At the signing of the Organ Donor Card at Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation. Karachi the Federal Health Secretary, Suleiman Ghani stated that the government was strictly committed to prevent any sort of exploitation under the garb of human organ donation and transplantation. He informed that no distortion will be made in the actual [...]
At a function held to celebrate 60 years of Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA), the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani appreciated the role Pharmaceutical Industry in contributing substantially to the economy of the country by providing quality medicines at affordable prices to people. He also stressed the need for fighting against Hepatitis as 18 percent [...]
A meeting of experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Madrid recently agreed to a research agenda to develop an evidence-based framework for action on the human health implications of climate change. The plan builds on a comprehensive review of what is already known about health risks from climate change. It was developed [...]
Dr. Hamzullah Khan, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Government Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan ABSTRACT: Coronary artery disease is major and growing contributors to morbidity, mortality and disability in the South Asian countries including Pakistan. Cardiovascular disease profile in Pakistan shows the presence of emerging and advancing diseases such as coronary artery diseases (CAD) and cerebrovascular accidents [...]
Rosiglitazone’s efficacy to provide long term sustained glycaemic control re-endorsed by new studies: Dr Harold Lebovitz Internationally acclaimed endocrinologist Dr. Harold Lebovitz, Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism/Diabetes at the State University of New York, Brooklyn provided doctors in Pakistan with an insight to the latest ACCORD, ADVANCE and VADT clinical trials during [...]
By Dr. Iqbal Saeed Khan, Former Director EPA Sindh, Karachi Dioxins were discovered as undesirable substance while some organochlorine compounds were synthesized and various processes of incineration about thirty years back. Dioxins are one of the most Potent Toxins Chemicals known in Environment, and they are serious public threat much more than D.D.T in previous [...]
By Ms. Yusra Qadir Ageing or aging (American English) is the accumulation of changes in an organism or object over time. Ageing in humans refers to a multidimensional process of physical, psychological, and social change. Some dimensions of ageing grow and expand over time, while others decline. Reaction time, for example, may slow with age, [...]
