Health
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Pakistani startup Marham wins Audience Choice Award at Google Demo Day Asia
Marham, a Pakistani startup connecting people with healthcare experts online, won recognition at the Google Demo Day Asia held in Shanghai on Friday, winning the Audience Choice Award. The audience at the Demo Day – which...September 21, 2018 1227 0 -
In Swat, an organization strives for health and education for women, children
The world has come to know Swat through the extraordinary Malala and how she stood up heroically for girls’ education. It is also well worth taking the time to learn of Swat’s other extraordinary female heroes....July 29, 2018 1834 0 -
Despite innovation, developing countries struggle to raise quality of health care
Photo by the Global Fund/Nana Kofi Acquah shows a home-based caregiver in a village near Kayar, Senegal It’s not just a lack finances, but a shortage of professional skills coupled with high percentage of patients contracting infection in...July 10, 2018 1444 0 -
How fat intakes from plants help prevent heart diseases
Image Credit: Bill Ebbesen/Creative Commons So, what to do about the fat that human bodies need to maintain an overall healthy equilibrium? No animal fat? Vegetables all the way? Or some nuts also? Let’s focus today...June 6, 2018 1197 0 -
What is driving Bangladesh’s amazing economic success?
Dhaka, the capital Photo: ASaber91/Wikimedia Commons During much of the period before 1971, policymakers generally considered baby boom and natural disasters like cyclones and floods in the then East Pakistan and now Bangladesh as the major...May 30, 2018 1547 0 -
WHO warns against excess trans-fat intakes
Fatty foods have long been known to clog arteries and cause cardiovascular diseases but their consumption still remains widespread in developing countries, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. The WHO warning is part...May 8, 2018 1029 0 -
Virginia House Republicans back Medicaid expansion
Photo: Varmin/Wikimedia Commons Governor Ralph Northam has welcomed the Republican-controlled House approval of a plan to extend Medicaid coverage for the low-income people in Virginia – reflecting compromise in a new political climate in Richmond in...February 19, 2018 1204 0 -
American middle class earnings in 2016 soared to highest level
Times Square in New York, Photo: Chensiyuan/Wikimedia Commons The middle class in America earned highest income in 2016, overtaking the previous record level achieved in 1999, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Bureau released three...September 12, 2017 1327 0 -
Eating more fruits and vegetables key to healthy, longer life : Study
FEATURED IMAGE Common culinary fruits, Photo Credit Bill Ebbesen via Wikimedia Commons The key to healthy and longer life may lie in a combination of enough fruit and vegetable intakes, according to latest findings by a...February 23, 2017 1714 0
