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Pregnancies lead to a better heart condition

Pregnancies lead to a better heart condition In a new study from a single California community, women who had been pregnant at least four times were less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those who’d never been expecting. Researchers said that could be due to the protective effects of pregnancy-related hormones as well as […]

Children with AIDS in Asia are resistant to HIV drugs

Children with AIDS in Asia are resistant to HIV drugs   Teenagers in Asia receiving treatment for HIV are showing early signs of osteoporosis and children as young as five are becoming resistant to AIDS drugs, an anti-AIDS group said on Thursday, urging more attention be given to young HIV patients. The finding, made available […]

Ironic trend in Chitral

Science has transformed human life in a well appointed and comfortable with less manual labour. Those devices of labour were being used, now had supplanted with machines. Machines like computer or robots etc now do everything. Japan is leading the world in robot technology. This has brought the world into a push or a click […]

Approximately 100,000 Aids patients living in Pakistan

A recent survey of National Aids Control Program has forecasted shocking numbers of approximately 100,000 aids patients living in Pakistan. Acquired Immune Deficiency System commonly used as Aides not only a deadly disease but it is somewhat considered taboo in many under develop countries including Pakistan where some group and self-styled group activists say that […]

Karachi has over 40,000 HIV and AIDS patients

Karachi has over 40,000 HIV and AIDS patients Karachi has 40,000 people living with HIV and AIDS, while in Larkana 28.5% of transgeners have been found HIV positive. According to UNAIDS estimates, the number of People Living with HIV & AIDS (PLHA) in Pakistan is 97,400, i.e., approximately one hundred thousand, out of which about […]

Doctors are more cautious under the eye of a camera

Doctors are more cautious under the eye of a camera A new study found that more doctors and nurses washed their hands when video cameras were installed in every room in their unit and the staff was continuously informed about rates of hand-washing compliance. While the hand-washing turnaround was "pretty amazing," one of the study’s […]

WHO warns about Child mortality rates

WHO warns about Child mortality rates The World Health Organisation warned on Saturday that only a stronger political commitment to child health could prevent a dangerous rise in mortality rates at a time of global economic turmoil. WHO Director General Margaret Chan told the opening of a maternal and child health event in the Uzbek […]

Passive smoking leads to heart failure

Passive smoking leads to heart failure If you have chronic heart failure, being around a smoker may be bad for your physical and mental well-being, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of 205 non-smokers with heart failure, those who regularly breathed in secondhand smoke reported more problems in their day-to-day functioning — physical and […]

The epidemic of unhealthy habits

We often hear people whining about their weight or that how lazy they have become or that their joints are hurting, an endless list of complaining and whining not only from the old age group which I would say does make sense but nowadays it is the younger generation that just cannot stop complaining about […]

Fish related diet leads to better heart health

Fish related diet leads to better heart health Once again, eating a diet based on fish, legumes, vegetables and moderate amounts of alcohol is linked to lower chances of dying from a heart attack, stroke or other vascular "events," according to a new study of New York City residents. The mostly Hispanic and black study […]

Hepatitis- C; A deadly disease which is killing 6 per cent of our total population

A new local study has revealed the shocking findings of Hepatitis- C in the country which is killing about 6 percent of the total population and affecting 10 million Pakistanis every year. To spread awareness among general public, a lecture was organised by the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) and Department of […]

Australia is being sued by Tobbacco giant Philip Morris over packaging law

Philip Morris, one of the world’s largest tobacco companies, has announced that it is suing the Australian government over a new law requiring all cigarettes to be sold in plain packages. "We are left with no option," Anne Edwards, a Philip Morris Asia spokesperson, said in a statement on Monday. "The government has passed this legislation […]

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