Pakistani nurses vulnerable to sexual harassment
August 5th, 2012 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Young women medical professionals and nurses in Pakistan are among the many groups vulnerable to workplace violence and sexual harassment, a leading Pakistani daily said Sunday.Despite ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Four die in Pakistan from deadly amoebic infection
July 22nd, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) At least four people have died in the port city of Karachi due to an amoebic infection caused by a deadly waterborne organism called naegleria fowleri, ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Vitamin supplements ‘reduce incidence of measles and diarrhoea’
December 8th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 08 (ANI): A new research has strongly endorsed the continuation of vitamin A supplementation programmes, which reduce the incidence of measles and diarrhoea and ultimately save lives.Most of the low ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Smoking rises in Karachi’s girls schools
June 2nd, 2010 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, June 2 (IANS) Sixteen percent of students in Karachi's girls schools smoke, a habit that annually causes some 100,000 deaths in Pakistan, says a leading health official.
"According to recent research, smoking ... Read more...
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Pakistan cannot afford another spell of army rule: Asma Jahangir
August 13th, 2009 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug 13 (ANI): Famous lawyer, human rights activist and Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman Asma Jahangir has said that even the worst democracy is better than an army regime ... Read more...
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Mehdi Hassan to be discharged from hospital soon, family unable to pay medical bills
March 22nd, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Mar.22 (ANI): Legendry ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan may soon be discharged from the hospital, but would require a 24 hour nursing care at home too.
While Pakistan Government has shown concern ... Read more...
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Hookahs as harmful as cigarette smoking
September 8th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, September 8 (ANI): University-level students are increasingly getting hooked to shisha, water-pipe smoking, in Karachi unaware of the fact that they are as harmful as cigarette, say researchers.
Conducted by ... Read more...
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Astonishingly, 15 pc Karachites support suicide bombings
August 28th, 2008 - 11:27 am ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug 28 (ANI): In a startling revelation, two separate studies conducted by faculty and students at the Aga Khan University in Karachi have found that around 15 percent of the ... Read more...
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Social taboos spur HIV infection among Pakistani men
July 22nd, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) Social taboos that indirectly encourage homosexuality in Pakistan are also compounding the problem of controlling a raging HIV epidemic in the country, says a new report. The report, ... Read more...
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Depressed Pak housewives fast falling prey to sleeping pills
June 2nd, 2008 - 4:36 pm ICT by admin
Karachi , June 2 (ANI): Pakistani married women are fast falling prey to sleeping pills, so as to have mental relaxation from depression from domestic violence and inter-personal relationship problems, a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
3-day antibiotic treatment may be enough to tackle non-severe pneumonia in kids
April 16th, 2008 - 4:30 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 16 (ANI): A treatment with antibiotics for just three days may be enough to tackle non-severe community acquired pneumonia in children, according to Cochrane Systematic Review of available research. ... Read more...
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Pakistan tops S. Asian nations in consumption of cigarettes
November 14th, 2007 - 10:17 am ICT by admin
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