The use of tobacco products increases the incidence of heart disease, stroke and lungs, mouth and stomach caners, this was stated by renowned Psychiatrist Dr. Syed Mubeen Akhtar while addressing a press briefing on the eve of World Anti-Tobacco Day held recently at Karachi Press Club (KPC). Dr. S. Mubeen Akhter said out of a total [...]
Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Durrani, Epidemiologist, District Surveillance Coordinator, District TB Coordinator (DTC), In-charge Dengue Fever Surveillance Cell, Islamabad Although the Government of Pakistan’s National TB Control Program through its TB DOTS strategy has revolutionized the TB treatment in the country and brought down the incidence and the prevalence of disease thereby improving the treatment indicators; [...]
Dr. Saeed Ahmed, Husaini Blood Bank Thalassaemia is an inherited genetic blood disorder in which patient’s hemoglobin is abnormally formed. Normally the baby inherits one alpha & one beta gene from the mother and one alpha & beta gene from the father. These two alpha and two beta genes produce two alpha and two beta [...]
By Tara Patricia (Author of The Road You Were Meant to Travel) The cheer of the crowd falls silent to his ears. The young brown-eyed man digs deep into every once of his being. This is it… all his years of training, all his sacrifice comes down to this very moment. As the crowds jump [...]
