2015年9月15日 星期二

2015-09-16 Pakistan Health


DunyaNews Pakistan
   
Karachi: YDA calls off protest after talks, paramedics to continue strike   
DunyaNews Pakistan
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Young Doctors Association (YDA) on Tuesday in Karachi has called off protest after successful negotiation with administration whereas the paramedical staff has decided to continue strike for health allowance. The strike was ...

Doctors end boycott of Karachi's Jinnah Hospital   International News Network
In protest: Lawyers continue boycott on second day   The Express Tribune
Doctors end protest at Karachi's Jinnah hospital after two days   ARY NEWS

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The Express Tribune
   
Pakistan among 20 countries to meet only one nutrition target   
The Express Tribune
KARACHI: Pakistan is among the 20 countries that have met only one of the five World Health Assembly targets on nutrition, revealed a Global Nutrition report. The only country that has met all five of these nutrition goals was Kenya, followed by ...
Despite fall in hunger, obesity and diabetes worsen around the globe: report   Reuters
One in three of global population malnourished: report   GlobalPost
Malnourished or obese, nations must double nutrition budget   Chicago Tribune

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Fox News
   
Kenya focuses on strong health system, less crisis funding   
Fox News
NAIROBI – When Grace's five-year-old daughter was admitted to hospital in Kenya with a chest infection, she didn't suspect HIV. It was only four years later, when Grace became so ill she had to be carried to hospital, that she found they were both HIV ...
Africa: LGBT Rights Must Be Protected to Ensure Healthy Lives for All   AllAfrica.com
Karachi chosen to get rid of HIV/AIDs – 3 new treatment centres to be set up: CM   Dental News Pakistan

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NY City News
   
Aspirin may help fight colorectal cancer: Experts   
Times of India
For years, doctors have re commended daily aspi rin to lower cardiovascular risk in certain men and women. Now, for the first time, an expert panel is recommending aspirin therapy to prevent heart attacks and colorectal cancer. The guideline for those ...
Aspirin most effective if you're in your 50s   Daily Times
Panel backs aspirin use for certain adults   The Detroit News
An aspirin a day keeps heart attack away for high risk category   Nature World Report
Chattanooga Times Free Press   
NYC Today   
The Times (subscription)   
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Dress code in schools to fight dengue   
The Asian Age
As the national capital battles highest number of dengue cases in last five years, the Delhi government on Tuesday directed schools across the city to ensure that students attend school wearing clothes which fully cover them for the next one month to ...

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172 dengue cases reported   
Daily Times
KARACHI: Provincial Minister for Health Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has said that during first week of September, 172 patients were affected by dengue virus in Karachi, while one each in Hyderabad, Shaheed Benazirabad and Laraka have been reported so ...


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Hindustan Times
   
More than twofold jump in dengue cases   
Times of India
CHANDIGARH: Dengue epidemic is spreading in Punjab with number of cases already reported being more than double this year compared to 2014. As per the state health department, 1,035 cases of dengue have been confirmed so far while 472 persons ...

Punjab, Haryana on alert as dengue scare spreads   The Hindu
Haryana hospitals on high alert with rising dengue cases   Business Standard
Scratch and forget   Chandigarh Tribune
Daily Pioneer   
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IPA, Natco withdraw opposition to Gilead's drug   
Business Standard
Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) withdrew its opposition to the patent application for Gilead Pharmasset's Hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir, marketed as Sovaldi, after the latter entered into a voluntary licensing agreement with 11 companies to sell the ...

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NDTV
   
Taking a daily vitamin D supplement wards off dementia   
Daily Times
Older people should boost their intake of Vitamin D with supplements to ward off dementia, a new study suggests. Researchers have found people over the age of 60 with low levels of the essential vitamin experienced mental decline up to three times ...
(VIDEO) Vitamin D deficiency linked to mental decline   Nature World Report
Low vitamin D ranges might improve danger for Alzheimer's   The Times (subscription)
Low vitamin D linked to mental decline, study finds   CBS News
Science Recorder   
NJ.com   
Philly.com   
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Newsweek
   
For Kids, More Time Outdoors May Mean Better Vision   
Newsweek
A Chinese student undergoes an eyesight test at an eye hospital in Shanghai. Myopia is common in children in cities scattered throughout East and Southeast Asia, where 80 to 90 percent of high school graduates are nearsighted and need glasses to see ...

Making Kids Play Outside May Cut Their Risk Of Nearsightedness   University Herald
More time outdoors may cut kids' risk of nearsightedness: study   Xinhua
More Time Outside Tied to Less Nearsightedness in Children   Scientific American
International Business Times AU   
The Times (subscription)   
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