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ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) Women who regularly chemically straightened their hair or dyed it dark brown or black had an elevated risk of breast cancer, recent research suggests. “I would be concerned about darker hair dye and hair straighteners,” epidemiologist Tamarra James-Todd said after reviewing the report in Carcinogenesis. “We should …

LAHORE (Web Desk) To provide relief to hepatitis patients, Punjab government has launched a programme to deliver medicines to the registered patients at their doorstep, according to The News. The programme was inaugurated by Minister for Primary and Secondary Health Khawaja Imran Nazir, who handed over a medicine parcel to …

CHICAGO (Web Desk) American technology companies are bringing automation and robotics to the age-old task of battling mosquitoes in a bid to halt the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne maladies worldwide.Firms including Microsoft Corp and California life sciences company Verily are forming partnerships with public health officials in several …

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) Experts cautioned, however, that the US and European reports, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, failed to show that coffee was truly the reason that many drinkers appeared to have longer lives.Rather, the studies were observational in nature, meaning they showed an association between coffee-drinking and …

GENEVA (Web Desk) A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn country reels from disease as well as the threat of famine.The International Committee of the Red Cross said the cholera epidemic “continues to spiral out of control” since …

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) According to a study by researchers at the University of Southern California, people who consumed a cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who did not drink coffee. This association was even stronger for those who drank two to …

PAIRS (Web Desk) France will raise the price of cigarettes to 10 euros ($11.35) a pack within three years, the health minister said on Thursday, confirming a strategy that will push tobacco costs to among the highest in Europe. At present, a packet of 20 cigarettes costs roughly 7 euros …

LONDON (Web Desk) People with both sleep apnea and type 2 diabetes have more than double the risk of worsening retina disease compared to diabetics without the sleep breathing disorder, a UK study suggests. Researchers followed adults with type 2 diabetes over about four years and found that for those …

ABU DHBI (Web Desk) The pink ambulance will be initially positioned at Al Tawar Municipality Centre. The ambulance will cover the entire Deira area for 12 uninterrupted hours from 11am to 11pm. The point where the pink responder will be stationed shall be evaluated within two months depending on the areas …

LAHORE: (Web Desk) Taking notice of irregularities at Government Nawaz Sharif Hospital Yakki Gate, Punjab Minister for Primary and Secondary Health Khawaja Imran Nazir on Tuesday has ordered a team of drug inspectors to submit a report after a thorough inquiry. Priority: Steps being taken to improve health facilities, says …