ISLAMABAD: In the United States, more than 2 in 5 adults (42.4%) are obese. Obesity can lead to health problems including type 2 diabetes (T2D), heart disease, and some cancers. Adopting a healthy lifestyle is a key strategy for reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, and other major health concerns. In June 2022, the American Heart Association (AHA) published …

ISLAMABAD: Breathing exercises done for 20 minutes two times a day helped decrease peptides associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the blood, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. Researchers say the findings indicate that these daily exercises could potentially reduce the risk of developing this form of dementia. In he study, participants used a biofeedback unit while …

ISLAMABAD: Take exercise outside to nature if you want greater benefits, including mental clarity and motivation, new research into “green exercise” suggests. One study, published in Nature, says the neurological effects of physical activity in nature include better working memory and concentration. College students performed better after outdoor study breaks than indoor versions, said Katherine Boere, a neuroscience doctoral candidate …

ISLAMABAD: Diets low in fat and carbohydrates can improve the health of middle-aged and older adults, a new study is reporting.   Short-term clinical trials have shown the health benefits of low-carbohydrate diets and low-fat diets for weight loss and heart health.   The study, published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, examines the effects of those diets on mortality …

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO’s highest alert level. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, made the announcement at a virtual press conference from Geneva. The WHO first gave COVID-19 its highest level of alert on Jan. 30, 2020, and …

ISLAMABAD: A study shows that one dose of vaccine can prevent the virus that leads to most cases of cervical cancer may be as effective as the usual two or three doses. The findings could have a significant impact on cutting the rate of cervical cancer worldwide, because a single dose would simplify the vaccination process and cost less. Cervical …

ISLAMABAD: Some patients prone to kidney stones lowered the amount of sodium and calcium they consumed in 2020 as they switched to home cooking during the pandemic lockdowns, and the reductions have persisted even as restaurants have reopened. Researchers from the Department of Urology at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, NY, reported the findings recently at the 2023 …

ISLAMABAD: A study published today in the journal PLOS Medicine looks at adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the incidence of type 2 diabetes. Researchers studied how specific biomarkers in the blood can be used to measure how well people are sticking to a Mediterranean diet. Based on their measurements, the researchers reported that following a Mediterranean diet could help …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination announced that the country’s first and only Monkeypox patient has fully recovered and been discharged from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital. According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination, the reports of the patient were negative, who was admitted to PIMS …

ISLAMABAD: Cranberry has long been regarded as a preventive or curative treatment for urinary tract infections (UTIs). To date, though, research has produced conflicting evidence of its effectiveness. Scientists at Flinders University and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Australia recently published a global study showing that cranberry products may indeed reduce the risk of UTIs in some groups. This …

ISLAMABAD: Protein may be a buzzword in wellness and body-building, but it’s also essential. So, in some ways, one nutrition expert doesn’t mind that people are paying attention to grams of protein on nutrition labels. “Protein is the building block for muscles,” says Dr. Anupama Chawla, the director of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Stony Brook Children’s …

ISLAMABAD: An estimated 60 million women in the US (equal to 44% of the population) live with some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Additionally, 1 in 5 deaths among women stems from CVD with those from racial and ethnic minorities at greater risk. ‘Traditional’ contributing factors, such as obesity, smoking, diabetes, and high cholesterol, are frequently considered by doctors when …

ISLAMABAD: Depression affects millions of people, and while numerous medications treat depression, it can be hard to find the right one. While researching neurotransmitters, scientists at the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology made a discovery that identified how an amino acid is connected to depression. The discovery was based on more than a decade’s worth …

Anxiety is a common mental health disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. While feeling anxious is normal and only the brain’s way to protect us, excessive worry can be unhealthy. Therefore, anti-anxiety diet is something all of us should know of. There are many ways to manage anxiety, such as therapy and medication, but diet can also play an …

ISLAMABAD: A study claimed that if a person is affected with COVID-19 virus before taking its vaccination, he might have less immunity. Researchers at the Stanford University in the United States found that the magnitude and quality of a key immune cell’s response to vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were considerably lower in people with earlier …

Beijing , March 31, 2023: On a crisp spring day at a Beijing equestrian club, 14-year-old Victor Liu climbs into the saddle of a dark-haired horse, starting the latest session of a sport that has changed his life. Like other young people with autism in China, Victor has long faced stigma in a country where his condition is often misunderstood. …

ISLAMABAD , March 30, 2023: Researchers have gained new insights into how aspirin relieves pain, potentially paving the way for future pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory drugs. Despite being one of the oldest commercial pain relievers used by millions daily, the ways these inflammation-reducing mechanisms work are still being explored, which is the subject of a new paper presented at the American Society …

BENGALURU (India) March 29, 2023: With temperatures set to soar next month, Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, a New Delhi-based think tank said. Analyzing 37 regional and federal heat action plans, the Centre for Policy Research found this week that the plans are …

Web Desk , March 28, 2023: Six children died of measles and 656 cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the last three months. According to the report of KP Health Department, five children died of measles in Dera Ismail Khan and one in Tank. The report said that 105 children were confirmed with measles virus in Charsadda and …

