ISLAMABAD - A high-level delegation of American cotton scientists visited Pakistan last week to review progress and plan new strategies with Pakistani counterparts to fight the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV), a devastating disease that affects cotton yields in Pakistan and caused loss of an ...

ISLAMABAD  – Male pattern baldness is linked to an increased risk of coronary heart disease, but only if it’s on the top/crown of the head, a new study has revealed.A receding hairline is not linked to an increased risk, the analysis indicates.The researchers from University of ...

KARACHI - Over three dozens peacocks have died due to imbalanced diet that seems to have affected their nervous system during last two weeks in Thar area of the province.As per information gathered, the peacocks are suffering from an illness which doctors are describing as a metabolic disorder ...

It has been discovered that men can inherit heart disease, or at least an increased risk of heart disease, from their fathers. The danger has been tracked to a specific version of the Y chromosome, which is only present in men.Research suggests that for one in five British males this defective gene ...

Two more victims of alleged reaction of cardiac medicines died on Sunday, bringing the overall death toll to 28 over the last three days.The deceased included Muhammad Hussain and Pir Ahmed who were under treatment in Mayo Hospital.According to details, more than 100 critical patients were being ...

NEW YORK  - In a new study of people with moderate or severe lung disease, taking large amounts of vitamin D was not linked to any symptom relief, researchers from Belgium report.Prior research suggested that up to three quarters of people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or ...

A NEW blood test to identify the human form of mad cow disease is being developed by British scientists.  Researchers have created the test for the deadly variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), which is being offered to British patients for the first time. Experts said the test represented ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The United States and Pakistan are working together to fight foot and mouth disease, which is estimated to cause $82 million in economic damage to rural Pakistani families every year. The United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the United Nations Food ...

LAHORE - Mycoplasma, an atypical bacterium, is causing respiratory problem and huge economic losses to the poultry industry across the world and especially in Pakistan. This was stated by Prof Dr Mazhar I. Khan from University of Connecticut USA while delivering a lecture on workshop titled Avian ...

LAHORE - The speakers of inaugural ceremony of 3-day National Anti-Polio Campaign held at Children Hospital on Monday have said that if the one polio case exists in our country the threat of this menace would be remained for other children as well. They said eradication of polio was a collective ...

ISLAMABAD Cervical cancer is the third leading cause of deaths among women globally after breast and lung caner and in terms of prevalence it is the second most common cancer in women. Health experts expressed these views here on Wednesday while addressing a media briefing on Cervical Cancer is ...

LAHORE - Majority of the premature deaths from heart disease and stroke could be avoided by minimising main risk factors including smoking, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, says a senior heart physician from leading public sector hospitals in the City. Heart disease and stroke are the ...

CHARSADDA (Reuters) - As floodwaters rushed into Bakhmina Saeeds mud-brick home, she grabbed medical records of her daughters heart condition, put them in a metal trunk and headed to high ground. Eighteen days later, one-year-old Naeema sleeps on a mat in sweltering heat at a fly-infested camp, ...

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC acid (PFOA), a chemical used in non-stick cookware, food packaging, as well as, for making carpets and fabrics stain and water repellent, and thyroid disease in adults. The substance to be found throughout the home has previously been branded, as being potentially ...

KARACHI (Agencies) - A mysterious disease has come to haunt the fishermen locality Rehri Goth situated in Karachi causing mental and physical handicap to dozens of residents. According to a private news channel, Karachis backward area of Ibrahim Hyderi and adjoining impoverished Rehri Goth are ...

THE cheeseburger and French fries might look tempting, but eating a serving of broccoli or leafy greens first could help people battle metabolic processes that lead to obesity and heart disease, a new University of Florida study shows. Eating more plant-based foods, which are rich in substances ...

RESEARCHERS have developed an add-on to a mobile phone that can take detailed images and analyse them to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis. The CellScope works as a so-called fluorescence microscope that can identify the markers of disease. It is hoped the device will be useful in the ...

LAHORE (PR) - A Disease Reporting Centre has been established in Livestock and Dairy Development sector of Rahimyar Khan with the financial collaboration of Strengthening of Livestock Services Project (SLPS). A workshop was organised under the co-chairmanship of Executive District Officer ...

ORLANDO, Florida (AFP) - Healthy people could cut their risk of heart disease in half with a new super pill that combines low doses of aspirin and drugs that lower blood pressure and cholesterol, a study said the other day. We believe that the polypill probably has the potential to reduce heart ...

THE Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools, NCEP, do not accurately predict coronary heart disease, according to a study performed at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. The study included 1,653 patients who had no history of coronary heart disease; ...

KARACHI (PPI) - Patients with a deadly lung disease are three times as likely to experience severe coronary events - including heart attacks - than their normal counterparts, according to a recent study. The study is based on an analysis of cardiovascular disease risk in nearly 1,000 patients with ...

A team of international researchers - including scientists from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University - have discovered that having high levels of particular protein puts patients at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The results of the study were so ...

ISLAMABAD (Online)- A rare genetic mutation may underlie some cases of mad cow disease in cattle and its discovery may help shed light on where the epidemic started, U.S researchers reported. The mutation, in an Alabama cow that tested positive in 2006 for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or ...

The deposed Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed has resigned today. Earlier, President Pervez Musharraf signed notification, reinstating five regular and three additional judges of Sindh High Court. The summary is being forwarded to Attorney General's office after the ...