Information has now become such an integral part of our global society, that its access is considered as a basic human right [1, 2]. Moreover, progress of rural and urban developing populations is also getting increasingly dependent upon access to information [3]. This is specifically applicable to Pakistan, which is a developing country having GDP per capita about US$430, 67.7% rural populatio...

BACKGROUND Differences in level of physical activity between European, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi populations living in the UK might contribute to differences in the prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk markers that exist in these populations. METHODS Type and level of physical activity (measured by a multidimensional index) and its relationship with selected cardiova...

Covid-19 pandemic was a stress test to Pakistan’s healthcare systems, social policies, and political stability. This study explores Pakistanis’ lived experiences during the advent of pandemic, including impacts on their livelihood, as well perceptions opinions government’s policy measures. Through questionnaire survey 1000 participants living in cities Islamabad Rawalpindi, this found that food...

Code-switching is practicing two different grammatical systems where multilinguals also move between languages or dialects registers of the same language. In current article, code-switching characterized as simultaneous use more within a conversation. The study focused on practices social media website Twitter. While posting Twitter, may several languages. aim this was to describe and analyze c...

Aim: The aim of this study was to systematically describe the gender and ethnic differences regarding the prevalence of general/central obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors such as diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia among the indigenous and immigrant Pakistani communities. Methods: The search engine used was PubMed, supplemented with regional data ...

N-Acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) is the key enzyme in aromatic amine metabolism. NAT2 genotyping requires a subsequent determination of the haplotype pairs (formerly: alleles) to derive the acetylation status. The chromosomal phase of the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is unclear for about 2/3 of the genotypes. We investigated NAT2 genotypes of 1,234 bladder cancer cases and 2,207 controls ...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the distribution of coronary artery disease (CAD) and its association with the major biological risk factors and behaviors among Pakistanis presenting at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. METHOD An epidemiologic cross-sectional study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital (a teaching hospital) in Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 600 adult (> or =18 y...

The prevalence of rheumatic diseases in developing countries is largely unknown. Studies which allow comparison of data within the contrasting communities of the Third World and the developed world have the potential to provide insights into disease aetiologies. The current study compared the frequency of rheumatic symptoms (point prevalence) amongst 1997 adults distributed evenly between poor ...