Health

LAHORE: The foundation stone of Pakistan’s first hospital dedicated to congenital heart defects (CHD) among children has been laid in Lahore on Saturday. According to the details, the groundbreaking ceremony of the hospital and research institute was held at a private university in Lahore today. Former test cricketer Mushtaq Ahmed, …

Health experts and gastroenterologists have warned that viral hepatitis is deadlier than COVID-19 in Pakistan as it is resulting in an estimated 300 daily deaths. Similar to the coronavirus, people in Pakistan are infected with hepatitis B and C in the country. An estimated 15 million people, said the health …

TEHRAN: Coronavirus patients can suffer irreversible heart damage as a result of their battle with the disease, a study of hospital patients has found. A study from 69 countries, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), found that 55 per cent of 1,261 patients studied had abnormal changes to the …

TEHRAN: Plant-based proteins will not boost muscle health as much as eating meat as we get older, a study suggests. Researchers found that animal protein is more effective than plant protein in preventing muscles wasting away. The UK has 600,000 vegans and many have joined the booming trend for health, …

TEHRAN:Director-General of Health Ministry’s Public Health Laboratories Siamak Samiyee said that Iran is capable of doing over 30,000 COVID-19 diagnostic tests on a daily basis. “There over 180 labs volunteer to offer services out of which 70 are private ones, some 80 to 90 belong to the Health Ministry and …

GENEVA: An advance team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus which sparked the global pandemic, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The virus is believed to have emerged in a wholesale market in the central Chinese …

TEHRAN: The colder temperatures coming in winter will lead to an increase in the spread of COVID-19, scientists have confirmed. Researchers from India explored the relationship between a country’s average temperature and the number of COVID-19 cases. They found a significant association between countries that have been experiencing colder environmental …

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday acknowledged “evidence emerging” of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease passes between people. “We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and …

TEHRAN : The World Health Organization is planning to send a team to China to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in the hope of being better able to fight the spread of coronavirus. “Knowing the source of the virus is very, very important,” the WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom …

WASHINGTON: A United States court has upheld a verdict that talcum powder sold by Johnson & Johnson caused ovarian cancer and ordered the pharmaceutical giant to pay $2.1 billion in damages. The decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals cut by more than half the $4.4bn a jury had awarded …