WHO aims to save millions of lives by ‘elimination’ of trans-fatty acids from global...
United Nation May 15 (TNS): Industrially-produced trans-fats may give food a longer shelf life, but each year they also lead to the death of...
UNICEF urges wealthy countries to encourage breastfeeding
United Nations May 11 (TNS): Babies in wealthy countries are five times more likely to miss out on breastfeeding than those in the under-developed,...
Japan gives $3.2 million to fight polio
Islamabad March 3 (TNS): The Japanese government has announced to give US$3.2 million in aid to the National Institute of Health in Islamabad to...
New life-saving techniques in Pakistan promise quicker diagnosis and better treatment options
KARACHI Nov 06 (TNS): The availability of new life-saving techniques in Pakistan promises quicker diagnosis and better treatment options for those suffering from chronic...
Suspension in procurement of medicine at Civil Hospital Karachi leaves patients sufferings
KARACHI Nov 02 (TNS): The suspension in the procurement of medicine at Sindh’s largest teaching hospital, Civil Hospital, Karachi, has left patients to suffer.
The financial...
Your health is in your hands’
New Delhi, May 04(TNS): The World Health Organisation's (WHO) World Hand Hygiene Day - a timely reminder of the role of careful hand-washing in...
Dense, foggy conditions likely to prevail at plain areas of Punjab, upper Sindh
ISLAMABAD Nov 05 (TNS): Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours.
Dense and foggy conditions are...
Section of Lahore-Rawalpindi GT Road closed as smog continues to envelop Punjab
LAHORE Nov 08 (TNS): As smog continued to envelop Punjab and other parts of the country, a section of GT Road was closed for traffic...
Being sleepy during the day could be a warning sign of Alzheimer’s
Rochester USA March 13 (TNS): A study explores how daytime drowsiness may be linked to the disease. Researchers know that a condition as complicated...
Congo Virus claims 3 lives in 2 months
PESHAWAR Aug 17 (TNS): After life-threatening Dengue fever the deadly Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever better known as Congo Virus has also gone berserk here once...
