2014年11月29日 星期六

2014-11-30 Pakistan Health


Newsweek Pakistan
   
Three Arrested in Lahore for Beating Polio Vaccinators   
Newsweek Pakistan
Health workers were attacked after they visited a house twice in one day to confirm no children had been missed in immunization drive. Police in Lahore arrested three men for beating up two polio vaccinators, officials said on Friday, the latest case of violence ...

Three arrested for beating polio vaccinators   Pakistan Today
Three accused nabbed for beating polio vaccinators in Lahore   Frontier Post
Three arrested for beating polio vaccinators in Pakistan   GlobalPost
The Nation   
The News International   
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DAWN.com
   
Khyber vaccinators decide to boycott anti-polio drive   
DAWN.com
LANDI KOTAL: Health workers and their supervisors on Saturday announced boycott of the upcoming anti-polio vaccination campaign in Jamrud and Landi Kotal, which is scheduled to start on Dec 8. The decision was made at a meeting attended by a large ...

Polio vaccination campaign to be boycotted   Frontier Post
Staff boycott polio drive   The Nation

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The Nation
   
Two more famine affected children died in Tharparkar   
The Nation
MITHI- Two more children died today due to the merciless drought in Tharparkar, mounting the death toll to 124. A five-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy died in the civil hospital Mithi. The provincial health minister and secretary health, were on a three-day ...

Tharparkar drought claims lives of two more children   The Express Tribune
Two more children die in Tharparkar   SAMAA TV

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The Nation
   
Experts deplore lowest breastfeeding practice in Pakistan   
The Nation
Islamabad - Deploring Pakistan's highest bottle-feeding rate in South Asia, the speakers at a breastfeeding advocacy seminar called for strict implementation on legislation ordinance on breastfeeding and marketing code. Every year the world breastfeeding ...

'Bottle-feeding rate is highest in working women'   Daily Times

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The Nation
   
DG pays visits to monitor Ebola preparedness at airports   
The Nation
Islamabad - Surprise visits by high officials of the ministry of national health services, regulations and coordination, the coordinating body for international health regulations, are under way in different parts of the country. During the current week, the director ...

Provinces told to remove WHO concern over Ebola   DAWN.com

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The Express Tribune
   
Threat of polio   
Arab News
World Health Organization, Pakistan chapter, has denied that it has suspended its anti-polio campaign in the country. It says it is reviewing security situation in the country to re-start the drive against the global threat. Recently, a vaccination team was targeted ...

Time to wake up on polio   The Express Tribune

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Science World Report
   
Bitter Wild Cucumbers May Hold a Compound for Future Medicinal Applications   
Science World Report
Scientists have discovered that the same genes that are responsible for the intense, bitter taste of wild cucumbers may just be the same compound that could be used to treat cancer and diabetes. While this "bitterness" gene was removed from pumpkin and ...

Bitter wild fruits can help treat cancer   The Nation
Bitter compounds in Cucumber may help treat Cancer, Diabetes Nov 29, 4:30 pm   ANINEWS
These Bitter Foods May Help Treat Cancer   NDTV
Yibada (English Edition)   
Pune Mirror   
Bernama   
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Daily Mail
   
Does having fewer friends make us less lonely?   
Daily Times
For most people the idea of losing friends overtime can leave them fearful of being alone in old age, but new research suggests that having fewer friends can actually make us less lonely. A study that examined the friendships of nearly 400,000 students has ...

Teens Have Fewer Friends, But They're Less Lonely Than Ever Before   Huffington Post

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Frontier Post
   
Nervous system plays bigger role in infections, says study   
Khaleej Times
Learning more about that role could lead to early diagnosis and treatment of people affected by pandemics or outbreaks of contagious or deadly diseases, such as flu or Ebola, the study added. Toronto: The nervous system may play a bigger role in infections ...

Nervous system plays bigger role in infections than thought   Business Standard
Nervous system plays bigger role in infections   Zee News
Neurons more involved in detecting infections than known   helpmeoutDOC News - A consistent flow of medical news
Spire Healthcare   
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Albany Times Union
   
Overuse of medicine   
DAWN.com
THE spectre of antibiotic resistance is looming large on public health horizons the world over. Two recent reports from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have brought the menace of growing ...

Have a cold? Don't ask your doctor for antibiotics   Washington Post
Think Twice about that Antibiotic.   Albany Times Union (blog)
Bacteria's ability to resist drugs an international issue   Western Producer (subscription)
Digital Journal   
MercoPress   
World Health Organization (press release)   
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