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15 02, 2011

Aspirin for Primary Prevention in Diabetes

2011-03-02T13:05:59+00:00

By Abdul Sattar Sohrani Previous guidelines recommended low-dose aspirin therapy for the primary prevention of stroke in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus who were at increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Risk factors included patient age older than 40 years, a family history of CV disease, hypertension, smoking, dyslipidemia, or albuminuria. Aspirin therapy [...]

15 02, 2011

HIV/AIDS-associated Tuberculosis; A Global Health Catastrophe

2017-04-26T12:35:30+00:00

 Maryam Yousaf 1, Usman Waheed 2 1 Department of Biochemistry, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 2 Department of Molecular Biology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad From its discovery in 1981, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) has killed more than 25 million people and infects 0.6% world’s population [1]. The HIV infection is commonly complicated by other infections; [...]

15 02, 2011

Islamic Principles & Blood Transfusion

2017-04-26T12:35:31+00:00

At the second Amman Workshop on Blood Donor Motivation and Blood Collection. Dr. M. Sartaway presented a paper entitled Islamic rulings on blood transfusion which presented several important conclusions concerning blood donation and the principles of Islam. *       While spilled blood is considered impure, donated blood is not spilled and the status of impurity does [...]

15 02, 2011

Book published for Medical Laboratory students

2017-04-26T12:35:31+00:00

Usman Waheed, Technical Advisor, Safe Blood Transfusion Project has authored a book titled “Practical Haematology & Blood Transfusion” that is meant for the medical laboratory students and practitioners. The book, published in Islamabad has been received well by the academics and professionals in the field of Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT). Mr. Waheed, who has been [...]

15 02, 2011

Siemens donates 4.1 million PKR to flood affected schools

2011-02-15T12:49:05+00:00

Siemens has signed an agreement with The Citizens Foundation to donate 4.1 million PKR for rehabilitation of two schools in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and operational support of two schools in Sindh and Balochistan. TCF, a Non Profit Organization currently operating 660 school units across Pakistan, will be the caretaker of all the rehabilitation and [...]

15 02, 2011

Challenging traditional approaches to teaching English

2017-04-26T12:35:31+00:00

Creative approaches to teaching English, introducing new learning technologies, designing innovative material, encouraging research in English language teaching and supporting continuous professional development are all needed to improve the standard of English in Pakistan. This was underscored by speakers on the first day of an international seminar on English language teaching organised by Aga Khan University, [...]

15 02, 2011

Health Robotics’ CytoCare® Drives Largest Cancer Robotics Center in the World

2011-03-02T12:40:19+00:00

Health Robotics today announced the official opening and live operation of the largest Sterile Compounding Center for Oncology patients in the world. Akdeniz University Hospital in Antalya (Turkey) compounds 90% of its 80.000 annual chemotherapy intravenous doses with 4 CytoCare robots and related Health Robotics’ technology, or an average of 325 patient doses per 6-hour [...]

15 02, 2011

Low control for high cholesterol

2011-03-02T12:36:24+00:00

The largest ever study – representing 147 million people – shows that most people with high cholesterol levels are not getting the treatment they need to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease such as heart attack and stroke. Many of these people – living in England, Germany, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Scotland, Thailand and the United [...]

15 02, 2011

Efforts of TB Control Program Praised

2017-04-26T12:35:31+00:00

Provincial TB Control Program organized Inter District Meeting recently at Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi.. The meeting was held to identify the progress, strength, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges faced by the program and to discuss the future plans of the program. Dr. Ismat Ara Khursheed, Program Manager, Provincial TB Control Program Sindh [...]

15 02, 2011

Dow University inaugurates Gosha-e-Yousufi

2017-04-26T12:35:31+00:00

Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) established “Gosha-e-Yousufi” at the ground floor of its Learning Resources Centre at DUHS Ojha Campus where a floor has also been designated for the general pubic. Gosha-e-Yousufi is a place comprising of a hall with sofa seating and a designated room for Yousufi saheb’s personal meeting. The place has [...]

15 02, 2011

Call for sensitizing students to reproductive health

2017-04-26T12:35:31+00:00

An Advocacy Seminar on “Rights Based Approached to Reproductive Health” was organized by Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in collaboration with Reproductive Health Steering Committee and AAHUNG (an NGO working in the field of Reproductive health) recently at Dow Medical College, Karachi. This one day seminar was preceded by three day Hands-on workshop on [...]

15 02, 2011

WHF, Sanofi-aventis and Boehringer Ingelheim announce collaboration on worldwide awareness campaign

2017-04-26T12:35:31+00:00

The World Heart Federation, Sanofi-aventis and Boehringer Ingelheim have announced their collaboration on the AF AWARE (Atrial Fibrillation Awareness And Risk Education) campaign today, to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation (AF) and its links to severe consequences including cardiovascular (CV) mortality, stroke and CV hospitalizations. The campaign aims to promote education around the risks associated [...]

15 02, 2011

Early detection reduce your risk of cancer

2011-03-02T12:23:24+00:00

Cancer detected early can be treated more effectively and better still, there are strategies to prevent the disease. Awareness, education, screening programmes and best practise treatment can all reduce the risk of dying from cancer was the message from experts at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) Each year, the world over, cancer kills more people [...]

15 02, 2011

58th World Leprosy Day observed

2011-03-31T11:54:26+00:00

A Ceremony to mark the World Leprosy Day 2011 was held at Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre (MLC) in Karachi. Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Social Sector, Government of Pakistan Shahnaz Wazir Ali in her address assured to extend all support to MLC society in its efforts to eradicate polio and tuberculosis (TB) from the [...]