NEXT Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd as a part of Continued Medical Education (CME) Program organized a lecture on “Rationale of Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) in the management of DM and HTN” at a local hotel in Karachi. Prof. Dr. M. A. Ebrahim, Consultant Endocrinologist was the Guest Speaker while Physician & Heart Specialist, Prof. [...]
On a special visit to PIMS, Islamabad, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review interviewed Dr. Haider Sherazi, Associate Professor, Children Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad. Following are the excerpts of the interview. Q - Tell us something about yourself. Ans - I did my MBBS from Rawalpindi Medical College., Diploma [...]
Hypertension and diabetes are major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and a steep rise in the prevalence of these risk factors explains the CVD epidemic world over. According to WHO, Pakistan is one of the 10 countries in the world with the highest prevalence of diabetes and has one of the fastest increase in the [...]
College of Family Medicine Pakistan (CFMP) conducted a 2 day nutritional educational program for Family Physicians titled "Integrating Nutrition in Clinical practice" recently at PMA House Karachi. The program was attended by eminent GPs and Family Physicians from Karachi, Hyderabad, Nawabshah and Larkana. The course faculty included: Prof. Iqbal A. Memon, Specialist Children's Diseases, gastroenterology [...]
Febrol She contains Paracetamol which is Analgesic and Pamabrom which is mild Diuretic. Combination of Paracetamol and Pamabrom i.e., Febrol-She is indicated for the relief of period’s pain, bloatedness, water weight gain and discomforts associated with premenstrual and menstrual periods. Febrol She (Paracetamol +Pamabrom) is available as Caplet of 500mg/25mg. By introducing Febrol She (combination [...]
Position holders of the 2011 Aga Khan University Examination Board’s Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations were presented their awards by last year’s top performers at an award ceremony today - symbolising the continuing journey of knowledge from person to person. This year, Hani Ghulam Abbas of Aga Khan Higher [...]
Pakistan is not on track to achieve most Millennium development goals (MDGS) related to health, nutrition and population. Given its current rate of progress, in 2015 Pakistan’s infant mortality rate (IMR) will be 65 deaths per 1,000 live births and the under-five mortality rate U5MR will be 78,considerably above the MDG4 targets of 33 and [...]
Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AsiaCare aiming to provide health insurance scheme to the parents and family members of Dow Alumni and overseas Pakistani. The MoU Singing Ceremony was held today at the Vice Chancellor Secretariat. The MoU was inked by Prof. Masood Hameed [...]
