Category: Health
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Naegleria Fowleri: Brain eating amoeba claimed two more lives in Karachi
The fatal brain eating amoeba has claimed two more lives in Karachi, bringing the total number of deaths caused by Naegleria to three this year. A 37 year old resident of DHA, Farooq Mir expired in Ziauddin Hospital due to Naegleria. Ten days ago, a 40 year old women also died because of the same…
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Naegleria Fowleri- Brain eating amoeba strikes again in Karachi
It was a friend’s heart wrenching Facebook status that informed me about first Naegleria victim of 2015 in Karachi a couple of days ago. A young girl Abeera, only child of her parents, apparently went to a famous water park and died after few days. Karachi health services director Dr Zafar Ejaz confirmed that it…
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Ebola in Pakistan: How to find and deal with deadly Ebola Virus
As Ebola virus spreads through the world, Pakistan is also at high risk of getting affected by this deadly virus that has no cure, till date. Ebola hemorrhagic fever has caused more than 7,000 deaths so far and the count is rising by every passing day. What is Ebola virus and is Pakistan ready to…
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Deadly Ebola Virus has arrived in Asia, traces found in Bangladesh
The terrifying hemorrhagic fever known as Ebola virus, or one of its relatives, seems to have made its way into Asia, specifically Bangladesh. Ebola, officially known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a severe disease caused by the Ebola virus that was first recognized in Africa in 1976. Early symptoms can include fever, headache, joint and…
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Ban on Shisha Smoking in Sindh
The Deputy Commissioners of all five districts of Karachi have been directed to launch a crackdown campaign against places offering shisha smoking from today by Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Shaikh. This is in compliance with Sindh Home department’s imposition of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code banning shisha smoking/selling across the province for two…
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Most Honey In Grocery Stores Does Not Contain Honey At All
Growing up, I never liked the taste of honey. However, the honey that is sold these days tastes great. Not to mention the fact that “suddenly” it has gone from dark brown to yellow. Well, the reason is because what is sold these days is not honey at all. From Natural News: Just because those…
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Perils of Cigarette Smoking
Millions of people all over the world smoke. And there are millions of articles on the internet about the harms of smoking. What is more important is to see why people start smoking, because once people get addicted, it becomes very hard to quit regardless of the knowledge of the dangers. While some may start…
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The Dengue Crisis in Punjab
Dengue fever has turned into an epidemic in Punjab specially Lahore after heavy rain. Over 2,000 cases had been reported in Lahore only and over 3,000 cases have been reported all over the country. Such a huge number of people become victim to the deadly ailment owing to Punjab government’s alleged failure to fumigate on…
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Successful Genome mapping of First Pakistani
During my graduation the subject that always fascinates me was genetics and later on I enjoyed teaching it too. The genes present in the DNA of every individual are the expression of human life, determining each and every detail from hair color to the health risks possessed by a living being. It was interesting to…
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Drug Abuse and Alcohol: A serious threat for Young Generation!
As it’s commonly noticed now a days that hobbies like sports, reading, painting are vanishing day by day. Interests of our young generation are smoking, hanging out on Sheesha bars , gulping down the water in the bottle “alcohol “. The factor of COOL and UNCOOL is spreading like an epidemic disease in universities, colleges…