January 15-31, 2024
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About 80% people in developing countries, 50% in industrialized world use Complimentary Alternate Medicine
Due to cultural practices and beliefs theirsatisfaction level is 71.9% - Dr. Nadir Ali Syed
KARACHI: Almost 50% of population in industrialized world, 80% people...
Clinical Proceedings of Neurology Update-2023
By Mubarak Ali
Karachi: Four papers were presented by speakers in the first scientific session of the recently concluded Neurology Update 2023 organized by Pakistan...
Otsuka pays tributes to Legends of Healthcare by highlighting them on Yearly Planner 2024
Twelve eminent medical personalities who made tremendous contributions to Medical Education and Healthcare have been selected from all over Pakistan.
KARACHI: Otsuka, the Japanese pharmaceutical...
What is in a date!
Dear Editor,
Through your esteemed and widely read periodical, I want to share my experience and feelings about a practical problem. To a busy reader,...
NEWS
New procedure improves measurement of human brain activity
Measuring human brain activity down to the cellular level: until now, this has been possible only to a limited extent. With a new approach developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM),...
Study shows Change in treatment can bring improvement in late stage
As Parkinson’s progresses, more invasive therapies are used that require brain surgery, for example. When these no longer deliver the desired results, physicians often conclude that treatment options are exhausted. A study led by...
Effectiveness and Safety of Enteric-Coated vs Uncoated Aspirin in patients with cardiovascular disease
A Secondary Analysis of the ADAPTABLE Randomized Clinical Trial
Amber Sleem, Mark B. Effron, Amanda Stebbins, Lisa M. Wruck, Guillaume Marquis-Gravel, et al
Abstract
Background: Clinicians recommend enteric-coated aspirin to decrease gastrointestinal bleeding in secondary prevention of...
Risk of serious COVID-19 infection can now be predicted
GERMANY: Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a method for assessing the number and structure of aggregated blood platelets (or thrombocytes) that can potentially help quantify the risk of a...
Life after Retirement
How one spends life after retirement in old age is described by Prof. Altaf Hussain Rathore in the following couplets:
Newly established offices of Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences
Prof. Ejaz Ahmed Vohra visited the newly established offices of Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences in Business Center on Shahrah-e-Faisal. Photograph taken on the occasion shows him with Mr. Shaukat Ali Jawaid Chief Editor...
Sindh PMA elects new office bearers
TANDO ADAM (SINDH): Pakistan Medical Association Sindh held its elections held here on December 24th 2023. The following office bearers were elected unanimously.
PresidentDr Bashir Ahmad Khaskheli
Immediate Past PresidentDr Muhammad Usman Mako
President ElectHon. Dr Niaz...
The metabolic associated fatty liver disease responses of lifestyle changes using diet and exercise
Benash Altaf1, Mahaneem Mohamed2,Shireen Jawed3, Wan Syaheedah Wan Ghazali4
Abstract
Objective: This review is aimed to study MAFLD responses of lifestyle modifications using Diet and Exercise.
Methods: The sources for this MAFLD review following PRISMA protocol were...
Visit to newly established offices of Pak J Med Sci
It was very pleasant and educating to visit the "Professional Medical Publications", the newly established Headquarter for “Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences” and “Pulse Interna-tional” located at Business Center on main Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi...
Registration of Herbal drugs and ensuring their quality
I want to draw your kind attention towards a grave and deceitful wastage and a drag on the beleaguered economy of Pakistan in the background of severe foreign exchange reserves of the country because...
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