Experts have said that that nearly 14 percent of Pakistanis are going to become diabetic in the near future, while over 26 percent of those above 20 already carry the disease. On a full-scale research that carried medical tests of 10,800 individuals in 26 rural and urban districts of the country produced alarming findings, with [...]
College of Family Medicine Pakistan organized a Certificate Distribution Ceremony of Diabetes Course for Family Physicians at the IBA City Campus recently. The event was well attended by prominent academia, course participants and members of the College. The Chief Guest of the occasion was Prof. Abdul Samad Shera. Prof. Zaman Shaikh and Prof. Riaz Qureshi [...]
An public awareness program about Ramadan Fasting and Health for general public was organized by School of Public Health in collaboration of Research Department and National Institute of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Dow University of Health Sciences at its Ojha Campus. The theme of the program was to create awareness about self-care among general public as [...]
Education and prevention are key to fighting diabetes. Four out five diabetics worldwide are living in middle or low income countries, half of them unaware of their condition. Screening for pre-diabetes is one essential step in combating diabetes as more than 10 per cent of the people with pre-diabetes become diabetic within three years. Experts [...]
National Institute of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Director, Prof. Dr. Zaman Shaikh has shown great concern over rising cases of diabetes in Pakistan and asked for raising awareness amongst people to check onslaught of the disease. He was briefing the media in connection with a 3-day International Conference on Diabetes [...]
