LAHORE, Nov 2  (APP):  Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases among women and death rates caused by it around the globe are still higher owing to late detection and lack of awareness. Several studies have revealed that when breast cancer is detected at its earliest stage, the survival rate becomes more than 90 per cent. Therefore, …

  INDIA, Nov 1 (FD): A woman in a coma for seven months in All India Institute of Medical (AIMS) trauma centre, after sustaining serious head injuries in an accident, delivered a healthy baby last week. The new mother, known as Shafiya, from the north Indian region of Uttar Pradesh, was seriously injured just 40 days into her pregnancy  when …

  New research shows vaccinating pregnant women helped protect their newborns from the common but scary respiratory virus called RSV that fills hospitals with wheezing babies each fall. The preliminary results buoy hope that after decades of failure and frustration, vaccines against RSV may finally be getting close. Pfizer announced Tuesday that a large international study found vaccinating moms-to-be was …

  LAHORE, Nov 1 (FD): Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has approved the introduction of Cyber Knife Technology in Jinnah Hospital Lahore and Nishtar Hospital Multan. As per details, A high-level meeting was held under the chairmanship of CM Elahi in which it was decided to introduce cyber knife technology in Jinnah Hospital Lahore and Nishtar Hospital Multan. While …

  ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (ONLINE): An abstract of a study published in Current Developments in Nutrition looks at whether health risks associated with a set of risk factors known as metabolic syndrome may be diminished by consuming green tea extract. The researchers from Pennsylvania State University and Ohio State University say they’re the first to study whether green tea’s anti-inflammatory …

  SHANGHAI, Oct 29 (Reuters): In what is believed to be a world first, China’s commerical capital of Shanghai this week introduced a new type of COVID-19 vaccine that is inhaled rather than administered via injection. Chinese regulators approved the vaccine, produced by Chinese pharmaceutical firm CanSino Biologics (6185.HK), for use as a booster in September. And now the first …

  GENEVA, Oct 28  (AP):  The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health Organization. The U.N. health agency said more than 10 million people worldwide were sickened by tuberculosis in 2021, a 4.5% rise from the year before. …

  UGANDA, Oct 27  (AP): Six schoolchildren in Uganda’s capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago. The children, who attend three different schools in Kampala, are among at least 15 people in the city confirmed to have been infected with Ebola, according to …

  Oct 26,(AP) – Extreme weather from climate change triggered hunger in nearly 100 million people and increased heat deaths by 68% in vulnerable populations worldwide as the world’s “fossil fuel addiction” degrades public health each year, doctors reported in a new study. Worldwide the burning of coal, oil, natural gas and biomass forms air pollution that kills 1.2 million …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (FD): World Polio Day is being observed today (Monday) across the globe to raise awareness of the importance of polio vaccination to protect every child from this devastating disease. The day highlights the global efforts to end polio worldwide. On this day, a week-long anti-polio campaign has been launched today in 83 districts of four provinces of …