Category: 8. Health
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Staying up late raises risk of type 2 diabetes by 50%, study finds
Individuals who stay up late and are active during the night have a 50% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting. The research, part of the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study, examined over 5,000 participants categorized into early…
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Pakistan PM Launches Week-Long Anti-Polio Drive in 115 Districts Amid Virus Outbreak
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday initiated a week-long nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign in response to the recent outbreak of the virus. The drive, covering 115 districts, aims to vaccinate 30 million children under five years old. Pakistan has reported 17 polio cases this year, including 12 from Balochistan, three from Sindh, and one…
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Beyond choice
Hina*, a 22-year-old mother of two from rural Sindh, tragically lost her third child due to complications during childbirth. Her story is one of the many heart-wrenching reminders of the devastating consequences of inadequate access to reproductive health services and family planning education in Pakistan. Millions of women in the country face risks due to…
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A GOLDEN DAWN
A cheerful 8-year-old girl walks into my clinic. Set between a Japanese-style bob is a pair of almond shaped eyes and just below them is a wide smile. Mehreen is here for her one-year follow up after completing treatment for osteosarcoma of her left lower leg. She hops onto the examination table with ease. You…
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Stanford Experiment Reveals How Doritos Food Dye Turns Mice Transparent
Listen to article Scientists have achieved a groundbreaking technique to view inside the body using a common yellow food dye found in Doritos. Researchers at Stanford University have successfully used tartrazine, the chemical in the dye, to make mice see-through, revealing their blood vessels, muscle fibres, and gut contractions. This technique, reported in the journal Science, involves……
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Mpox epicentre DRC receives first vaccines to contain outbreak
This August 10, 2022 file sphoto shows a pharmacist administering a dose of Imvanex, a vaccine to protect against mpox virus, at a pharmacy in Lille, northern France. — AFP KINSHASA: The Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicentre of an mpox outbreak, on Thursday received its first vaccines — almost half of 200,000 doses donated…
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Mpox concerns mount in Pakistan as tally hits five
Passengers are being screened for mpox at the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar on August 23, 2024. — PPI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan steps up its fight against mpox after fears of Peshawar’s becoming a focal point for the viral disease grow with the emergence of the infectious disease’s fourth case from the metropolis, climbing the…
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KP reports third mpox case pushing Pakistan’s total cases to four
This file photo taken on August 16, 2022 shows a patient showing his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the mpox virus, in the isolation area for mpox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima, Peru. — AFP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported its third monkeypox case pushing Pakistan’s total count to…
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Linking risk of stroke to smoke, new findings
A research — published in August — studied and linked stroke prevalence to cigarette consumption. The study titled “From smoke to stroke: quantifying the impact of smoking on stroke prevalence” assessed the relationship between smoking-related factors and the risk of stroke, including the influence of variations in demography on the relationship. The research evaluated clinical… Continue…
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US approves Emergent’s smallpox vaccine for people at high risk of mpox
A test tube labelled “Mpox virus positive” is held in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. — Reuters In a bid to deal with mpox infection, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved expanded use of Emergent BioSolutions’ EBS.N ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine to include people at high risk for the disease, the company said…