Health & Fitness

Women with breast cancer are often afraid of getting radiation, but a new study of women who’ve had this treatment suggests their experiences with it were much better than they expected. Researchers surveyed 327 breast cancer patients treated from 2012 to 2016. This included 269 women who underwent breast-conserving surgery …

ISLAMABAD: Children who are allergic to cow’s milk are at heightened risk of remaining shorter in height and lighter in weight throughout pre-adolescence as compared to the children who are allergic to peanuts or tree nuts, finds a study. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, eight food …

Order a sushi platter in the U.S. and your plate will likely include tuna from the South Pacific, crab from the North Atlantic, and farm-raised shrimp from Asia. Researchers have long known that exposure to the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) comes almost exclusively from eating seafood. But the geographic origins of …

Scientists at Imperial College London have become the first in the world to test how pathogens interact with artificial human organs. Artificial human organs, or organ-on-chip technologies, simulate a whole organ’s cell make up and physiology. They act as alternatives to animal models in drug safety testing, but until now …

People with anxiety and depression might feel a little better after they get mild electric shock therapy, but it’s unclear how much it will help or whether this treatment might ease other conditions, researchers say. The therapy, known as cranial electrical stimulation, delivers a current similar to that of a …

PARIS: More than 12 percent of people who have gastrointestinal surgery become infected within 30 days of going under the knife, researchers said Wednesday in a study covering 66 countries. For low-income nations, the incidence of so-called surgical site infection was double the global average, according to the results, based …

NEW DELHI: India is investigating claims an unlicensed doctor infected at least 46 people with HIV by re-using syringes, the latest case to expose the paucity of healthcare in the country of 1.25 billion. Police in Uttar Pradesh have registered a criminal case against Rajendra Yadav, who provided cheap door-to-door …

MIAMI: In a bid to cut the population of disease-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitos, health officials in Miami are releasing millions of their brethren treated with a bacteria that makes them sterile. “Treat them carefully! You don´t want to hurt them,” said South Miami mayor Philip Stoddard as a sampling of …

RAWALPINDI: The prevailing Seasonal flu outbreak is not Swine flu though they have similar symptoms. Talking to APP, District Health Officer (DHO) Prevention Dr. Abdul Jabbar said the Influenza A-H1N1 virus has identical symptoms with common cold and seasonal flu which can be fatal if not treated properly. He said …

Health researchers from South Korea believe they have come up with a solution to detect diabetes by tracking sugar levels in the blood through a smart lens. Researchers from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Sungkyunkwan University have come up with a smart lens that contains …