Health
Simplifying US health care could save billions: study
Aug 7th
WASHINGTON: US health care spending could be cut by billions a year if doctors spent the same amount of time and money dealing with insurance plans as their Canadian counterparts, a study found Thursday. Canada has a “single-payer” system for health care financing, under which doctors deal with just one paying agency, while American doctors
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Loading ...Scientists a step closer to Hepatitis C vaccine
Aug 7th
PARIS: European scientists say they have successfully tested in animals a vaccine for hepatitis C, a contagious and debilitating virus that can cause liver failure and cancer. Currently, there is no human vaccine for hepatitis C (HCV), which is spread through contaminated blood and kills some 350,000 people worldwide each year, according to
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...WHO warns leprosy spreading in India
Aug 7th
NEW DELHI: Six years after leprosy was declared officially eliminated in India, officials and doctors are warning that the disfiguring disease is spreading in poverty-stricken pockets of the country. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in India, Nata Menabde, told this news agency in an interview that nearly a third of India’s di
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Fat is more dangerous for South Asians: study
Aug 3rd
WASHINGTON: Weight gain can be more dangerous for South Asians than for Caucasians because the fat clings to organs like the liver instead of the skin, said a study published Thursday. The main difference between Caucasians and South Asians comes down to how much space there is to store fat in the body and where it holes up, said Sonia Anand
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...New antibody propels hunt for universal flu vaccine
Aug 3rd
WASHINGTON: The first human antibody that can knock out all influenza A viruses has been shown effective in lab mice, an exciting step forward in the hunt for a universal vaccine, researchers said Friday. The broadly neutralizing antibody, called FI6, could help vaccinate people against the flu without scientists struggling to piece together
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lab-on-a-chip: a game-changer in disease detection
Aug 3rd
NEW YORK: A cheap, highly portable blood test kit has proven as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting HIV, syphilis and other infectious diseases, according to a new study.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Xbox gamer dies after marathon session
Aug 3rd
LONDON: The death of a 20-year-old British student has been linked with a marathon session of Xbox.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Seven-day free medical camp held at Sadda
Jul 28th
PESHAWAR: Directorate of Health FATA held seven days free medical camp for internally displaced persons of Kurram agency at Sadda area. During the camp 11708 patients were provided free treatment facilities by teams of expert doctors and paramedical staff. Moreover, free medicines were given to the patients and 242 x-rays were conduct
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chinese medicine could treat Parkinson’s: HK study
Jul 28th
HONG KONG: Chinese medicine may be effective in battling certain symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, and lessening side effects from the drugs used to treat the condition, according to a new study. Researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University said Gouteng, a traditional Chinese herb used to treat hypertension, helped patients better communicate
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Peru reports first hantavirus death
Jul 28th
LIMA: A 29-year-old Peruvian woman has become the first person to die in Peru from hantavirus, a sometimes-fatal disease transmitted by rats and mice, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Health at birth linked to teen academic performance
Jul 28th
NEW YORK: Babies who get low scores on a test of heart, lung and brain function given just a few minutes after birth may be more likely to need special education as teenagers, suggests a new study from Sweden. But an outside researcher said that the chance of going to a special school was still low enough that parents shouldn’t be concerned
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Polio campaign in 4 districts of KP from July 25
Jul 28th
PESHAWAR: A 3-day polio campaign would begin from July 25 in four districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in which anti-polio drops would be administered to the children below 5 years of age. Talking to a private news channel, Deputy Director, EPI Dr. Janbaz Afridi said that a polio campaign would begin in Mardan, Nowshera, Batgram and Tang
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Measles kill over 1000 DR Congo children: UN
Jul 28th
KINSHASA: A measles epidemic has killed 1,145 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the UN’s Humanitarian Affairs mission in Kinshasa said Monday. The epidemic “has already affected 115,600 children and killed 1,145″ between January and June, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a st
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Third of the world infected with hepatitis: WHO
Jul 28th
GENEVA: Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with one of the viruses that causes the liver disease hepatitis, which kills about a million victims annually, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. And although most of those carrying hepatitis do not know they have it, they can unknowingly t
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...World Hepatitis Day today
Jul 28th
LAHORE: THE World Hepatitis Day will be observed around the globe including Pakistan on Thursday. The experts believe that Hepatitis is spreading like AIDS but it can be overcome by adopting preventive measures and running awareness campaign among the masses
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Still drinking river water in DRCongo, despite cholera
Jul 28th
KINSHASA: “I drink the water from the river, why not?” Fils Keto said defiantly.
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