Health

Progress in polio eradication has been a result of intensive and quality vaccination campaigns driven by government

'We can identify patients to treat even if they have no clinical signs of disease'

'Administration will not let anyone to play with the lives of the inmates for operating fake maternity centres'

Tired feeling accompanied with blurry vision and headaches is medically known as computer vision syndrome

Nurses who worked six hours were found to be more active, less stressed, and had less back and neck pain

The drugs restored memory in mice with FTD and prevented signs of brain cell damage in most mice with prion disease.

However, it does not seem to protect heart attack survivors from dying or experiencing heart failure later on

Governments should encourage active commuting, experts say

WHO cautioned that progress would stagnate without efforts to address broader poverty-related issues

Currently, Japanese firms can make full-time employees work far beyond the usual 40 hours a week during busy periods

Chahat currently weighs same as an average four-year-old should

More research is needed to see if the wearable sweat sensor would work consistently from one day to the next

Doctors performed 4,818 transplants last year

Higher exposure to black carbon is significantly associated with a lower "good" cholesterol level

Avoid four common blunders to take full advantage of the health opportunity home cooking offers

Nutritionist and weight loss consultant at South Beach Clinics takes us through her day

Our list of what's new and trending

Government-funded medical institutions have not yet received funds from the Centre

23-year-old Aslam, resident of Tando Allahyar, used to swim in a pond

Urged large investments to help provide universal access to safe drinking water

Skin sensors used to monitor vital signs in babies born prematurely generate 90 per cent false alarms

Health department plans to revamp all state-run facilities

The news came after an image of the frail looking star went viral on social media

Ketamine doses used in the Oxford depression treatment trials are given in controlled conditions

It is estimated that half of daily smokers will die prematurely due to their tobacco habit unless they quit

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People with less than Rs200/day income to be treated free of cost

The study showed that 80 per cent of marathon competitors suffered kidney injury

People who reported improved quality of sleep had high scores on screening tests for physical and emotional health

Jade Erik died of a heart attack triggered by a turmeric solution injected into the vein

Foods such as fruit contain more energy than basic sources like leaves

Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture holes a one-day Plant Centric Meal Competition

1.8 million died from the bacterial infection in 2015

The annual death toll from Hepatitis C-related liver diseases is around 700,000 according to the WHO website

The leaf vascular structure was seeded with heart muscle cells

Health care loss was a devastating setback for the U.S President that could cast a long shadow over his presidency

Doctors suggest allergy, asthma patients avoid going out during the day, use masks

Dealers of spurious and substandard medicines are enemies of humanity

Musician discusses natural approach to beauty, how she has maintained her youthful appearance

Deaths among people with autism are up 700 per cent since 1999

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If this doesn't motivate you, nothing will

The trial will enroll at least 24 more patients to find success-ratio of the technique

Number 3 is essential!

Govt focuses on roads and bridges, critics point to health care, education

Repatha cut the combined risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart-related death by 20 per cent

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Around 30 licences suspended last year for violating good manufacturing practices

Keeping quality control was the top priority

French researchers provided fresh evidence to support claims that a drug touted as a miracle cure for alcoholism