With a constant barrage of graphical information on the spread of COVID-19 across the globe, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and at the end of it all, have no real sense of just how severe the pandemic is. It does not help either that these charts and graphs inadvertently …
Read More »How the Pandemic Will End
Three months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about, and many more whom we do not. It has crashed economies and broken health-care systems, filled hospitals and emptied public spaces. It has …
Read More »PIMA launches free of charge nationwide telemedicine facility amid coronavirus outbreak
KARACHI: Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) on Wednesday launched a free of charge telemedicine project consisting of 42 volunteer medical consultants. In order to provide health and medical consultation to people at their homes, several General Practitioners (GPs) have also been hired by the association to provide telemedicine consultation to …
Read More »Trump to meet with vaping industry on vaping, e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be meeting with vaping industry officials as well as medical and political officials to discuss vaping and e-cigarettes. “Will be meeting with representatives of the Vaping industry, together with medical professionals and individual state representatives, to come up with an …
Read More »Juul suspends US sales of some flavored e-cigarettes
WASHINGTON: The leading American maker of electronic cigarettes, Juul Labs, announced Thursday it is suspending sales of some flavored vaping products in the United States, as the US government prepares a nationwide ban. Juul will stop selling mango, cream, fruit, and cucumber flavored pods, while federal health authorities finalize new …
Read More »Vaping-linked lung injury may be caused by toxic fumes: study
WASHINGTON: Lung biopsies from 17 people affected by a US outbreak of severe pulmonary disease linked to vaping have revealed the injuries are consistent with exposure to noxious chemical fumes, scientists reported Wednesday. The research, carried out by the Mayo Clinic, a medical nonprofit, and published in The New England …
Read More »US lawmakers urge FDA to pull pod, cartridge-based e-cigarettes from market
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US senators on Friday urged federal regulators to immediately remove all pod and cartridge-based e-cigarettes from the market until it can be proven the products are safe. In a letter to Ned Sharpless, acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Senators Dick …
Read More »An apple a day is 100m bacteria for your gut: study
ISLAMABAD: The impact of an apple a day in keeping the doctor away may be partly down to the beneficial bacteria it carries and their subsequent colonization of your gut, according to scientists. A study has found that a typical apple carries more than 100m bacteria. Some of these microbes …
Read More »Better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life
Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life, with no limit to the benefit of aerobic fitness. Researchers retrospectively studied 122,007 patients who underwent exercise treadmill testing at Cleveland Clinic between Jan. 1, 1991, and Dec. 31, 2014, to measure all-cause mortality relating to the …
Read More »Chester Bennington’s widow shares emotional health signs to mark his birthday
To mark the birthday of the deceased American singer-songwriter Chester Bennington, his widow Talinda decided to take the opportunity to spread awareness about mental illnesses. The American rock band Linkin Park’s lead singer who would have turned 42 today, has become a beaming light for the world even after his …
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