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Diet&Drugs
Essential Vitamins for good health – A to Z. This article covers almost all aspects of essential vitamins required for a good health, their sources, daily requirements and toxicities. Essential vitamins for good health – a brief intro … Vitamins are essential components of the human body. These organic substances are not synthesized by the...
October 1, 2018 · 23 min read
News and updates
The department of medicine celebrated “world heart day” today i.e. the 29th of September, 2018. Speakers talked about important risk factors for heart diseases. Dr.Rizwan Aziz Qazi was invited by the head of department Dr.Shajee Ahmed Siddiqui as a chief guest. The participants stressed to identify the risk factors for heart diseases. Heart diseases are...
September 29, 2018 · 3 min read
News and updates
FDA approved Arikayce (amikacin liposomal inhalation suspension) recently for patients with Mycobacterium-avium complex infections, not responding to conventional treatment. Boxed Warning Boxed warning with Arikayce includes hypersensitivity pneumonitis, bronchospasm, hemoptysis and exacerbation of the underlying chronic lung disease. Other side effects include dysphonia, cough, ototoxicity, upper airway irritation, fatigue, nausea, diarrhea and myalgias. Safety and...
September 29, 2018 · 2 min read
Diagnose yourself
Here is a list of diseases commonly misdiagnosed. These include a heart attack, stroke and all other conditions which may be life-threatening if not timely diagnosed. Patients with the same medical conditions can present differently. The classic presentation of disease, written in books is present in only a minority of patients in most conditions. Furthermore,...
September 27, 2018 · 11 min read
miscellaneous
“Brain dead but alive!” There are very few conditions when a person has no brainstem activity and is declared brain dead by the doctors. Physicians must take great caution in declaring patients with these diagnoses as they are actually alive. A true story of a patient in our ward … While conducting rounds in the medical...
September 24, 2018 · 6 min read
Dermatology
Skin rashes can sometimes be very difficult to diagnose. A variety of common skin conditions can manifest as a skin rash. Skin rashes apart from the medical aspect are associated with social stigma as well. The common Skin rashes can occur due to a variety of factors, including infections, heat, allergens, immune system disorders and...
September 21, 2018 · 13 min read
students corner
A 16 years old female, was referred to Pakistan Institute of medical sciences Islamabad, from a private setup in Gilgit Baltistan for management of acute abdominal pain. She developed severe abdominal pain while on her way to the school and was perfectly alright before that. There was no history of nausea, vomiting, dyspepsia or fever...
September 18, 2018 · 3 min read
News and updates
Medical inventions have changed the practice of medicine. However, some of them have revolutionized it. For centuries medical practice was based on theories. Most of the researches took place in the last one or two centuries. With the new advances, medical knowledge almost doubles every one to two days. While people are focusing on the...
September 16, 2018 · 8 min read
discussion forum
In this article, I’m not going to write about what Doctors go through during the days before med school then all the way through Post-Graduate training, etc. That has been said a 1000 times in 1000 different ways. Those of you who can understand needs not to read or hear that again. I rather decided to...
September 14, 2018 · 9 min read
News and updates
Fatty liver or Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) refers to fatty accumulation within the liver. When fat accumulation progresses, an inflammatory process is initiated within the liver parenchyma. This is marked by an increase in liver enzymes and called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may progress to a stage of cirrhosis and Fibrosis in a...
September 12, 2018 · 4 min read
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