en-pk-hotdailynews: 2014-12-12 Pakistan Health

Kidney & liver transplant institute on government's mind
The Nation
LAHORE - The provincial government has agreed to provide 50 acres of land and funds to Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute Trust (PKLIT) for establishing a transplantation institute. During a meeting of PKLIT Board of Governors on Thursday, Advisor to CM ...

Kidney, liver transplant institute to be established in Lahore   Business Recorder
Pact on kidney, liver transplant centre signed   The News International

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DAWN.com

Over one million Pakistanis hooked on opiates: study
DAWN.com
KARACHI: More than one million Pakistanis are estimated to be regular opiate (heroin or opium) users with a majority of them hooked on heroin, according to a survey report launched on Thursday. The report on Drug Use in Pakistan 2013 survey, which was ...

Survey reveals high level of drug use, dependency   Daily Times

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The Express Tribune

Patients, attendants rudely treated at PIMS: Senate body
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday was informed that Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has become a mafia and both the patients and their attendants were treated badly. The committee headed by ...

Senate sages: Senators direct PIMS to disband employees' associations   The Express Tribune

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Malay Mail Online

Study finds potato extract caps weight despite high calorie diet
Malay Mail Online
A vendor sells potatoes and other vegetables to a customer in an open market in central Ankara February 5, 2014. — Reuters picMONTREAL, Dec 12 — In a study so surprising that the research team repeated their experiment, a simple potato extract put a ...

Potatoes May Help Lose Weight   Guardian Liberty Voice
Potatoes Can Aid Weight Loss; Fight Type 2 Diabetes   International Business Times, India Edition
Potato extract stabilizes weight despite calorie-laden diet, study finds   CTV News
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Times of India
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The News International

Egyptian woman dies of H5N1 bird flu, total now eight: Health Ministry
Reuters UK
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian woman has died of H5N1 bird flu, bringing the total number of deaths in Egypt from the virus to eight this year out of 16 identified cases, the health ministry said late on Thursday. The 33-year-old woman died after being admitted ...

Egyptian woman dies of H5N1 bird flu, total now 8 -Health Ministry   Reuters
Egypt reports eighth bird flu death this year   The News International

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DAWN.com (blog)

Doctors providing assistance asked to leave Thar
DAWN.com (blog)
HYDERABAD: Professors, doctors and post-graduate students, who were visiting famine-hit Tharparkar district of Sindh to provide healthcare assistance and to determine causes of malnutrition, are asked by administration and police to leave the area on ...

Special medical team forced to leave famine-hit Tharparkar   News Tribe
Research suspended: Medical team asked to leave Thar   The Express Tribune

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Penn State News

Personal vapourizers: An alternative to tobacco...
Hamilton Spectator
The Vapor Bar in Dundas, Ont. is your one-stop resource for e-cigarettes and accessories to help kick tobacco cravings in favour of odourless, ash-free and cost-effective electronic alternatives. Vapour cigarettes, or e-cigs, are electronic devices that simulate ...

E-Cigarettes May Be Less Addictive   RedOrbit
Researchers Find E-Cigs Less Addictive Than Cigarettes   Bernama
Study shows E-cigarettes are not as addictive as cigarettes   News Tonight Africa
Times of India
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Drink warm water with lime to stay healthy
The New Age Online
We have all heard it somewhere or the other that drinking warm water with the juice of one lemon, is beneficial for health. Here is delving into the reasons.Picture Gallo Images. Print. divider. Mail. divider. Bookmarkl and Share Share. divider. share. Rate this ...

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