PIMS Burn Unit succeeds in bringing smile on burn victims
ISLAMABAD, Burn victim’s mortality rate in Pakistan is beyond proportion when compared with other countries, which stands at 40-50%, whereas it is less than 20% in the developed world.
Despite Pakistan being facing alarmingly high burn [...]
Exercise even if intermittent improves blood glucose control for diabetics
Washington, Exercise, continuous or intermittent, improves insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes, experts say.
Previous studies have focused on continuous aerobic exercise with more recent work assessing resistance exercise. There [...]
Delhi study shows growth in early life may predict adult bone health
Washington : Growth in early childhood can affect bone density in adult life, according to New Delhi Birth Cohort study.
The data showed that greater height and body mass index (BMI) gain in utero and infancy are associated with higher peak [...]
No death reported, but 315 still under treatment: Health Deptt
LAHORE : Punjab health department on Friday claimed no death from medicines reaction was reported during last 24 hours in province, but 315 were still under treatment at different hospitals.
In an official handout, the spokesman said 18 more [...]
Free Audiology, Hearing Aid Distribution Camp
Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is holding a free Audiology and Hearing Aid Distribution Camp at ENT Department of Civil Hospital Dow Medical College, Karachi.
The Camp is being organized by Dow University of Health Sciences [...]
Awareness, education main tools to deal with cancer
Karachi, Cancer is responsible for approximately 70 per cent of the deaths in low and middle-income countries such as Pakistan.
Together it is possible, this year’s theme for World Cancer Day, highlights the importance of raising awareness [...]
Malaria toll far higher than thought: study
PARIS – Malaria kills more than 1.2 million people a year, nearly 50 percent more than previously thought, and inflicts a high toll among adults and older children and not just toddlers, a new investigation says.
But there is also good [...]
How antipsychotic medications lead to obesity and diabetes
Washington : A number of antipsychotic drugs are known to cause the metabolic side effects of obesity and diabetes, leaving patients with a difficult choice between improving their mental health and damaging their physical health, researchers [...]
How vigorous exercise cuts prostate cancer progression risk
Washington : Researchers have identified almost 200 genes in the healthy prostate tissue of men with low-grade prostate cancer that may help explain how exercise improves survival from the disease.
In their study, scientists at the University [...]
Now, pacemakers powered by heartbeat
Washington : Researchers have now developed a prototype device that could power a pacemaker using vibrations in the chest cavity that primarily occur due to heartbeats.
Though pacemakers require only small amounts of energy (about 1 millionth [...]
