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Residents advised to take precautions against Dengue
Dengue fever displayed severe, flu-like symptoms which affect infants, young children, adults
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Senior citizens promised modern health benefits
Efforts made to ensure well-being and dignity of senior citizens
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Hay fever hits capital with weather change
Affects studies of schoolchildren, office work, say health experts
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Washing hands prevents diarrhoea
Adopting proper handwashing techniques stressed
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147 Chikungunya cases reported in Swabi
The district health officer says no new case has been reported for the last couple of weeks
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Mandatory thyroid tests urged for newborn babies
Speakers at a seminar say the hospital delivering the child should be made responsible for the tests
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Another mountain to climb
It is the low- and middle-income countries such as Pakistan that are bearing 80 per cent of deaths annually
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Pakistan's Sania Nishtar to lead WHO's global commission on NCDs
Non-communicable diseases account for 70% of global deaths each year
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8 superfoods for a healthy gallbladder
When eating healthy, balance is key!
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Seminar: ‘Healthy lifestyle prevents heart disease’
Hypertension and heart diseases can be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle
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World Mental Health Day observed
Experts during a session discussed various aspects of mental health and its significance at the workplace
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K-P health dept to pay vaccinators on performance
Volunteers to be provided devices which will confirm if vaccinators visited tasked areas
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'PM’s health programme to cover 100m Pakistanis'
Health minister hints at moving towards ‘cashless’ healthcare access
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Battling mental health disorders and lack of support in the workplace
Many employees struggle against a tense environment and being called 'unprofessional'
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World Mental Health Day: Unpacking mental health in the workplace
"It's the darkest part of me," says F*. "Why should I share it with anyone?"
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Daily Grind: Sana Garib
Cross fit trainer and the brains behind women’s active wear line breaks down her busy schedule!
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Father worries for future of daughter afflicted with cerebral palsy
Mushtaq Ahmad says he lost hope when doctors advised him to seek therapy for his daughter
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Anti-polio drive begins in K-P, FATA, Balochistan
Special security measures have been taken to avoid any untoward incident during campaign
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Pulverising kidney stones in Rawalpindi through non-invasive procedure
Doctors at BBH introduce new lithotripters to treat disease for free
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Toll from dengue virus outbreak rises to 50 in K-P
Provincial govt embarks on six-month plan to counter virus, control vector-borne diseases
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Pakistan to significantly reduce hepatitis by 2021
The five-year plan launched to bring down chronic cases and new infections
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ICRC suggests measures to curb violence against medics
Spokesperson says legal research likely to be conducted in Punjab hospitals soon
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Orthorexia: When 'healthy eating' ends up making you sick
Orthorexia is not an interest in healthy eating, it's when enthusiasm becomes a pathological obsession
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Bananas and avocados can prevent heart diseases
Research suggests that foods rich in potassium reduce vascular calcification
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EOC to launch polio drive in six districts of K-P
Campaign in response to the first case in the province in over a year
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After deaths warning, shops in UK drop baby sleep positioners
A US health regulator says positioners have been linked to 12 infant deaths
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Political, religious parties demand K-P govt resign over dengue outbreak
Participants of a jirga say the government failed to contain dengue epidemic
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Dengue virus claims another life in K-P as toll rises to 42
The latest victim was a 51-year-old resident of Peshawar
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Amid global reductions, HIV infections rising in Pakistan: study
Injected drugs primary cause of virus spread, followed by sexual networks
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Gynaecologists get training at RIC
The heart patients who want to have children are helped out with best possible treatment
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After dengue, K-P fears diphtheria
Health officials call for vaccination campaign to prevent spread of disease
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Pakistani student in UK of 'smart walking stick for Parkinson’s patients' fame plans more products for elderly
Neha Shahid Chaudhry developed the smart stick after seeing how Parkinsonism had afflicted her late grandfather
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How to deal with ‘a**holes’: Stanford Professor
Robert Sutton provides guidelines, and evidence-based tactics to overpower bullies
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Eating these foods can help you prevent overeating
Walnuts may activate an area in your brain which decreases hunger
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Hospital waste posing threat to community
Exposure can lead to infection, say environmentalists
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NIH officials march to raise awareness about rabies
The walk was organised to mark World Rabies Day on the theme of ‘Zero Rabies by 2030’
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Implement generic policy to help reduce medicine price: activists
Ministry brushes aside allegations as ‘pressure tactic’ to register substandard drugs
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A third of children born in Pakistan would need heart treatment
Doctors suggest increasing physical activity, giving up smoking for healthier hearts
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'Govt must tell private hospitals, labs to stop profiteering'
PHC asks why aerial fumigation of affected areas was stopped
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Newly discovered protein could help diagnose chronic brain disease: study
Currently, CTE can only be diagnosed in dead person’s brain tissue
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Eight arrested in Nowshera for illegal kidney transplants
FIA recovers four ‘donors’ who were waiting to have their organs removed
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Sex diseases in US surge to record high
Over 2 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis recorded across US
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K-P health minister vows to defend reforms’ agenda
Shahram Tarakai says PTI’s manifesto includes revolutionary changes in the health, education, police and other sectors
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Supply of medicines to Sindh's govt hospitals to be made top priority
Chief minister directs health dept to make bulk purchases, ensure supply by week end
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One in four teen girls at highest risk of depression, British study reveals
Based on emotional problems of 14-year-olds, findings indicate that 24% of girls and 9% of boys suffer from depression
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Unhealthy diets, inactivity chief reasons for heart diseases
CDA official says public awareness very important for timely diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases
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Cuba says found no proof of attack on US diplomats
US considering whether to close its embassy in Cuba following the alleged attacks, said Tillerson
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Section 144 in capital for dengue
The ban will be effective for two months
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K-P likely to expand anti-cancer project
Health minister says they are taking all possible measures to facilitate patients
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NIH to extend lab network to provincial capitals
Disease surveillance units already working in provinces, AJK, G-B and FATA