2015年5月4日 星期一

2015-05-05 Pakistan Health


Anti-polio drive kicks off   
Daily Times
RAWALPINDI: A five-day anti-polio campaign kicked off in high-risk areas of the district on Monday to cover more than 166,000 children below five years of age, Acting Executive District Officer (EDO) Health Dr Nasir said. Under the drive, polio teams were ...

High-Risk Areas: Anti-polio drive begins in Pindi   The Express Tribune

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Daily Times
   
Rs 30m medicine goes missing from CDA Hospital   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: A massive misappropriation scam has been detected at the CDA Hospital, as administration officials have been found making off with Rs30 million worth medicine. The CDA Hospital Pharmacy Head SA Malik has gone into hiding after the scam ...

Rs 30m meds stolen by CDA Hospital officials   Pakistan Today

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The Express Tribune
   
Keeping a close watch: IMU to monitor, irregularities at public hospitals   
The Express Tribune
Tarakai was speaking at a programme called Access to Service Availability of Staff and Improving Quality Services. PHOTO: APP. PESHAWAR: The Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU) has launched a surveillance system to keep an eye on public health care ...

IMU launched to improve healthcare   Pakistan Observer

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Pakistan Today
   
On buying a pack of warning, king size filters   
Pakistan Today
After the probable implementation of controversial regulation about Graphical Health Warning (GHW), Pakistan will be the 3rd country of the world that will be going to increase the maximum space for GHW on cigarette packets, ultimately affecting the revenue ...

NHSRC poised to enact controversial cigarette warning label   Pakistan Observer

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DUHS researchers win prize at 18th Annual Meeting of EBSA   
Radio Pakistan (press release)
At the Meeting of European Biosafety Association in Vienna, two posters from DUHS were displayed for presentation. radio. Young medical researchers belonging to the department of Molecular Pathology, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi ...


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Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
   
Muscle weakness may contribute to tension headaches   
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Strength training might help prevent tension headaches, or at least reduce their pain, according to a small Danish study. Researchers found that neck and shoulder muscles were up to 26 percent weaker in people with regular tension headaches, compared to ...


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Montreal Gazette
   
John Ambrose: Raise cigarette taxes and end the tobacco menace   
Fresno Bee
It is estimated that over 400,000 deaths yearly in the United States are smoking-related. At least one-fourth of all cardiovascular deaths are related to cigarettes. In the 50 years since the Surgeon General`s report in 1964 about the dangers of cigarettes, ...

Letter: Second-hand smoke's hazards are proven   Montreal Gazette
Smoking kills — in India too   The Hindu

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InterAksyon
   
Dengue cases soar in Brazil, as death toll climbs   
InterAksyon
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - Cases of dengue have soared in Brazil where the disease has caused 229 fatalities this year, the Health Ministry said Monday, as authorities try to combat its spread by using transgenic mosquitos. The health ministry said it had logged ...


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Syracuse.com
   
Florida man sues hospital after police find his amputated leg in garbage   
Syracuse.com
A month after John Timiriasieff's right leg was amputated at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, homicide detectives recovered the limb from a dumpster. (Thinkstock). Print Email · Allie Healy | ahealy@syracuse.com By Allie Healy | ahealy@syracuse.com The ...

Doctors Hospital reinforces 'proper procedures' after patient's leg found in trash   Local 10
Amputated Leg Found In Trash, Patient Sues Hospital   The Inquisitr
Man Sues Florida Hospital For Throwing His Amputated Leg In The Trash ...   PerezHilton.com
Medical Daily   
WPEC   
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Daily Mail
   
Forget mood rings, now there's a mood WATCH: Timepiece tracks how you're ...   
Daily Mail
Mood rings that changed colour based on a person's temperature were all the rage during the 1990s. But now there is a much more high-tech, scientific way to track how you're feeling - the Asus VivoWatch with Happiness Index. VivoWatch tracks the wearer's ...


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