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Reduced sugar intake in childhood can reduce heart disease risk

  LONDON (Kashmir English): A recent study has revealed that restricting sugar consumption during pregnancy and early childhood can play a major role in minimizing the risk of heart disease in adulthood. The study was conducted on over 63,000 adults born during the post-war sugar rationing era in the UK. Researchers examined adults born to

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Health card facility to be restored next week: AJK PM

Health card facility to be restored next week: AJK PM

MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): In a recent development, the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Chaudry Anwaul Haq, chaired a high-level meeting with the Azad Kashmir health department in PM House, Muzaffarabad. During the meeting, the Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chaudry Anwaul Haq, addressed the longstanding issues of the health department. The

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Breast cancer awareness drive: Pakistan to wear pink kits during first T20I

  RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): The green will turn pink as Pakistan cricket team will walk out in especially designed pink-themed kits, in their first T20I match against South Africa next week to be part of the breast cancer awareness campaign. October is being observed as month of awareness campaign against cancer. The Pakistan Cricket Board

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Fresh polio case in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa takes this year’s tally to 30

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has reported a new polio case taking this year’s tally of cases to 30. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Islamabad Tuesday said that one new case of poliovirus had been confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Torghar. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where

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Over 2.3m Pakistani women suffering from breast cancer: Experts

  ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): Health experts have revealed an alarming rise in breast cancer cases in the country, with over 2.3 million women in Pakistan suffering from breast cancer. Pakistan is reporting at least 90,000 new cases annually, making the country among the most affected globally. The health experts shared these shocking figures during the

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Govt launches crackdown on toxic skin whitening creams across country

Govt launches crackdown on toxic skin whitening creams across country

ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has initiated a countrywide investigation against firms engaged in the production, sale, and distribution of mercury-based skin-whitening creams. The action seeks to safeguard consumers from severe health harms as well as promote fair competition in the cosmetics sector. The CCP’s Office of Fair Trade and Market

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IIOJK bans sale, distribution of India’s toxic anti-cold cough syrups

  SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s Drug and Food Control Organization (DFCO) has imposed a ban on the sale, distribution, and use of three cough syrup brands after laboratory tests declared them “Not of Standard Quality” due to the presence of toxic impurities. These brands include ColdRif Syrup, RespiFresh-TR, and Relif Syrup.

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