Pakistan is going through a transition period in its development of socio economic system.  In the healthcare sector,  almost 40 percent of total burden of disease (BOD) is accounted for by infectious/communicable diseases such as: Diarhea acute respiratory infections,  malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and immunisable childhood diseases. Another 12 percent of the diseases are due to reproductive [...]

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Pakistan has been in news alot, unfortunately due to Osama Bin Laden and some of her own follies.  The nation has lagged far behind in development driven by false idealogies as well as socio-political system. The nation has fought several wars and is now fighting the biggest of all with the internal enemies. Aid provided [...]

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Every time there is a talk of healthcare reform, we all gang up on the health insurance companies.  Even I have done so.  But as we learn more about them, they do not seem to be villain. They however have failed in the promise.  They are supposed to cut cost and even out the risk.  [...]

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 Researchers at University of Colorado used high-tech instruments and lab methods to analyse roughly 50 showerheads from nine cities in seven states that included New York City, Chicago and Denver.  CU-Boulder Distinguished Professor Norman Pace, lead study author, says that about 30 percent of the devices were found to harbour significant levels of Mycobacterium avium, a [...]

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Healthcare debate has heated up.  The emotions are running high.  Here are some of the ironical facts: All those republican and democrats that are opposed to reform and are criticizing government as not good at it, in fact are on government managed healthcare. All those seniors opposed to reform also are on medicare and want [...]

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