Health

Among rich nations, the worst offender in this category was the United States

An official at the hospital said the skin, mouth and lips of the baby were abnormal owing to the disease.

Children below age of 15 will be vaccinated during three-day campaign.

Report also traced the destruction of plants by analysing satellite imagery

On average, volunteers shed more than 15 kilos, which amounted to 31 per cent of excess weight

'It is a myth that TB is an illness of the past. The fatal disease is still a threat to people of the world'

A fortnight of doing nothing can cause muscles to waste away and plunge fitness level

Minister says health CEOs of all districts will monitor the situation and provide vaccines.

New study finds aerated drinks cause one to feel empty, increasing weight

10% of airtime will be allocated to priority health and social welfare programmes

Govt statistics did not include figures for those patients who visit private hospitals and clinics.

More than 45,000 teams are taking part in the campaign.

Global Tibetan diaspora has helped spread awareness about its unique alternative medicine

Several individual health service trusts report problems with their computer systems

Best part: It's a Pakistani kitchen staple

hauhan directed officers to perform their duties efficiently and improve the quality of monitoring reports.

World Health Organisation recommends that ART be started in all people as soon as possible after diagnosis

Number 7 is very common

MCCI member says jobs will be provided to the differently abled persons in local industry

Directs public health experts to carry out analysis of cases

Cultural barriers a hurdle for K-P government in having law passed to make blood screening before marriage mandatory

The bigger issue isn’t Chikungunya. It is vision and a will to rise to the challenge.

PFA to launch training academy which will start functioning on May 15

Residents of one of Karachi's biggest landfill sites have no water, electricity or opportunity to leave

Only when patients were told they were taking a statin that people started complaining of muscle ailments

Uruguay passed a law in 2013, fully legalising the production, sale and consumption of marijuana

Cigarette smoking is known to cause about one in five cases of coronary heart disease

The demographic data will be critical for devising a health policy for the country

Health experts urge parents to inoculate their children to guard against preventable diseases

‘Napercise’ classes will feature 'atmospheric' sounds and a temperature which promotes calorie-burning during...

Scientists reveal how the colour of your crockery can impact your appetite

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

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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