Web Desk,March 27, 2023: The number of colorectal cancer — sometimes called colon cancer — in adults below 55 years has been increasing in the US since the 1990s and the reason behind this is unknown, CNN reported. Experts at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are urging that there is much yet to be done to study, treat and prevent this cancer …

United Nations, March 25, 2023: Humanity’s survival depends on how people manage water, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday at the end of a three-day conference on global water resources during which developing nations made urgent calls for help with cleaner drinking water and better sanitation. “All of humanity’s hopes for the future depend, in some way, on charting a …

NAIROBI, Kenya , March 24, 2023: Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment. The World Health Organization on Thursday said that brings the country’s total number of cases to nine in the outbreak declared in mid-February. There are two known current outbreaks of Marburg …

ISLAMABAD , March 23, 2023: Brazzaville/Dar es Salaam – Tanzania today confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after laboratory tests were carried out following reports of cases and deaths in the country’s north-west Kagera region. Tanzania’s National Public Health Laboratory analysed samples to determine the cause of illness after eight people developed symptoms including fever, vomiting, bleeding and …

DAR ES SALAAM, March 22, 2023: Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The WHO said in a late Tuesday statement that the confirmation of the disease by Tanzania’s national public laboratory followed the death of five of eight people …

ISLAMABAD, March 21, 2023: The COVID-19 positivity rate in Karachi has reached 28.30%, a health authority official told The News, after 30 out of 106 people screened for the viral infection tested positive. Meanwhile, the countrywide positivity rate stood at only 3% when three out of 100 individuals tested positive for the pandemic. “COVID-19 positivity rate has started rising in …

Web Desk, March 20, 2023: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed its concerns over the diseases that are caused by excessive salt intake, saying millions of people could die if governments did not take action and spread awareness to keep in check the sodium levels in food. The report, published in Washington Post, said that salty food is the …

LONDON, March 20, 2023: Some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide. One current outbreak of avian flu known as H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has killed record numbers of birds and infected …

Web Desk, March 18, 2023: Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — a type of human-made harmful chemicals — have been flowing probably in human veins and can likely be found on furniture, daily food and water causing cancers, liver disease, asthma, allergies and other health complications. This allowed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to propose a rule to strictly limit …

Odense (Denmark) , March 17, 2023: Countless shelves line the walls of a basement at Denmark’s University of Odense, holding what is thought to be the world’s largest collection of brains. There are 9,479 of the organs, all removed from the corpses of mental health patients over the course of four decades until the 1980s. Preserved in formalin in large …

ISLAMABAD , March 16, 2023: More than three years into the pandemic, finding out how many Americans have long COVID – and what to do about it – has proved to be far harder than identifying those infected with the virus who have recovered or died from it. How best to simply define, diagnose, measure, and treat it have remained …

WASHINGTON , March 15, 2023: The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer. The plan would limit toxic PFAS chemicals to the lowest level that tests can detect. PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated …

LONDON , March 14, 2023: UK hospital doctors on Monday began a three-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out, in the latest wave of industrial action. The doctors say years of below-inflation pay increases mean they have effectively had a 26 per cent pay cut …

TOKYO , March 13, 2023: Japan on Monday dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years, but hardly anything changed in the country that has had an extremely high regard for their effectiveness at anti-virus protection. Most commuters exiting Tokyo’s main train station in the morning were wearing masks as they headed to work. So were people …

ISLAMABAD, March 10, 2023: Approximately 1 in 3 adults in the US not getting enough sleep, insomnia is a common health problem. Lack of sleep can lead to a long list of chronic health issues, including heart disease, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, obesity and depression. According to a new study published Friday in Clinical Cardiology,people who suffer from insomnia …

WASHINGTON (Internews Pakistan) — The Biden administration is preparing to relax Covid-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. The people, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration has decided to roll back the testing requirements as cases, hospitalizations …

Karachi (National Times)- Dozens of people, both adults and children, are testing positive for HIV on weekly basis in the four Talukas of Sindh where the spread of HIV in the general population is being observed since 2019, federal and provincial officials disclosed on Monday. “HIV cases are regularly being reported from the four notorious Talukas of Larkana, Jacobabad, Qambar …

ISLAMABAD, (Internews Palistan) – Researchers from Tulane University have found that trendy diets like keto and paleo have a higher carbon footprint than other options like a vegan or vegetarian one. The study was published March 1 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers took information from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Donald “Diego” Rose, PhD, …

ISLAMABAD, (Internews Pakistan) – Injections of spinal disc tissue into the spine may relieve pain associated with degenerative disc disease, according to preliminary results of a recent small study. Degenerative disc disease is a condition in which age-related wear and tear of one or more spinal discs causes pain, such as in the low back, buttocks and thigh. Injuries can …

ISLAMABAD, (Internews Pakistan) – A new study has found that physical exercise is highly beneficial for decreasing mental health symptoms. With high and growing mental health stats this study could be a positive implementation into treatments. The study was published February in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. According to the World Health Organization, mental health affects 1 in 8 …

ISLAMABAD, (Internews Pakistan) – According to the CDC, over 37 million Americans—about 1 in 10 individuals—have diabetes, and approximately 90-95% of them have type 2 diabetes. Normally, a hormone called insulin moves glucose (sugar) from the blood into cells, where it’s used for energy. But in type 2 diabetes, the body doesn’t use or produce insulin properly, and glucose builds …