Articles with tag: Health
Kiss of Death
Tazeen Javed Apr 22, 2008 interacts: 7Unlike cigarettes, gutka comes without a health warning and lack of awareness of its impact on health increases its consumption.
Better Living through Chemistry
Ali Hashmi Jun 28, 2007 interacts: 12What would you give for a pill that made you happy or thin or helped erase the pain of losing a loved one?
The Anatomy of a Smile
Tanya Ahmed May 29, 2007 interacts: 14“With two years or so of braces, your smile can be improved wonderfully!” So spoke The Dentist.
Reflections on the Virginia Tech School Tragedy
Khalid Sohail Apr 25, 2007 interacts: 143In this land of eminent scientists, avant-garde artists and Oscar award winning actors and directors, we also see the worst serial killers and mass murderers. For some their dreams come true and for others they turn into violent nightmares.
Medicalising Pakistan
Zaheeruddin Babar Jan 8, 2007 interacts: 21A recent visit to Pakistan was the eye opening one. There was one pharmacy in my neighborhood a few years ago, but now the small street is sprawling with five pharmacies and all are doing “wonderful business”.
Leprosy
Ashwini Ahuja Dec 1, 2006 interacts: 3Urvishi is unhappy and silent, walks sluggishly. Did ever Sahil before it watch her slothful? No, no, no. Might a humorous girl grow worried? And much distraught too. She is a silly girl. Silly, silly, silly. Sahil announces.
Cancer Can’t Kill
sehar javaid Nov 26, 2006 interacts: 14Boosting immunity and fighting infections can prolong the life.
The Birth of a Voice
Sheela Jaywant Jun 16, 2006 interacts: 3Other than the hoarseness, there was no other indication that he was ill. Unknown to him, this 75-year-old bachelor, an air-conditioning specialist who loved his cigarettes, had developed a malignancy.
Counterfeit Medicines: A Public Health Policy Failure
Zaheeruddin Babar Dec 31, 2005 interacts: 4The responsibility to tackle this problem does not only lie with the government. All stakeholders must be involved and should join forces against this menace
Pharmacy Education and Practice in Pakistan: Are They Affecting our Healthcare System
Zaheeruddin Babar Aug 30, 2005 interacts: 11In the last 5 years, there has been a rise in the number of pharmacy institutions in the country; currently about 17 universities are imparting pharmacy education. Though, the number of institutions has almost doubled, the change is more quantitative than
Faraz
Xari Jalil Jun 29, 2005 interacts: 25Deeply indulgent in philosophy, classical music and Jaun Elia, Faraz was a thinker more than anything else. He spent much of his time conversing about life, the meaning of existence, and yes death.
Diabetes: Care and Cure
S A Rahman Jun 19, 2005 interacts: 14It is a good idea to take up some form of regular physical activity, such as walking, swimming, dancing or cycling. Consult your doctor or diabetes nurse before taking up any regular exercise, particularly if you are overweight.
The first time I quit
Zehra Rizvi May 19, 2005 interacts: 39Three of my smoking neighbors pass by outside my window. They are sweet and I have been collected by them already. A collection amounts to a wave and a smile.
When I’m at the Gym
Sameena Iqbal Mar 13, 2005 interacts: 29Omigosh Sameena! Push yourself you are almost there...
Bottled Water: A False Sense of Security
ijaz gul Oct 17, 2004 interacts: 17Barring Nestle which itself is artificial pure water lacking a balance in minerals thereby causing dehydration rather than removing it, most other brands are highly contaminated by chemicals or bacteria.
Jinnah Hospital
Rozaiba Aug 3, 2003 interacts: 31Dried juice stains decorate the stall which is surrounded by decaying fruit peels. A tired guard helplessly watches as endless crowds enter and leave the building
Yesterday and Tomorrow in India Today
Dost Mittar Jun 7, 2003 interacts: 166Here was, then, the India of yesterday: poor, hungry, mired in poverty, highly dependent upon the vagaries of weather and yet full of life with colour, dance and music.
Smoking in PIA
Q Isa Daudpota May 31, 2003 interacts: 25one wishes that our decision makers were as sensitive as the smoke detectors
Spare Us The Smoke, Please!
Madiha Waris May 26, 2003 interacts: 51non-smokers seriously need to start realizing their right to health and safety
How to kill your Wife (Unedited)
malik khar May 26, 2003 interacts: 74for killing women, a plethora of options are available
Midnight's Knights?
Farzana Versey Dec 29, 2002 interacts: 152Both Rushdie and Naipaul belong to the streets. They are clinging to roots they have no claims over.
Saveray Jo Kal Aankh Meri Khuli
Mohammad Gill Dec 14, 2002 interacts: 18When a jackal is hounded by death, he heads towards the city...
Caesar, Mata Hari, and Mirza
Godot Mar 22, 2002 interacts: 45Translated from Urdu, a story by Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi (1962)
We, The Fake
anNy Nov 11, 2001 interacts: 78where you feel ugly and poor if you have no flesh on display
My Sahib
Godot Aug 14, 2001 interacts: 117An English translation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s ‘Mera Sahib’
The German Psychiatrist and His Rubber Parrot
Panini Oct 21, 2000 interacts: 25It began with this strange one-legged German psychiatrist with a
The Louder Echo
Nauman Khalid May 14, 2000 interacts: 2children are more comfortable, knowledgeable, and literate than their parents
Passive Smoking - Time to say NO!
Q Isa Daudpota Apr 26, 2000 interacts: 21Attitudes to smoke and smoking have changed worldwide
Goodbye, yellow brick road..
Shandana Minhas Feb 12, 2000 interacts: 23today is the first day of my last week as a teacher...
The Daily Grind
Saad Shafqat Dec 5, 1998 interacts: 51Deodorant and excrement in Karachi, circa 1985.
Evil Spirits Travel in Straight Lines
Sheldon Pacotti Oct 19, 1998 interacts: 3Two French scientists go to Senegal to fight a resistant strain of malaria.
Aitchison: Scenes From Within
Asim Hayat Mar 3, 1998 interacts: 25...the old architecture, the grand cricket pitch in the main grounds, the smell of the rose bushes, the water heater radiators which never functioned well...
