Afghanistan, one of the world’s largest producers of heroin and methamphetamine – most of it smuggled abroad – is home to an estimated 3.5 million drugs users, according to the UN. The worsening crisis has left most of the country’s drug treatment and rehabilitation centers struggling to cope. A walk through what is considered in…
Dublin: Medical experts say that young people should use a medicine to reduce their weight, which after research has been proved to be very effective in reducing obesity. In a study conducted by scientists, weight loss was revealed with the use of the drug. Speaking at the European Congress on Obesity held in Dublin, the…
—File photo The spokesperson of Sindh Health Department says that cases of drug resistance typhoid have been confirmed in different areas of Karachi. The spokesperson of the Sindh Health Department has instructed the Director Health to take immediate steps to confirm the cases. They have reported that in drug-resistant typhoid, common anti-typhoid drugs are not…
5 people were hanged for the crime of drug trafficking in Iran. According to the Iranian judiciary from Tehran, all five people were hanged in the prisons of Bandar Abbas and Manab. On the other hand, the news agency says that 3 members of the drug trafficking group were hanged in Iran last Wednesday. According…
Experts have developed a new drug to prevent age-related macular degeneration with excellent results in animals. Photo: File Berkeley, California: Scientists at the University of California have developed a short-molecule drug that could be effective against the leading cause of age-related blindness, called age-related macular degeneration (AMD). In addition, it may be a useful treatment…
The Hague, Netherlands: The European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol has arrested around 300 suspects involved in the trade of drugs and other illegal goods on the dark web. According to international media reports, Europol has launched an operation called Spector, under which it has conducted a successful operation against the suspects involved in drug…
Oman: Syria has agreed to cooperate with Jordan and Iraq to end drug trafficking through its borders. According to international media reports, a historic meeting was held in Jordan’s capital Amman to end the 12-year conflict in Syria, in which diplomats from the Gulf countries, including Syria, participated. The foreign ministers of Syria, Egypt, Iraq,…
Although dozens of patients have been cured by the drug called ‘Revionib’, three of them have no signs of cancer even after a long time. Photo: File Texas: A third person in the final stages of leukemia has been cured of a malignant cancer that had failed all previous treatments. A good news has come…
Leading pharmaceutical company Pfizer has signed a $43 million deal for a new innovation in cancer treatment. Foreign news agencies Reuters reports Pharmaceutical company Phys has signed a historic $43 billion deal with biotech company Cigan to add advanced targeted therapies to cancer medicine, according to Pfizer will pay the biotech company $229 per share,…
A Jordanian citizen was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. The convict’s family says he was tortured into confessing to drug charges. Amnesty International called the execution of the Jordanian citizen extremely unfair. In late 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Office also appealed for his release. According to British media, the person sentenced to…
