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 [...]
On the occasion of World Kidney Day, Medical Review aiming to increase awareness about the disease that often gets buried under the prevalence of breast cancer and heart disease Interviewed Dr. Mohammad Akmal, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. He is also the author of [...]
Keep your kidneys healthy as they are amazing organs, just the size of a fist, which help keep the body fit – healthy kidneys also reduce the risk of getting cardiovascular diseases said doctors on World Kidney Day, March 10, being celebrated at Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH). This year’s World Kidney Day theme was [...]
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 [...]
