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world of youth sexual health – a taboo lacking awareness
Feb 9th
ISLAMABAD: The world of youth sexual health is a secret and whimsical place. Even though issues related to sexual health among unmarried people are considered mostly taboo, it is a whole world that very much exists – along with all its problems and difficulties.
The biggest problem, as Yusra Aziz, a More >
Researchers to find out cause of whale shark’s death
Feb 9th
KARACHI, The huge carcass of the whale shark continued to attract people from across the city on a second consecutive day to the harbour, where nominal charges were collected from visitors by the fishermen who claimed to have bought the fish until the relevant authorities on Wednesday declared the species More >
KEMU King Edward Medical University to have first private diagnostic lab
Feb 9th
LAHORE: King Edward Medical University (KEMU) is to develop a new diagnostic laboratory on Jail Road that will become the first lab attached to a public medical school in the province that also works on a private basis, The Express Tribune has learnt. The university hired a building on Jail More >
Scientific symposium: University of Health Sciences (UHS) Vice Chancellor (VC) comes down hard on drug companies
Feb 9th
LAHORE: “New costly drugs and medicines aren’t helping us. Multinational companies seem determined to dose the population with as many simultaneous prescriptions as possible, as long as it generates profits for them. Ethics are nowhere adhered to in the pharmaceutical industry these days: it is all about money, profits, power More >
Heart patient stuck in paramedics protest dies to Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC)
Feb 9th
A FEMALE heart patient died after an ambulance carrying her to Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) was stuck in a four-hour traffic jam on the Jail Road as a result of protest demonstration by the Punjab Paramedical Alliance for their demands on Wednesday.
The ill-fated woman, Samina, suffering from heart attack More >
Umbilical cord antiseptic care can save newborns’ lives by the Aga Khan University (AKU) Division of Women and Child Health
Feb 9th
KARACHI – Cleansing a newborn’s umbilical cord with an antiseptic can reduce the risk of infection and death, revealed a study carried out by the Aga Khan University (AKU)’s Division of Women and Child Health. The research, just published in the leading global medical journal The Lancet, was conducted in More >
Dow inaugurates first public-sector bleeding care unit at the Ojha campus of Dow University
Feb 8th
Karachi
The National Institute of Liver & Gastrointestinal Disease, which houses the public-sector’s first bleeding care unit, was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Ojha campus of Dow University.
The unit has been furnished with state-of-the-art technologies, including an ICU, endoscopy suites, operation theatres, a blood bank, and labs operating round the clock. More >
YDA announces strike Punjab Young Doctors Association
Feb 7th
LAHORE – The Punjab Young Doctors Association (YDA) threatened to set up medical camps on the road outside the Punjab Institute of Cardiology if the government did not restore the PIC medical superintendent and CEO, Pakistan Today learnt. The Punjab government had dismissed the PIC MS Dr Salim Jaffar and More >
Basic life support course mandatory for MBBS, BDS University of Health Sciences (UHS)
Feb 7th
LAHORE
THE University of Health Sciences (UHS) has made Basic Life Support an essential component of MBBS and BDS curriculum. Students will be trained in Cardiac First Responder (CFR) as a basic life support course, which is being developed by UHS in collaboration with Institute of Learning Emergency Medicine (ILEM), Ireland More >
Fingers pointed at staff as child dies at NICH National Institute of Child Health
Feb 7th
Yet another case of negligence emerged from a public hospital on Monday. Parents and relatives of a three-year-old child, who died at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) due to injuries sustained in an accident, accused doctors and the NICH administration of negligence which resulted in the boy’s death. More >
Help calm a cough and how to remove
Feb 7th
If you’re plagued with a cold or another respiratory illness that’s causing a cough, there are things you can do to help tame the beast.
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute offers these suggestions to help calm a cough:
* Quit smoking.
* Steer clear of substances that can irritate the lungs More >
PPMA members dissatisfied with govt’s response to PIC catastrophe LAHORE – The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Association
Feb 6th
LAHORE – The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Association (PPMA) has divided over the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) catastrophe as several PPMA members expressed disappointment over poor performance of the PPMA leadership in a meeting on Saturday. Sources privy in the meeting disclosed that it happened for first time that the More >
Collective efforts urged to eliminate use of gutka, mainpuri, chhalia seminar World Cancer Day
Feb 5th
KARACHI, Feb 4: Claiming that frequent consumption of chhalia (betel nuts), gutka and tobacco was behind the increasing cases of oral cancer, speakers at a seminar on Saturday suggested that a civil society and city administration coalition be initiated to eliminate their use in the city.
One of the speakers said More >
Prevention best cure against cancer seminars, workshops and discussions
Feb 5th
LAHORE: World Cancer Day was observed in a number of countries, including Pakistan, on Saturday in order to create awareness among the public about the disease. A number of seminars, workshops and discussions were held at different hospitals of the provincial metropolis to raise awareness among the masses about the More >
Orthopaedic surgery course being held at Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore,
Feb 5th
LAHORE
THE 16th Intensive Review Course in Orthopaedic Surgery is being held at Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, from February 6 to 11. According to a press release here on Saturday, Prof Shafique Ahmad Shafaq, head of Orthopaedic Department of the hospital will conduct the course.
