Heading soccer balls linked to brain damage: study
WASHINGTON: Heading soccer balls can win moments of glory, but a new study ties repeatedly hitting the ball with your head to brain abnormalities resembling those found in patients with concussions. Read More →
Microsoft Bill Gates praises Pakistan President Zardari
ISLAMABAD: In a time when praising for the president is somewhat a dream, the richest person in the world Bill Gates praises Asif Ali Zardari efforts for polio eradication program. Read More →
Child-cancer survivors ‘prone to adult illness’
WASHINGTON: Patients who successfully battled cancer during childhood face an “extraordinarily high” rate of chronic illness during their grown-up years, according to a study. Read More →
Prostate Cancer: Diet change boosts survival in men
WASHINGTON: Men who ate more healthy fats from vegetables, nuts and olive oil after a diagnosis of prostate cancer saw better survival rates than peers whose diets were unchanged, a US study said Monday. Read More →
At least 23 Canadian deaths ‘linked to contraceptive’
OTTAWA: At least 23 Canadian women died and hundreds more may have been harmed taking the world’s two most commonly prescribed birth control pills, the country’s public broadcaster said Tuesday. Read More →
‘Atomic medicine has fantastic potential to treat cancers’
BETHESDA: Atomic medicine has “fantastic potential” for fighting deadly, difficult to treat cancers, the head of French nuclear giant Areva’s medical arm quoted by french news wire service. Read More →
Recurrent pneumonia not common: lung expert
JOHANNESBURG: Pneumonia is one of the most common of lung infections among the elderly but concerns of underlying conditions arise when it recurs, a leading South African pulmonologist said Sunday. Read More →
US experts review heart attack risk of GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug
WASHINGTON: GlaxoSmithKline’s controversial diabetes drug Avandia, restricted in the US and banned in Europe over concerns it raises heart attack risk, is getting a second look this week by US medical...
Microsoft Bill Gates seeks help of PTI Imran Khan
LAHORE: Microsoft chief Bill Gates has sought help of chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran for successful execution of polio vaccination campaign. Read More →
Women have a better memory for faces than Men, study finds
LONDON: Never forget a face? A new study from McMaster University in Ontario finds that women may be better at remembering faces than men, partly because they spend more time observing features, a technique...
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