Within the last five years, the use of e-cigarettes has increased from 29% to over 40% in Pakistan. Despite being aware of the health risks associated with these devices, most teenagers and adults are addicted to them. Teenagers have easier access to these devices due to the absence of adequate legislation and age restrictions. Using…
The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters on May 17, 2023 in Thousand Oaks, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Friday said it has reached a deal with drug giant Amgen to allow the company’s $27.8 billion purchase of Horizon Therapeutics to move forward. The two companies now expect…
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Medicare, the health insurance program for people over 65 years old, said it will start negotiating prices on 10 drugs, part of its mandate under the Inflation Reduction Act to lower prescription prices for older Americans. The first drugs under price negotiations include diabetes medication Jardiance, insulin such as the NovoLog FlexPen and the heart…
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has written to the Health Services Director General in the province regarding the unavailability of essential medicines and directed him to submit an immediate report on this matter of public interest besides ensuring the best healthcare facilities to the general public. The letter said there had been incidents of shortage of…
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Health 25 August 2023, 6:39 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Novo Nordisk has hired Thermo Fisher as its second contract manufacturer for its hugely popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Novo Chief Financial Officer Karsten Munk Knudsen told Reuters in May the company had signed up a second contract manufacturer in the United States, but…
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Great news for you if you are struggling to find time for exercise during the week as a groundbreaking study by Harvard University reveals that longer workout sessions over the weekend might be just the ticket to a healthier heart. If you’ve been feeling the pressure to fit in exercise on a daily basis, this…
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Over the past few weeks, there has been an increase in the number of conjunctivitis and eye flu patients in Delhi and the surrounding areas due to heavy rainfall. It’s still fairly easy to get this extremely infectious disease despite all the safety precautions. Conjunctivitis can make your eyes uncomfortable by making them red, itching, and…
When Jessica Albright returned with her family to their home in East Palestine, Ohio, last month after four months away, she opened the car door and took a deep breath — then stopped and thought: Maybe not too deep. Hauling suitcases up the steps, she tried to discern whether the acrid scent in the air…
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“You have to compel people… I really don’t think a non-traditional inquiry has the powers to hold people to account, which is important here,” he told BBC Radio 4’s PM programme. “It’s not just a fact-finding [mission] which is what I think this inquiry will do, people need to be held to account for their…
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A team conducts a successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart on a 57-year-old patient with terminal heart disease, at the University of Maryland Medical Center on January 7, 2022. — Reuters Health experts have revealed — after transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a human — that the organ survived for over a…
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