Air pollution has evidently affected our health in so many ways. As it causes several illnesses and diseases, it has been proven to be harmful to our eyes. Not just outdoor pollution that mostly comes from vehicle exhaust and stubble burning, indoor pollution and other environmental factors can cause various eye diseases like conjunctivitis, glaucoma, cataracts, and age-related macular …

  ISLAMABAD, No 16 (FD): November 2022: Tobacco Health Levy Bill is ready to be presented in parliament and its immediate implementation can generate 60 Billion Rupee revenue for government. This revenue can help in reducing the damage caused by tobacco industry to health and economy. These views were agreed upon during a briefing organized by Society for Protection of …

  LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters): Britain’s agency that determines if medicines should be used in the National Health Service (NHS), has recommended stopping the use of five COVID-19 treatments, including Merck & Co’s (MRK.N)‘s antiviral pill for high-risk patients, citing cost-effectiveness concerns. The review, conducted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and published on Wednesday, is …

  BEIJING, Nov 15 (AP): China’s ruling party called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy Tuesday in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in places. The People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, said in an editorial that China must “unswervingly implement” the policy that requires mass obligatory testing and places millions …

  KAMPALA, Nov 14 (Reuters): An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the country’s health minister said on Sunday, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly infectious and deadly haemorrhagic fever …

  BEIJING, Nov 12 (AP): China’s capital Beijing has closed city parks and imposed other restrictions as the country faces a new wave of COVID-19 cases. Elsewhere, more than 5 million people were under lockdown Friday in the southern manufacturing hub Guangzhou and the western megacity Chongqing. The country reported 10,729 new cases on Friday, almost all of them testing …

  ISLAMABAD, Nov 11, (Online): The heart is a vital organ that pumps blood around the body. If the heart is unable to do this, it can cause serious health problems. People may confuse heart attacks and heart failure. A heart attack occurs when there is a sudden loss of blood supply to the heart, while heart failure is when …

  There are an estimatedTrusted Source 18.1 million cancer survivors currently in the United States. Due to the country’s growing and aging population, there may be 26.1 million survivors by 2024. Of these, 73% will be older than 65. For the elderly, however, completing cancer treatment may not mean the end of related medical challenges. Frailty-related bone injuries, for example, …

  BEIJING, Nov 8 (Reuters): New coronavirus cases surged in Guangzhou and other Chinese cities, official data showed on Tuesday, with the global manufacturing hub becoming China’s latest COVID1-9 epicentre and testing the city’s ability to avoid a Shanghai-style lockdown. Nationwide, new locally transmitted infections climbed to 7,475 on Nov. 7, according to China’s health authority, up from 5,496 the …

  (AP): The psychedelic chemical in “magic mushrooms” may ease depression in some hard-to-treat patients, a preliminary study found. The effects were modest and waned over time but they occurred with a single experimental dose in people who previously had gotten little relief from standard antidepressants. The study is part of a resurgence of research into potential medical uses of …