"The Critical Services Are Out of Reach": Diabetes Management and the Experiences of South Asian Immigrants in Ontario
This study provides support for the fact that even in Canada's universal healthcare system, disparities exist, particularly for ethnic minorities, and that a universal prescription drug coverage component is a crucial step forward to ensure equitable access to health services utilization for all.PMID:38523416 | DOI:10.1177/21501319241240635 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - March 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Minal Waqar Vincent Z Kuuire Source Type: research
Prospective Analysis of Lipid Variations in Hyperthyroid Subjects from Lahore, Pakistan
Biomed Res Int. 2021 Sep 3;2021:9936782. doi: 10.1155/2021/9936782. eCollection 2021.ABSTRACTPerturbations in the actions of T3 and T4 influence the normal metabolic pathways. Responsiveness of lipid biomarkers like LDL-C, HDL-C, TC, TG, Apo-A, and Apo-B after rehabilitation of thyroid profile attaining euthyroid state was determined. A total of 179 age-matched subjects of both genders were recruited for this research. Sixty healthy controls, thirty-four subclinical, fifty overt hyperthyroid, and thirty-five follow-up subjects having 3 months of Carbimazole therapy were enrolled. Biochemical analysis was performed by chemi...
Source: Biomed Res - March 25, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Muhammad Amir Iqbal Shaaf Ahmad Tamseela Mumtaz Zahra Naseem Javeria Malik Husna Ahmad Nabila Roohi Source Type: research
Level of polychlorinated biphenyls in tumor and blood serum of breast cancer patients and control subjects from Punjab, Pakistan
Sci Total Environ. 2024 Mar 23:171908. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171908. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe current study examined the level of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in tumor and blood serum of female breast cancer patients and control individuals recruited from Punjab, Pakistan. Breast tumor and blood serum from 40 patients and only blood serum from ten control subjects were obtained and concentration of 32 PCB congeners was analyzed through Gas chromatography coupled with Mass spectrophotometry. Sociodemographic variables of the patients along with essential clinical and haematological parameters were taken...
Source: Cancer Control - March 25, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: A Khalid N A Abbasi N Jamil J H Syed S R Ahmad A Qadir Source Type: research
"The Critical Services Are Out of Reach": Diabetes Management and the Experiences of South Asian Immigrants in Ontario
This study provides support for the fact that even in Canada's universal healthcare system, disparities exist, particularly for ethnic minorities, and that a universal prescription drug coverage component is a crucial step forward to ensure equitable access to health services utilization for all.PMID:38523416 | PMC:PMC10962024 | DOI:10.1177/21501319241240635 (Source: Primary Care)
Source: Primary Care - March 25, 2024 Category: Primary Care Authors: Minal Waqar Vincent Z Kuuire Source Type: research
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Diversity and Reassortment, Pakistan, 2017-2020
Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Apr;30(4):654-664. doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231155.ABSTRACTSporadic cases and outbreaks of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) have been documented across Pakistan since 1976; however, data regarding the diversity of CCHF virus (CCHFV) in Pakistan is sparse. We whole-genome sequenced 36 CCHFV samples collected from persons infected in Pakistan during 2017-2020. Most CCHF cases were from Rawalpindi (n = 10), followed by Peshawar (n = 7) and Islamabad (n = 4). Phylogenetic analysis revealed the Asia-1 genotype was dominant, but 4 reassorted strains were identified. Strains with reassorted medium gene se...
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - March 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Massab Umair Zaira Rehman Shannon Whitmer Melissa Mobley Ammad Fahim Aamer Ikram Muhammad Salman Joel M Montgomery John D Klena Source Type: research
