Based on information from 44 countries that engaged in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, it highlights unhealthy eating habits, increasing levels of overweight and obesity and low levels of physical activity in young people. According to WHO, each of these are “significant risk factors for a range of noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular…
The development is in line with several western European countries that have reportedly reduced access to similar gender identity treatments whose benefits were found to be “remarkably weak”, according to a National Health Service (NHS) England-commissioned review, published on 10 April by consultant paediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass. UN Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem also welcomed the…
Texas: A new study recently found that e-cigarette vapor increases the risk of asthma in young people who have never smoked. According to media reports, researchers said that although e-cigarettes contain less toxins than regular cigarettes, they still contain a mixture of harmful chemicals and increase the risk of respiratory diseases. Tehun Rowe, a researcher…
E-cigarettes can reduce lung cancer, 13 projects were presented in Jamia Hamdard’s research seminar, 3 were awarded prizes Photo: File Karachi: Students of Hamdard University have told in the annual research seminar that the habit of excessive use of smartphones and the growing trend of social media in isolation among the youth is having an…
