you take regular exercise, a British study said Monday, casting doubt...

People who suffered a heart attack lived longer when their dose of a medication known as a beta-blocker was a quarter of the amount...

In a small, preliminary study, infants in households with furry pets were found to share some of the animals’ gut bacteria - possibly explaining...

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that funds were trust of the nation and that every penny of public money was...

Over Rs 400b allocated to development, Rs 290b to education, Rs 800b to non-development expenditure, Rs 31b to power sector, Rs 119b to the...