The Rockefeller Foundation has honoured Dr. Sania Nishtar, Founder and President of the think tank NGO ‘Heartfile’ and renowned leader in health policy in Pakistan, with an Innovation Award for her contributions in the realm of global health. Dr. Sania received the Global Innovators Award at the launch of the First Annual ‘Innovation Forum’ organized [...]
Governor Sindh, Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan alongwith Prof. Dr.Masood Hameed Khan, Vice Chancellor-DUHS, Prof. M. Umer Farooq, Pro- Vice Chancellor-DUHS and Prof. Dr. Junaid Ashraf Principal-Dow Medical College and senior professor and faculty members inaugurated DUHS various project including 400-bedded tertiary care teaching University Hospital, Dow College of Pharmacy, Gymnasium and Boy hostel today at [...]
On a special visit to Quetta, Muhammad Fareed, Publisher & Managing Editor, Medical Review interviewed Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical College, Quetta. Following are the excerpts of the interview. Q – Tell us something about yourself. Ans – I am Dr. Amir Mohammad Khan Jogezai, Professor of Paediatric, Bolan Medical [...]
To create awareness about the importance of quality assurance in higher education among the hierarchy of DUHS and to develop an understanding and take feedback about self assessment procedures as defined by Higher Education Commission, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) in collaboration with Higher Education Commission (HEC) organized a Seminar on “Quality Assurance in [...]
By Fauzia Saeed, Psychologist, PRCS Punjab Branch, Lahore Some people suffer from symptoms of depression during the winter months, with symptoms subsiding during the spring and summer months. These symptoms may be a sign of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). SAD is a mood disorder associated with depression and related to seasonal variations of light. SAD [...]
Hundreds of ‘Chest Specialists’ and ‘Young Physicians’ from Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Bahawalpur, Jhelum, Abbottabad, Swat and Faisalabad participated in the VTC conference broadcast from LNH. Prof. Kenneth R. Chapman, Director of the ‘Asthma and Airway Center of the University Health Network’ spoke of ‘Asthma Management Practices and the Role of Seretide.’ He emphasised that ‘Inhaled Corticosteroids [...]
For the first time, the number of people infected with tuberculosis (TB) each year is declining, according to Mario Raviglione, MD, director of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Stop TB program. He spoke here today during a press conference to release Global Tuberculosis Control 2011, WHO's 16th annual report on TB, which summarizes advances made [...]
At the end of this month, the population of the world reaches 7 billion. With the population of Pakistan standing at 174 million (officially) and growing rapidly, and with the highest unmet needs for healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) occurring in isolated rural areas, how do we approach this phenomenon? That was the [...]
Worldwatch's Nourishing the Planet team supports Food Day events to raise awareness of healthy, sustainable agriculture and nutrition Hamburgers, pizzas, french fries, and sugary drinks-in today's fast-paced world, these foods have become staples for many Americans. But this unhealthy diet has led to an increase in chronic health problems such as obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, [...]
More than a third of all earthquakes between 1991 and 2005 around the world occurred in Central and South Asia. The quakes in Sarez, Tajikistan (1911); Gujarat, India (2001); Naryn, Kyrgyzstan (2002); and Azad Kashmir, Pakistan (2005) are the examples of the seismic hazards that exist in the region and their devastating consequences. ‘Drop, Cover [...]
Many overweight and obese patients in hospital emergency departments don’t believe their weight poses health risks, and many say doctors have never told them otherwise, according to a University of Florida study. Researchers asked 450 random patients in a Florida hospital emergency department two questions: Do you believe your present weight is unhealthy, and has [...]
Blindness is not inevitable, it’s avoidable. For 80 per cent of people with cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetes-related blindness, early diagnosis and treatment can help overcome or even avoid these visual impairments. This was the message conveyed by experts at a seminar held at Aga Khan University (AKU) to mark World Sight Day. [...]
