health

Punjab unveils over Rs2trillion budget for remaining eight months of FY 18-19

LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakht on Tuesday presented an over Rs2.026trillion budget… Read More

Taking vitamin D supplements may not improve bone health

Vitamin D supplementation may not improve bone density or prevent fractures and falls in adults,… Read More

Anti-measles drive to begin from Oct 15 across Punjab

LAHORE: Punjab Health Department will launch an anti-measles drive across the province from October 15, … Read More

Mother and Child Nutrition Week kicks off in Punjab

LAHORE: A Punjab wide nutrition awareness drive 'Mother and Child Health and Nutrition Week' formally… Read More

Govt committed to overhaul health, nutritional status of people: minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister National Health Services Aamer Mehmood Kiani on Friday said the government was… Read More

AIDS’ screening ordered for TB patients across Punjab

LAHORE: Punjab Health Department on Friday decided to conduct AIDS screening tests of tuberculosis patients… Read More

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan sign MoUs for education, health projects in Azad Kashmir, KP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed three Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for grant… Read More

Health minister stresses on need to enhance pharmaceutical exports

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Services Aamir Mehmood Kiani on Thursday held a meeting with… Read More

Fast food outlets sealed as PFA crackdown along Lahore-Islamabad motorway enters second day

LAHORE: Punjab Food Authority (PFA) sealed at least four fast food outlets as its crackdown… Read More

What your fingernails say about your health

The way your nails look tells you a lot about your health and what changes… Read More

Health ministry to constitute emergency nutrition task force

ISLAMABAD: A meeting chaired by Minister for National Health Services Aamir Mehmood Kiyani on Saturday… Read More

Expensive healthcare: CJP summons owners of Lahore’s private hospitals

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday took suo motu notice of… Read More

UN agrees global plan to battle TB ahead of first-ever summit

UNITED NATIONS: UN member-states have agreed on a global plan to step up the fight… Read More

US boy survives impaling head on kabab skewer

CHICAGO: A 10-year-old American boy was making a remarkable recovery Wednesday after a meat skewer… Read More

Apple unveils larger iPhones, health-oriented watches

Apple unveiled larger iPhones named XS and XS Max, based on last year’s iPhone X,… Read More

Foods prepared with liquid nitrogen are really dangerous to your health

We are always encountering some new food rave on our social sites while some are… Read More

CM Sindh directs to upgrade of 13 DHQs by year end

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday directed to complete upgradation of thirteen… Read More

Govt to pay special attention to mother, child health: health minister

ISLAMABAD: Health Minister Aamir Mehmood Kiyani on Tuesday said the government would pay special attention… Read More

Captain Safdar shifted back to Adiala from Pims

RAWALPINDI: Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar was shifted back to Adiala jail from Pakistan Institute of… Read More

Some hospital bacteria growing ‘tolerant’ to sanitizers: study

TAMPA: Some hospital superbugs are growing increasingly tolerant to alcohol-based disinfectants found in hand washes… Read More