World Cancer Day (WCD) Awareness key to treatment, activities, seminars and conferences
Feb 5th
World Cancer Day (WCD) was observed by various public and private health institutions and organisations of Karachi on Saturday. They organised awareness activities, seminars and conferences to highlight the early warning signs, symptoms and diagnosis of different types of cancer.
The leading oncologists of the country stressed that cancer could be More >
‘My health matters’ at IoBM Institute of Business Management organised its Annual Health and Business Psychology Conference (Health PsyCon)
Jan 31st
KARACHI – The CBM Society of Health Managers (CSHM), Institute of Business Management (IoBM), organised its Annual Health and Business Psychology Conference (Health PsyCon) followed by a two-day health assessment camp titled: “My health matters” at the campus of the institute, the IoBM Public Affairs Section said in a statement More >
Antibiotics can prevent deaths in children pneumonia: study at home by lady health workers (LHWs)
Jan 31st
A study recently carried out in the Matiari district of Sindh found that by using a simple oral antibiotic, children with severe pneumonia in rural communities could be treated effectively at home by lady health workers (LHWs).
The study, which was published on Monday in the medical journal ‘The Lancet’, More >
Fake medicines case: Doctors threaten strike as authorities ‘crack down’
Jan 30th
LAHORE: Lahore geared up for another battle on Sunday as the witch-hunt proceeded in the fake medicine case. A doctors’ association threatened to go on a strike against their colleagues’ arrests as authorities detained medical staff in their ‘crackdown.’ The death toll, meanwhile, continued to climb. Unofficial toll reached 112 More >
Be prepared for skin changes just the characteristic wrinkles of age
Jan 30th
As you get older, skin changes may include more than just the characteristic wrinkles of age.
The Cleveland Clinic lists these skin changes that can occur as a result of aging:
* Itchiness and dry skin.
* Bruising more easily.
* Wrinkling skin.
* Skin tags and age (liver) spots.
* Increased risk of skin More >
Lab result proves ‘suspicious’ drugs to be non-lethal Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CTDL)
Jan 29th
Karachi
The Central Drug Testing Laboratory (CTDL) in the city has tested and cleared the five medicines that allegedly claimed the lives of over 100 heart patients at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Lahore, The News learnt on Saturday.
Test results revealed that the drugs had no traces of mercury, More >
Call to consult family physicians on health issues discussion highlighted
Jan 28th
LAHORE Participants in a discussion highlighted the services of family physicians and general practitioners in the health care system, urging the government to take the physicians on board, especially in creating awareness about different epidemics as well as systematic collection of data.
Jointly organized by Mir Khalil ur Rahman Memorial More >
Risk factors for varicose veins
Jan 28th
Varicose veins are swollen, bulging and often painful veins that tend to occur in the legs.
Are you more likely than the average person to develop them? The womenshealth.gov website mentions these risk factors:
* Aging, due to declining function of vascular valves.
* Having a family history of varicose veins.
* Undergoing hormonal More >
Free medicine case: Punjab govt caught unaware? above 100 death
Jan 26th
LAHORE: Members of the opposition in Punjab Assembly were unimpressed on Thursday as the parliamentary health secretary briefed them on the free medicine case, which has so far killed over 100 people. “The Punjab Institute of Cardiology caters to as many as 600,000 people annually. Of these, 50,000 people are More >
Sindh’s health care: Nursing a grudge over long-untended needs Provincial Nurses Association
Jan 26th
KARACHI: They take care of us when we are at our most vulnerable but now they want someone to tend to their needs. A heavy workload exacerbated by low pay has nurses up in arms in Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah, Sukkur, Hyderabad and Khairpur with the protest threatening to spread to Karachi. More >
Five medicines sale stopped Lahore Wholesale Chemists and Druggists Association (LWCDA)
Jan 26th
LAHORE
The Lahore Wholesale Chemists and Druggists Association (LWCDA) has stopped sale and purchase of five medicines suspected to a have caused reaction among heart patients at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), Lahore.
Speaking at a press conference at Lohari Medicine Market on Wednesday, the association’s president Nisar Chaudhry, general secretary More >
Young Doctors Association YDA demands removal of PIMS administration
Jan 26th
Islamabad
The Young Doctors Association (YDA) of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Wednesday alleged that the ongoing strike that continues to hinder provision of medical attention to patients in the city’s leading tertiary care hospital enjoys the complete backing and support of the hospital administration, and that unless the More >
life-saving stop suspect drugs Cardiovestin (simvastatin), Alfagril (clopidogrel), Concort (amlodipine), and Soloprin (aspirin)
Jan 25th
Mystery deaths THE government’s response to the loss of several lives because of what many doctors say was the adverse reaction of certain life-saving drugs given to heart patients by the Punjab Institute of Cardiology has been deeply flawed. Other than forming one committee after another to ‘look into’ the More >
First satellite dialysis centre of Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation SIUT opened
Jan 25th
KARACHI, Jan 24: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), with a view to facilitating kidney patients, has opened its first satellite dialysis centre in the central district. The centre has been established in close collaboration with the All Pakistan Women Association (APWA) and named as the SIUT-APWA Akram More >
Punjab Institute of Cardiology PIC medical tragedy: death toll reaches 74
Jan 24th
LAHORE – Number of patients killed after Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) medicines’ reaction has jumped to 74. Prof Dr Javed Akram, head of investigation team probing deaths caused by drugs, said death toll could cross alarming figure of 150 to 200. He said probe team asked pharmaceutical companies about More >
