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Musharaf Zahoor
ISLAMABAD: The CDA has failed to replace paper mulberry plants from the federal capital, causing an outbreak of pollen allergy among the locals.
According to details, a plan was devised by the CDA and other departments concerned in January 2005 to replace the paper mulberry trees with alternative plantation of environment-friendly trees within a period of three years. Continue reading »
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ISLAMABAD: A simple yet cost effective way to reduce stress or anxiety is chewing sugar-free gum, according to a study. It also showed that chewing gum increases alertness and improves performance while multi-tasking. Continue reading »
LAHORE, Nov 13: Arsenic and fluoride contamination pose a growing threat to public health in the city, according to research undertaken by Dr Prof Kauser Jamal Cheema, head of the Environmental Science and Zoology Departments at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU).
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Milk may be a treatment for milk allergy. In a carefully controlled study, researchers from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Duke University found that giving milk-allergic children milk in increasingly higher doses over time eased their allergic reactions to milk and even helped some of the children completely overcome their milk allergy.
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Everyone knows smoking and being obese is not healthy for you, but now a new study shows the odds of dying early are highest among obese smokers.
“We know that obesity and smoking by themselves are important health risk factors,” said lead researcher Annemarie Koster, an epidemiologist at the U.S. National Institute on Aging. “We found that smoking and obesity are independent predictors of mortality, but smoking and being obese especially increases the mortality risk.” Continue reading »
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ISLAMABAD: Low potassium levels are likely to trigger high blood pressure, thanks to a specific gene, says a new study.
“There has been a lot of publicity about lowering salt or sodium in the diet, but not enough on increasing dietary potassium,” said the study’s co-author Susan Hedayati, of the University of Texas (U-T) Southwestern Medical Centre in Dallas, Texas. Researchers analysed data on approximately 3,300 subjects from the Dallas Heart Study, half of whom were African American. The results showed that the amount of potassium in urine samples was strongly related to blood pressure (BP). Continue reading »
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ISLAMABAD: Continued loud music from MP3 or Mobile phones and other devices through headphones etc can permanently damage hearing, medical experts warned.
“Young people are at risk of premature hearing loss, listening to loud music with earphones might be entertaining, but listening to it for more than 90 minutes a day can damage your hearing.” Continue reading »
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ISLAMABAD: Consumption of fish appears to have a beneficial effect on the electrical system of the heart, which prevents life-threatening heart rhythm disorders. Previous reports have linked fish intake with a reduced risk of sudden death and irregular heartbeats, but the mechanisms responsible for this association were unknown, Health News reported. Continue reading »
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ISLAMABAD: Women who take multivitamins before becoming pregnant are less likely to give birth to premature babies, new study findings suggest. According to the research, conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, women who took multivitamins before conceiving were half as likely to deliver their babies before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Continue reading »
Scientists in the United States have created super-charged immune cells that helped beat back cancer tumours in half of a small group of patients tested, according to a study released Sunday. Continue reading »
CHILDREN who avoid milk and don’t get enough calcium-rich substitutes may face an increased risk of breaking a bone. Calcium, along with vitamin D and other nutrients, is essential for building and maintaining strong bones.
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When a healthy baby keeps crying for no known reason, it is called colic. Doctors usually consider babies to have colic if they cry: Continue reading »
If your child has regular nosebleeds, there are precautions you can take to help prevent the problem.
The University of Virginia Health System offers these suggestions: Continue reading »
Pneumonia and bronchitis are called lower respiratory diseases because they affect your lungs or the airways leading into the lungs. Upper respiratory diseases such as colds affect your nose, throat and sinuses. Continue reading »
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ISLAMABAD: Researchers at the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville, Regional Campus, say that patients with Type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk of contracting tuberculosis because they generally have a compromised immune system, which results in life-threatening lung infections that are more difficult to treat. Continue reading »