Fog is a meteorological/environmental phenomenon which happens across the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) and leads to significant social and economic problems, especially posing significant threats to public health and causing disruptions in air and road traffic. Meteorological stations in Pakistan provide limited information regarding fog episodes as these provide only point observations. Continuo...

Introduction Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer around the world. In a developing country like Pakistan with low levels of literacy and general awareness about adverse effects of smoking, doctors play a pivotal role in educating the masses about its harmful consequences and providing support for smoking cessation. However, their efficacy is affected if they smoke themselves, and oftent...

TEL-AML1 fusion oncogene (t 12; 21) is the most common chromosomal abnormality in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This translocation is associated with a good prognosis and rarely shows chemotherapeutic resistance to 3-drug based remission induction phase of treatment as well as overall treatment. Thus, the higher the frequency of this fusion oncogene, the easier to manage childho...

BACKGROUND There are several reasons which are directly or indirectly relate to affect the survival time of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients. This study was done to analyse the survival rate of ESRD patients in Lahore city, and to evaluate the influence of various risk factors and prognostic factors on survival of these patients. METHODS A sample of 40 patients was taken from the Jinna...

Extended spectrum beta lactamases (ESBLs) that mediate resistance to 3rd generation cephalosporins are now observed worldwide in all species of Enterobacteriaceae especially Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. ESBL producing organisms are responsible for nosocomial infections and may result in hospital outbreaks. Present study is a descriptive study. It was planned to determine the freq...

BACKGROUND Age-adjusted incidence of prostate cancer in Pakistan is 5.3 per 100,000 which is relatively low as compared to other Asian countries, but increasing numbers of cases are being reported. Data on risk factors associated with prostate cancer risk among Pakistani men are sparse. The objective of this study was to identify lifestyle factors associated with the risk of prostate cancer in ...

Phylogenetic analysis of influenza viruses collected during December 2009-February 2010 from chickens in live poultry retail shops in Lahore, Pakistan, showed influenza A(H9N2) lineage polymerase and nonstructural genes generate through inter- and intrasubtypic reassortments. Many amino acid signatures observed were characteristic of human isolates; hence, their circulation could enhance inter-...

Recommendations for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B infection in children Uzma Shah1, Iqbal Memon2, Huma Arshad Cheema3, Salman Ali4, Sohail Thobani5, Rashid Mirza6 Aga Khan University Hospital1, Dow University of Helath Sciences2, Karachi, Children’s Hospital3, Lahore, Combined Military Hospital4, Rawalpindi, BMI Polyclinic5 Karachi, Mideast Medical Centre, Karachi, Sindh Institute of Uro...

a Solar Application Lab, Department of Physics, G. C. University Lahore, 54000 Pakistan b Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Delaware, 19716,USA c Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Delaware, 19716USA d Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 29 Zhongguancun East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 10...

http://www.ayubmed.edu.pk/JAMC/23-1/Mohsin.pdf 1 EDITORIAL GLUTEN-FREE DIET: DEFINITION AND APPLICATIONS Mohsin Rashid, Aamir Ghafoor Khan Medical Advisory Board, Pakistani Celiac Society, Lahore, Pakistan Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Faculty of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Medic...