عالمی ادارہ صحت کے وفد کی ایچ آئی وی کی تحقیقات کیلئے کراچی آمد
عالمی ادارہ صحت کا وفد سندھ میں ایچ آئی وی کی تحقیقات کرنے کے لئے کراچی پہنچ گیاجبکہ گھوٹکی میں ایک اور خاتون میں ایچ آئی وی وائرس کی تصدیق ہو ئی ہے۔ ڈائریکٹر جنرل ہیلتھ سندھ ڈاکٹر مسعود سولنگی نے کراچی ایئرپورٹ پر وفد کا استقبال کیا۔ ترجمان عالمی ادارہ صحت کے مطابق وفد کراچی میں محکمہ صحت سمیت دیگر ...
Over 600 people test HIV positive in Pakistan village
Concern grew after hundreds of people were allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe in Rato Dero and surrounding villages of Larkana district. "Some 681 people, of which 537 were children from 2-12 years of age, had been tested positive for HIV until yesterday in Rato Dero village," Mirza told a press conference in Islamabad. He said 21,375 people ...
Two more polio cases surface in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: Two more cases of polio virus were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial government's health department said on Thursday. According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department, the polio cases emerged in North Waziristan?s Mir Ali district and Dera Ismail Khan, bringing the number of cases to 13 for this year. Last month, residents broke down the main gate ...
Measles in Maine brings total US states experiencing outbreak to 25
Health experts say the virus has spread across the nation among school-age children whose parents declined to give them the vaccine, which confers immunity to the disease. Although the virus was eliminated from the United States in 2000, meaning the disease was no longer a constant presence, outbreaks still happen via travelers coming from countries where measles is still ...
Poor diet in Ramzan can pose grave health risks
Clinical dietician Dr Zubair Noman said meals during Ramzan are divided into four parts Iftar, after Taraweeh prayers, midnight and Sehri. It is common to have Iftar full of flavoured dishes as it can include food choices from both lunch and dinner, but it should still be a healthy meal and overeating should be avoided, he added. ?Eating dates ...
Diabetics guide to fasting during Ramzan
ISLAMABAD: Medical experts Thursday recommended diabetics for daily assessment during Ramzan which would make patients aware of risks, based on which they could be advised to minimize the risks. Diabetic Patients in Ramzan should avoid consuming highly refined and fatty foods after breaking the fast, nutritionist Dr Sohail Uzair said while talking to a private news channel. Dr Uzair ...
Vaping companies facing European opposition to higher nicotine level
DUBLIN: A push by makers of electronic cigarettes to raise nicotine levels in the European Union towards their far higher American levels is running into opposition, a senior executive at US market leader Juul said on Tuesday. E-cigarettes, which offer a nicotine alternative to cigarettes without the same toxic and cancer-causing chemicals, have seen rapid growth in the United ...
Scientists develop cardiac pacemaker powered by heartbeat
BEIJING: A research team has developed an implantable medical device that can harvest energy from heartbeats rather than batteries, according to a recent report published in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers from China and the United States tested the self-powered device and found that the energy harvested from each cardiac motion cycle is 0.495 microjoule, which is higher than ...
Police arrest Larkana doctor blamed for spread of HIV
LARKANA: Police arrested a doctor suspected to be responsible for the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Larkana?s Ratodero district, Geo News reported on Tuesday. Dr Muzaffar Ghanghar, who is employed at a public hospital, is an HIV patient himself, police said, as they registered a case against the accused and produced him before a local court. ...
US measles outbreak raises questions about immunity in adults
Adults in the United States who were vaccinated against measles decades ago may need a new dose depending on when they received the shot and their exposure risk, according to public health experts battling the nation?s largest outbreak since the virus was deemed eliminated in 2000. Up to 10 percent of the 695 confirmed measles cases in the current ...
7 easy hacks to beat the heat
While there is nothing that can be done to control the weather, we can look for smalls tricks to avoid the frustration ? as well as short tempers. It is, therefore, wiser to not go out during these five hours to make sure you stay safe from a heatstroke. Park your car in an area where direct sunlight is ...
US measles cases highest since 2000 as global anti-vax movement surges
The US recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year since the disease was declared eliminated at the turn of the century, officials said Wednesday, ahead of a campaign to reinforce the message that vaccines are safe. The surge comes amid a growing global movement against inoculation, with an estimated 169 million children missing out ...
German scientists create see-through human organs
Until now 3D-printed organs lacked detailed cellular structures because they were based on images from computer tomography or MRI machines, he said. The researchers will first test to see whether animals can survive with the bioprinted organs and could start clinical trials within 5-10 years, he said.
Skipping breakfast significantly increases risk of death from heart disease
In the study published Monday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, a group of researchers from the University of Iowa and China's Wuhan University of Science and Technology concluded that people who never ate breakfast had an 87 per cent higher risk of death caused by cardiovascular disease than people who ate breakfast every day.
Health insurance program to cover all districts by 2020: Dr Zafar Mirza
He said that within the framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the priorities of the government were making Pakistan Polio free as soon as possible and effectively addressing the high burden of some communicable diseases besides life course approach with intense focus on mother and child-care, nutrition and reproductive health. Dr Zafar said: ?Having spent 15 years in WHO ...
Federal authorities not satisfied with Sindh’s polio eradication efforts as Karachi’s polio virus detected in Iran: Officials
Karachi: Expressing serious concern over emergence of three polio cases in Sindh and terming the situation of polio as ?alarming in Sindh?, the National Emergency Operation Center (NEOC), Islamabad has requested the Sindh government to hurriedly convene a meeting of provincial task for polio eradication in the coming days to discuss and suggest measures to improve the situation, which ...
One in seven babies born with low birthweight: study
Over 90 percent of babies tipping the scale at less than 2.5 kilos (5.5 pounds) when born were in low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in The Lancet Global Health. Worldwide, just under 15 percent of 2015 newborns in the 148 countries canvassed had low birthweight, varying between 2.4 percent in Sweden and nearly 28 percent in Bangladesh. But ...
UNAIDS fears more HIV outbreaks in Pakistan if not stopped
KARACHI: UNAIDS fears that Pakistan could face more HIV outbreaks, like what they are having in Ratodero area of Larkana at the moment, from other parts of the country in near future if ?re-use of unclean needles and unsafe blood transfusion procedures remains in practice in the country? and quacks continue to inject people with lethal viral and bacterial ...
Sindh offers best medical facilities to patients: Bilawal
KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said Sindh offers best medical facilities for patients from the province as well as from whole country and stressed for more effective measures for prevention of epidemic and transmittable diseases. PPP Chairman was speaking at a briefing on health issues by Sindh government at Bilawal House today. Those present at the briefing include ...
Complete ban on use of injections by GPs, at small clinics demanded to prevent spread of HIV in Sindh
Karachi: Infectious diseases experts investigating an HIV outbreak in Larkana epidemic have demanded authorities to immediately impose a ?ban on use of injections at the clinics? run by General Practitioners (GPs)? in the province after it was learnt that majority of the persons infected with HIV were children aging between 2-5 years, who neither contracted the disease from their ...
