Health & Fitness
Engaging Family Physicians: A Transformative Approach to Family Planning in Punjab
Soon Times Correspondent Lahore, January 9, 2025- In a landmark move to address Punjab’s pressing demographic challenges, Saira Afzal Tarar, Special Advisor to the Chief Minister on Population, emphasized the critical role of family planning as a cornerstone of sustainable development. Speaking at the launch of the initiative ‘Upscaling the Sustainable Model for Engaging Family …
Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policies to Safeguard Pakistan’s Future
The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) organized a seminar titled “Sustainable Tobacco Control Policies: A Way to Healthier Pakistan.” The event brought together government officials, public health advocates, civil society members, anti-tobacco activists, and youth leaders to address the growing tobacco epidemic in Pakistan and advocate for comprehensive policy …
Diabetes Treatment Options and Lifestyle Strategies
Adeel Maqbool BS MLT University of Okara Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. Type 1 diabetes typically develops during childhood or adolescence, and individuals with this form of diabetes require lifelong insulin therapy. Type …
India Claim Lumpy skin disease in cattle vaccine launches
NEW DELHI, (Soon Times) — India on Wednesday launched an indigenous vaccine to contain the lumpy skin disease outbreak in cows, officials claim. The vaccine Lumpi-ProVac Ind — developed by the two institutes of India’s agriculture research body, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) — was launched by the federal agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar. …
