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Health

Donating Blood = Saving Lives

April 27, 2010

Yesterday was the twelfth anniversary of some serious crap that befell my family. The aftermath entailed prolonged periods of hospital admissions, and one phrase that was touted too often for comfort was, “lost a lot of blood.” I was too young to fully understand the gravity of “serious blood loss” at the time. I was [...]

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Prices of Medicines on the rise! Media giving no attention

January 18, 2010

If you scroll around TV channels, you will only find Asif Zardari’s Darbar , Mians‘ and Choudrys’ blame game; reports on bollywood, bomb blasts, drone attacks, sugar price and other yada yada yada. That is all what is going on at our news channels. For the past one and a half years, i have been [...]

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Swine Flu – Facts, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prevention, Treatment and Vaccine

December 19, 2009

Recently, we have seen a surge in the case of Swine flu related deaths in different parts of Pakistan.  Being a Pro-Pakistan blogger, we searched the internet to find out any detail article but there was no one article that could provide all the necessary details under one complete article.  The below information has been [...]

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How disabled people are treated and challenges faced by them in Pakistan

November 16, 2009

A man in his mid-twenties, freshly instituted in a top-notch firm, just found the perfect candidate to room with in his first ever apartment. Open interview call for the post of Lecturer in the English Department. One of the applicants waits patiently for his turn, a cane by his side. Disoriented eyes, tilted face, bright [...]

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Swine Flu – Pakistan Confirms Second Case

September 25, 2009

Just Read in the news that Pakistan has finally confirmed its second swine flu case. Pakistan was one of the few countries that didnt have any swine flu cases till very very recently. PIMS Hospital spokesman, Dr. Wasim Khawaja confirmed that Imram Khan hailing from the Frontier province suffering from fever and flu was brought [...]

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1st Swine Flu Case Confirmed in Pakistan

August 10, 2009

Swine flu (H1N1) has finally reached Pakistan as Federal Minister for Health Aijaz Jakhrani Monday said only one case of swine flu has been confirmed in Pakistan. Replying to a question in National Assembly the Minister said out of 25 people tested for the virus only one has been found infected swine flu. He said [...]

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No Swine Flu Cases in Pakistan Thus Far: Alhumdulillah

August 3, 2009

The Swine flu has spread to almost all the countries of the world, including all our neighbors. But by the grace of Almighty , Pakistan thus far has zero swine flu cases.  By the end of March 2009 160 of the 193 WHO countries had reported Swine Flu cases. Four months after that Pakistan still [...]

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E-Cigerrates: A solution to quite smoking?

June 11, 2009

It is an established fact that Cigarette smoking is injurious to health. Causing various diseases ranging from infections to cancer. In this age of growing health risks can we expect technology to play its role in combating smoking? The answer is YES! ECigarette looks, feels and smokes just like a real cigarette, but has none [...]

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Pakistan says no to Tobacco !

May 31, 2009

According to research over one million people die every year in Pakistan as a result of tobacco intake.  WHO states : Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death. More than 1.2 million people die every year in South-East Asia Region due to tobacco use. The wide-spread use of tobacco products in the Region has [...]

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FAiTh Foundation Blood Donation Camp in Karachi

December 3, 2008

Faith Foundation is organizing a blood donation camp in Karachi. We, the team of Pro Pakistan request all our readers from Karachi to participate in the drive and save precious lives. As a matter of fact, we never realize the importance of blood donation in our lives unless we come across an incident where our [...]

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Polio Vaccinations are haram : AL-FAIDA

October 13, 2008

Among the different species that exist there are Humans, animals and then there are the Talibans. Their  breed however is still unclear to me, after all How do you identify a creature barbaric enough to put animals to shame?. Yet they appear to be humans and most importantly they claim to be above the ‘normal’ [...]

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World Heart Day – September 28

September 28, 2008

“Know your risk” is the theme of this year’s World Heart Day, being observed on Sept 28. This day is a call to action, to help, to achieve the longer and better life, through prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension. There are no obvious symptoms of high blood pressure, and the only way [...]

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Blood Donation in Pakistan

September 16, 2008

Usually, we never give any importance to the act of donating blood but we do realize its importance when we our dear ones need blood. I have been working as volunteer in my university for arranging blood camps and we used to collect around 100-150 bottles every year. I must confess here that it was [...]

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No Scope of Preventive Medicine in Pakistan?

September 7, 2008

The people of Pakistan are not happy with the type of treatment available in Pakistan, and they have been always demanding that replace this treatment with the one which is used in developed countries like USA and UK. I am a medical student, I was taking a class during which our professor told us that [...]

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