ISLAMABAD  -Smoking during pregnancy can triple the baby`s chance of developing meningitis, researchers warn.Children exposed to smoke from a parent`s cigarettes at home are also twice as likely to have the deadly illness.Researchers believe that passive smoking gradually weakens children`s ...

ISLAMABAD - Exposing a child to the nuclear radiation from two or three computed tomography (CT) head scans may triple its risk of developing brain cancer later in life.  The risk of developing cancer comes from the ionizing radiation used in CT scans. The risk is higher in children, who are ...

The United States tripled Wednesday the number of helicopters helping Pakistans flood relief effort, as top US officials issued somber warnings about the massive scale of the disaster. The boost in the US deployment came as outgoing UN humanitarian chief John Holmes appealed for $460 million in ...