Smoking is one of the most common preventable causes mortality worldwide. It increases risk cardiovascular diseases by affecting lipid profiles and diabetes elevating blood glucose levels. To investigate injurious effect cigarette smoking, present study was done in tehsil Topi district Swabi. The aimed to find an association between smoking liver function, diseases, diabetes. About 100 healthy ...

BACKGROUND World Health Organisation recommends that pregnant women with no complications should visit a healthcare provider at least four times to receive sufficient antenatal care services. In Pakistan only 37% of women reported to have had four or more antenatal care visits during their last pregnancy. This study aimed to explore facilitators and barriers to use of antenatal care services in...

The present research was designed to explore resilience, stress, anxiety and depression among internally displaced persons. The sample (N = 125) was taken from Garden Villas, Rawalpindi and Barakoh camps, Islamabad which included both males (n = 63) and females (n = 62). The age range of the sample was from 20 to 75 years. Individuals from Swat, Mardan, Swabi, Chota Lahore, Shahmansoor, and She...

Diabetes is the major non-contagious, long-lasting epidemic disease caused by abnormal blood glucose levels resulting from disablement in insulin action and secretion. The objective of study to estimate diabetes mellitus risk factors population district Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A total 150 samples are collected March-July 2021. All diabetic patients screened randomly using a spectro...