2015年2月28日 星期六

2015-03-01 Pakistan Health


The Express Tribune
   
Target achieved: Most of Karachi's children have been vaccinated, says state ...   
The Express Tribune
Minister of State for Health Saira Afzal Tarrar (R) chairs a meeting on polio in Karachi. PHOTO: PID. KARACHI: Despite security concerns, polio workers have managed to vaccinate almost all the children in Karachi, including those in high-risk areas, said ...

Vaccination being ensured in all parts of country: Saira   The Nation
Pakistan to be made polio free country: Saira Tarar   Pakistan Observer
Media queries over failure of Polio campaign   International News Network
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)   
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The Express Tribune
   
KP police resort to arrest warrants over refusal of polio vaccination   
Pakistan Today
Determined to curb Pakistan's polio crisis, police officials in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa said they had issued hundreds of arrest warrants for parents refusing to vaccinate their children. “We had 13,000 to 16,000 refusal cases,” the deputy police commissioner for ...

Arrest warrants over polio vaccine refusal   gulfnews.com
KP Police issues Arrest Warrants over Refusals of Polio Vaccine   The News Teller

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The Nation
   
Sisters still on strike   
The Nation
LAHORE - Nurses and paramedical staff of Sheikh Zayed Hospital continued protest on Saturday, causing huge inconvenience to visiting patients and their families. The protesting nurses and paramedics suspended services at all the departments except ...

Sheikh Zaid Hospital nurses, paramedical staff stage protest in Lahore   dunyanews.tv (press release) (blog)

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Economy Lead
   
Ebola Aftermath   
The Nation
While the rest of the world has all but forgotten the Ebola outbreak, consigning it to the category of a crisis dealt with, the residents of West Africa haven't. The spread of Ebola has been contained, but new infections are still taking place; more importantly, the ...

Growing Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Response   Economy Lead (blog)

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The Express Tribune
   
Two hours of TV may put kids at high-BP risk   
The Express Tribune
LONDON: Parents must watch out as kids, who spend more than two hours watching television, computers or video consoles in a day run a 30 per cent greater risk of developing high blood pressure, says new research. Doing no daily physical activity or an ...

Watching TV Can Increase Childhood High Blood Pressure   Youth Health Magzine

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Pakistan Today
   
Karachi hospitals ill-prepared to deal with swine flu   
Pakistan Today
Swine flu that has already taken more than 1,000 lives in neighbouring India is a serious and potential threat to Pakistan, especially Karachi, but government hospitals in the city are ill-prepared to deal with this deadly viral disease. A visit to the emergency ...


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Lauderdale Daily News
   
"Back Pain Doubles The Depression Risk"-Researchers   
Lauderdale Daily News
A recent study revealed that people with risk of back pain are 1.6 higher for the people with symptoms of depression.Results showed that significant association between symptoms of depression and low back pain. On initial analysis considering the ...

Lower back pain and depression may be genetic, finds new study   Firstpost
Genes behind back pain and depression link: Study   Zee News
Back pain nearly doubles depression risk, says new study   Daily News & Analysis
Las Vegas Blog (blog)   
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Morning Ticker
   
Long eyelashes may be damaging your eyes   
Morning Ticker
Have you ever wondered, what is the purpose of the eyelashes? There are many people in the world who believe that the eyelashes are just for seducing. But is it the only vital purpose of these eyelashes? Some even believe that the eyelashes serve as a ...

Wearing Fake Eyelashes Damages Eye Health   Lauderdale Daily News
Scientists Tackle the Mysteries of the Eyelash   Sci-Tech Today
Longer Eyelashes could be Harmful to Eyes: Study   West Texas News
Gizmodo India   
Customs Today Newspaper   
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News Nation
   
Eating fish, Vitamin D may reduce brain problems   
News Nation
Eating fish and soaking up some sun may protect brain health, a new study suggests. Vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the symptoms associated with a broad array of brain disorders by controlling brain serotonin, scientists say.
Fish, vitamin D could control brain serotonin   The News Reports
Sea fish necessary for healthy brains   Odisha Samaya
Vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids influence brain serotonin levels   helpmeoutDOC News - A consistent flow of medical news

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Forbes
   
Gerbils, Not Rats, Spread The Black Death   
Forbes
Rats have been blamed for spreading the plague for more than a century, but new research suggests the real culprit was their cousin the gerbil. Black rats were thought to have brought the plague bug (Yersinia pestis) along the Silk Road to Europe from the ...

Scientists: Gerbils Spread The Black Death; Not Rats   SMN Weekly
Gerbils paint a new picture to the history of 'Black Deaths'   News Every day
Rats Blamed For Bubonic Plague, But Gerbils May Be The Real Villains   NPR
The New Yorker   
Independent Online   
Zee News   
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