Health

Health experts say one in four Pakistani women get no prenatal care

The provincial health minister sought to defend the performance of his ministry over the past five years

Health remains third largest sector in terms of resource allocation

K-P govt, MSF collaborate for the treatment centre

Only Rs2.26b of Rs15.5b allocation spent this fiscal year

New addition includes access to facilities and assisstive products to all beneficiaries

Hospital will screen, treat thousands of patients in Benazirabad, Larkana

It costs Rs6,000 per patient for a session and all chronic patients need dialysis between two- to three-times a week

Lead author says this could be a game-changer in management of acute malnutrition

expert says test is inexpensive, but people avoid it due to social taboos

Policymakers must therefore get people in vulnerable areas to face up to deadly and stronger heat spells

'The modern version of lassi includes many fruits like mango lassi, strawberry lassi, but they are like smoothies'

Ismail announces ambitious measures in budget ahead of elections

Funding cut after government stops funding to vertical programmes following devolution of subject to provinces

Applauds CM Bizenjo for undertaking surprise visits of hospitals, under-construction roads

Mayor Aziz ends ambiguity of polio workers’ beats in twin cities

Health minister says importance needs to be given to the health of mothers and children

Study finds practice enhances the effect of anti-hypertensive medicines significantly

Association of health care workers vow not to budge on their demands

The happiness course has now become Yale's most popular course in the university's 316-year history

Khawaja Imran Nazir of the opinion that stunting growth of Pakistani children linked to consumption of formula milk

Schools should prepare young adults for future parenthood, 40 per cent of pregnancies worldwide unplanned, says study

The 23-year-old says he was hot-blooded heterosexual, enjoyed dating women before he started taking medicine

Official statement from her husband's office says she 'has decided not to seek additional medical treatment'

School children and other high-risk groups should be prioritised for inoculation

Karachi, the country’s largest city, has been at the thick end of the environmental stick

Reports that the actor has only one month to live have been rife over social media

Deep-fried and loaded with carbohydrates, this may be the best food option when cruising past a drive-thru

Hamdard Foundation Pakistan celebrates World Health Day at international conference

Believes step will give boost to government revenues

Experts count antibiotic resistance as among the biggest threats to global health

Conference with the theme ‘Go Green Get Healthy’ presided over by the Vice Chancellor Shahid Siddiqui

One month deadline also given by the apex court for procedure for doctors' promotions

Nobody was looking for the interstitium, as the new quasi-organ is called, because no one knew it was there

K-P health ministry suggests typing prescriber’s name, patient’s details to protect against wrong medication

New inhibitor is more selective than other compounds designed to target the same inflammatory pathway

Findings of new study conclude that antibiotic resistance, driven by consumption, is a growing global health threat

New curriculum includes guidelines to deal with diarrhoea, pneumonia

More than 420,000 people living in suburban areas depend for health care on these health units

Despite ‘emergency’ in both sectors, govt has failed to use budgetary allocations to complete development schemes

Nasir says clear perception of responsibilities imperative to change priorities

Oral cancer is rampant in Pakistan because of the use of pan, gutka, mainpuri, naswar, sheesha and smoking

A study on Friday found leading brands of bottled water contaminated with tiny plastic particles

The senior actor has been shooting at odd hours and staying up late for shoots

PIMS kidney expert advises adopting a healthy lifestyle, controlling blood sugar and pressure levels

Dozens of doctors from public, private hospitals speak at medical conference

Boycott of OPDs called off after successful negotiations, OPDs to resume on Monday

Your local grocery store can be a pretty effective place to find health fixes

Committee formed under supervision of Fatimah Jinnah Hospital’s Dr Sheeren to diagnose disease

Poachers can sell northern white rhino horns for $50,000 per kilo, making them more valuable than gold or cocaine