2015年5月30日 星期六

2015-05-31 Pakistan Health


Pakistan Today
   
'Brain-eating' amoeba kills sixth victim in Karachi   
DAWN.com
KARACHI: A young resident of Orangi Town on Saturday became the sixth victim of the deadly Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the 'brain-eating' amoeba, this year in Sindh, officials said. Mohammad Muallim, 22, who had been under treatment at the ...

Naegleria strikes again; claims sixth victim in city this season   Daily Times
Death toll rises to six as N fowleri claims another life   The News International
Fatal Virus: Naegleria finds 6th victim in Karachi   The Express Tribune
Pakistan Today   
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The Nation
   
Pervez Khattak lauds consensus on CPEC   
The Nation
Nowshera: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak says, reservations of KP and Baluchistan on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor have been removed. Talking to newsmen in Nowshera, he lauded the role of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz ...

Initiatives taken to improve health delivery in KP, says CM   The News International
CM orders shifting of projects to relevant LGs   DAWN.com
ADP 2015-16: Mosque maktabs to be converted to primary schools   The Express Tribune
Daily Times   
Dispatch News Desk   
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The Nation
   
Smoking kills 100000 in Pakistan every year: Speakers   
The Nation
Around 5,000 people in Pakistan are admitted in the hospitals everyday due to tobacco related diseases, and 274 die daily and above 100,000 die every year due to smoking or smoking-related causes. Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year ...

No Tobacco Day: Campaign sought to discourage smoking   The Express Tribune

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The Express Tribune
   
SIUT organises seminar on World Digestive Health Day   
Pakistan Observer
Saturday, May 30, 2015 - Karachi—A seminar on “Heartburn- A Global Perspective” was organized at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), in collaboration with World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) on the occasion of World Digestive ...

Almost a quarter of the world suffers heart burn   Aaj News
Serious problem: '24% population suffering from heartburn'   The Express Tribune
Lifestyle change can help fight heartburn, says Odisha's IMSSH doc   Odisha Sun Times

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The Express Tribune
   
Trouble at children's hospital: Eight men arrested as protesters refuse to budge   
The Express Tribune
The paramedical staff and nurses are protesting the lack of health allowances for employees. STOCK IMAGE. KARACHI: As many as eight employees of the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) were arrested on Saturday for attempting to boycott hospital ...

Health services at NICH remain suspended for second consecutive day   The News International
Child dies as doctors continue protest   Aaj News
JPMC-NICH strike adds to patients' suffering   DAWN.com
Daily Times   
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Greek Reporter
   
Law fails to bar legislators from smoking at parliament   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Parliament has not been able to implement the Prohibition of Smoking in Enclosed Places and Protection of Non-smokers Health Ordinance 2002. Moreover, expensive smoke alarms in parliament have also failed to fulfil their purpose.
Smoking areas benefit whole campus community   The Easterner
One nail in the coffin with each cigarette smoked   The Borneo Post
Greek Health Ministry Considers Time Schedule for Public Smoking   Greek Reporter
Pakistan Observer   
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Daily Times
   
Pakistan gets vice chair of WHO Executive Board   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has got the vice chair of the prestigious Executive Board of World Health Organisation (WHO) in its meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland. The board has 34 members comprising top health experts and senior government ...

Great Recognition For Pakistan, This Time From WHO   Pakistan Tribe

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Daily Times
   
Family history increases liver cancer risk   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Those who have a positive family history of liver cancer are more likely to develop hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), a new study has suggested. The study also showed that 70-fold elevated risk of hepatocellular carcinomas in those with liver ...

Early Trial Finds Immunotherapy Effective in Liver Cancer   Cancer Network

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The Express Tribune
   
Cancer on the rise in Pakistan, says study   
The Express Tribune
Lung and breast cancer responsible for highest fatalities in the country. PHOTO COURTESY: NEWS PAKISTAN. ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan various kinds of cancer have claimed over 91,000 lives in 2013 and an increasing trend was witnessed in new cases of ...

Breast Cancer Could Be “Stopped in its Tracks” by a New Technique   Science Times
Breast Cancer can be Stopped in its Tracks   iDigitalTimes.com
Enzyme Found That Spreads Breast Cancer   Times Gazette
Gazette Herald   
Rapid News Network   
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Pakistan must initiate universal screening of newborns for detection of thyroid ...   
The News International
Pakistan must immediately initiate a national testing service for universal screening of newborn children in order to protect them from the developmental, intellectual, and physical morbidities associated with congenital hypothyroidism. This was one of the ...

World Thyroid Day observed   The Hindu

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