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To present 2010-2019 cancer data from the Dow Cancer Registry representing all districts of Karachi (~17.4 million).

The study was conducted at the Dow University of Health Sciences. After ethical approval, the Dow Cancer Registry was established at the largest government-run diagnostic and reference center of Karachi (Dow Labs). All…[Read more]

When it is perceived as a patient, a manikin can give students a realistic experience of what it means to behave like nurses. Consequently, this realism lets students practice and acquire relational, communicative, and collaborative nursing skills. Using a manikin can facilitate the development of students’ professional identity.

When it is…[Read more]

s relieves pain and improves mobility. CT remains the first choice for percutaneous ablation. Fluoroscopy combined with ultrasound is effective for cases with soft tissue masses; fluoroscopy is also suitable for combination with vertebroplasty. However, further investigations are required.

To determine if platelet additive solutions (PAS)…[Read more]

The apoptosis of foam cells leads to instability of atherosclerotic plaques. This study was designed to explore the protective role of CTRP9 in foam cell apoptosis. In our experiment, CTRP9 alleviated foam cell apoptosis. Meanwhile, CTRP9 upregulated the expression of proteins important for cholesterol efflux, such as LXRα, CYP27A1, ABCG1 and…[Read more]

eful tool for reconstruction ofradioactive contamination of the air and the ground surface after the Chornobyl accident. Calculated in this study131I activity concentrations in air and 131I ground deposition densities were used to reconstruct the thyroid doses dueto 131I intake to the population of Ukraine.

To assess the level of risks of…[Read more]

Tremor is the most common movement disorder, occurring as an isolated tremor syndrome, as a symptom of neurological diseases or diseases from other medical specialty fields, or after the intake of drugs / toxins. The heterogeneous variety of the clinical presentations, the etiologies, and the therapeutical options require the continuous dev…[Read more]