Category: health

ISTANBUL: Residing near airports with high aircraft noise could increase the risk of heart issues, including heart attacks and strokes, as per a new study led by University College London researchers. Detailed heart imaging data from 3,635 individuals living near four major airports in England was analysed by the study It was then compared with data from people in areas with lower aircraft noise levels. The risk, researchers found, was particularly true for those exposed to higher aircraft noise at night, likely due to factors such as disrupted sleep and…

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ISLAMABAD: Poliovirus continues to cripple children in Pakistan as another child was diagnosed with the crippling disease in Balochistan taking the national tally to 65. According to the officials, a one-and-a-half-year-old child was affected with poliovirus in Balochistan’s Killa Abdullah district. The latest case takes the total number of cases from the province to 27. Pakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries in the world, along with Afghanistan, and the number of cases on a yearly basis had significantly dropped in the country, until the recent spike in cases.…

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A rare genetic condition that causes sleep difficulties, memory loss (dementia) and involuntary muscles twitching has no cure and gets worse over time and eventually leads to death. Symptoms of fatal familial insomnia (FFI) can only be slowed through treatment temporarily, according to Cleveland Clinic. FFI affects an estimated one to two people per million every year, as per data provided by the National Organisation of Rare Disorders. It passes from parent to child and between 50 and 70 families around the world are suspected to carry the genetic mutation…

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The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) sounded the alarm on Friday as it released a report in which it discovered an alarming rate of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections among young women and girls. The report, which was released ahead of the world acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) day on Saturday, revealed that in 2023, 96,000 girls and 41,000 boys aged 15-19 were newly infected with HIV, with girls accounting for 70% of these cases. The report warned that these new cases resulted from lack of access…

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