Yearly Archives: 2008

Prof. Mehmet Haberal, President, Middle Eastern Society of Transplantation addressing the 6th International Symposium of Urology, Nephrology and Transplantation of SIUT recently in Karachi said that Baskent University has performed 233 liver transplants till date and 48 percent of them were performed on children. The first of which was performed in 1990 on a 10-month-old [...]

By Shabana Lalji &  Khairunnissa Hooda Sepsis is a complex syndrome that occurs as a result of the systemic manifestation of infection. Severe sepsis is common; an estimated 750,000 cases occur annually in the United States. The mortality rate for severe sepsis is 30 to 50% and septic shock with multiple organ dysfunctions is as [...]

By Jawaid Ali Technical Assistance for Capacity Building in Midwifery, Information and Logistics (TACMIL Health Project) organized a dissemination event of  “Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07 Provincial Dissemination – Karachi Sindh” recently in Karachi. Ms. Kay Anske, Consul General of the United States consulate, Karachi and Ms. Humaira Alwani, MPA co-chaired the event Syed [...]

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, [...]