2015年6月3日 星期三

2015-06-04 Pakistan Health


The Express Tribune
   
Pakistan, Afghanistan to jointly tackle polio   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Afghan health officials agreed at a meeting here on Wednesday to carry out joint vigilance for eradication of polio as one block. The meeting was originally scheduled for April 16-17 in Kabul and UN agencies were also expected to ...

Crippling disease: Pakistan, Afghanistan to put up joint fight   The Express Tribune
Polio in Pakistan: Drop of 70% recorded this year   BBC News
Islamabad, Kabul join hands to fight polio   The Nation
Radio Pakistan (press release)   
SAMAA TV   
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Channel News Asia
   
Mother fights brain cancer with electric fields   
Channel News Asia
ST. LOUIS MISSOURI - Against all odds, Elizabeth Marek is alive thanks to a tumor-killing device that attacks brain cancer cells with electric fields. Marek has glioblastoma, a deadly and aggressive form of brain cancer with no cure and a life expectancy of just ...


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The Nation
   
Adviser voices for family planning   
The Nation
LAHORE - Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafiq has said that Pakistan is not an oil producing country and the resources are limited as compared to population growth. He said this while addressing a consultative seminar ...

'Family planning facilities to be provided in tertiary-care hospitals'   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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Daily Times
   
Watching TV or using a smartphone while having dinner, fattens us   
Daily Times
Like to watch TV or play with your phone while you eat your dinner? Watch out - it could make you pile on the pounds, Daily Mail reports. Not paying attention to our food makes us more prone to snacking later. Over a series of experiments researchers found ...

'Distracted Eating' In Front Of Your TV Or Your Phone Makes You Fat, More ...   Medical Daily

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The Express Tribune
   
SUMMER ALERT: 5 tips to avoid food poisoning   
The Express Tribune
Many of just love to dine out, but sometimes bacteria and bacterial toxins come with the package as we are totally unaware of the hygiene standards being practiced by our favourite restaurants down the road. But sometimes, fungus may also grow on our well ...

Kill it before you grill it to avoid food poisoning   Humboldt Journal

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The Express Tribune
   
Porn exposure forcing kids into early sex   
The Express Tribune
Median age at which a group of 1,000 Australians surveyed first watched porn was 14. PHOTO: FILE. SYDNEY: For kids, one of the biggest mysteries is sex and early exposure to porn can lead them to have sex at an early age, an Australian researcher has ...

Porn exposure forcing kids into early sex: Study   Sierra Leone Times

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CatChannel.com
   
Update on Country's Fattest Cat   
CatChannel.com
Sprinkles, a cat who was abandoned and grew to 33 pounds, is slimming down and possibly getting plastic surgery. By Elisa Jordan | Posted: June 3, 2015, 6 p.m. EST. Printer Friendly. Recently, an excessively overweight and previously abandoned cat ...

PHOTOS: See Probably The World's Fattest Cat Alive   NAIJ.COM
Sprinkles the 32 pound pussy is a real life fat cat (with a tear-jerking backstory)   Metro
Sprinkles The 32lb Cat Was Abandoned By Her Owners, Now An Animal Shelter ...   Huffington Post UK
Mirror.co.uk   
Pakistan Tribe   
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The Guardian
   
South Korea shuts 700 schools in respiratory syndrome virus panic   
The Guardian
A boy wearing a face mask plays football on Wednesday at a primary school which has been closed in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Photograph: Xinhua /Landov / Barcroft Media. Agence France-Presse. Wednesday 3 June 2015 23.03 EDT. Share on Facebook ...

MERS Outbreak: 700 Schools Closed in South Korea   NDTV
South Korea Confirms Five New MERS Cases   Wall Street Journal
MERS: What you need to know about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome   The Age
Bloomberg   
Daily Mail   
The Chosun Ilbo   
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Wall Street Journal
   
More Labs Received Live Anthrax, Pentagon Says   
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—Pentagon officials said Wednesday the inadvertent shipment of live anthrax to laboratories nationwide stretched back a decade and that the scope of the mishap was likely to expand in coming days. Four batches of the pathogen sent from the ...

Anthrax: As many as 51 labs in 17 states, 3 countries, received live samples   Los Angeles Times
More Labs Are Likely to Have Mistakenly Received Anthrax Samples, Military Says   New York Times
Demands For Answers After Anthrax Mistakenly Shipped To Labs   CBS Local
Reuters   
The Sun Daily   
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BBC News
   
Breast cancer screening beneficial, scientists reassure   
BBC News
An international team of scientists are reassuring women breast screening saves lives. The study comes after previous debates about the pros and cons of the procedure. Led by the World Health Organization's cancer agency, 29 independent experts from 16 ...

Breast screening cuts cancer deaths more than first thought - review   New Zealand Herald
Breast tests cut death risk by 40%   The Times (subscription)
Breast cancer screening cuts deaths by 40 per cent   Daily Mail
CBS News   
Philly.com   
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