A non-governmental organization, Pakistan Village Development Program (PVDP) observed a week-long awareness campaign against HIV/AIDS in the flood affected union councils of district Nowshera.The organization with the assistance of an international relief agaency, TROCAIR organized the concluding function of the week in Camp Koroona…

In a new study from a single California community, women who had been pregnant at least four times were less likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those who'd never been expecting.Researchers said that could be due to the protective effects of pregnancy-related hormones…

The case of a 219-pound 8-year-old boy taken from his mother for health reasons spotlights a problem that has almost tripled in the U.S. in the last 30 years -- cases of extreme child obesity."Not only do we have a higher percentage of kids…

Once again, eating a diet based on fish, legumes, vegetables and moderate amounts of alcohol is linked to lower chances of dying from a heart attack, stroke or other vascular "events," according to a new study of New York City residents.The mostly Hispanic and…

If you have chronic heart failure, being around a smoker may be bad for your physical and mental well-being, a new study suggests.Researchers found that of 205 non-smokers with heart failure, those who regularly breathed in secondhand smoke reported more problems in their day-to-day…

In people with low blood levels of vitamin D, boosting them with supplements more than halved a person's risk of dying from any cause compared to someone who remained deficient, in a large new study.Analyzing data on more than 10,000 patients, University of Kansasresearchers…

Hi-tech medical scanners could be used to probe causes of death, reducing the need for invasive autopsies that can upset bereaved families, a study published in The Lancet on Tuesday says.In Britain, post-mortems are ordered in about a fifth of deaths, notably where crime…

Normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often than overweight people in a new study looking at factors that may help in preventing weight gain.Researchers following about 250 people for a year found…

More than one in five people with heart disease aren't getting life-saving statin drugs despite guidelines saying they should, a new study shows.Researchers looked at nearly 39,000 people who had experienced a heart attack or undergone heart surgery, and found about 8,600 people weren't…

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that World Diabetes Day 2011 being observed on November 14 around the world draws our attention to the lethality of disease and underscores the need of preventive measures at individual and collective levels.The purpose of observing…