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Prof Mahmood Haider Resumes at KMDC

Karachi: Prof. Dr. Mahmood Haider has resumed his duties at Karachi Medical & Dental College (KMDC) as Principal of the Dental Section.

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Punjab hospitals suffer absence of hepatitis C test kits

LAHORE: Hepatitis C test kits have disappeared from blood banks of government hospitals in the province including Lahore, thereby causing huge difficulties ...

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Congo Virus Hits Pakistan

Quetta: The Two men who were earlier infected with the Congo virus passed away, while a woman, who also contracted the fatal virus, is still being treated, ...

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CME at HU Dental Hospital

Karachi: A special CME program was arranged recently at Hamdard University Dental Hospital, in which a series of special lectures were delivered by Dr ...

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Pharma company stock stay stable despite political uncertainty

Karachi: The Karachi stock market suffered a decline of 666 points during the trading day after Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri announced day of mourning. Pharma company...

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The 3rd World of Dentistry

Low income population in the developing world, especially the sub-continent suffers from considerable pain, discomfort and financial stress, due to the ...

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2000 FCPS Degrees Awarded without Examination

ISLAMABAD: The CPSP has awarded 2000 FCPS degrees without any formal examination. When contacted by Medical News Pakistan, an official of the Pakistan ...

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Doctors suffer in tussle of PMDC & CPSP

LAHORE : Almost 750 medical consultants are bearing the brunt of a tussle prevailing over the accreditation system between the College of Physicians and ...

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Expert Symposium takes the dental profession by storm

Karachi : Dental News organized and conducted the first DN Expert Symposium 2014. The event held at Royal Rodale Club, Karachi attracted participation ...

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Westfield Dentist Volunteers to Restore Smiles in Dominican Republic

WESTFIELD, NJ – On a wall in the waiting room of his dental practice in town, Dr. Peter Louie displays a plaque commemorating the three days he ...

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Blame your Genes for Bad Teeth

The dentist used it to scare children into proper dental hygiene, and let's be honest, it was funny! Because though British tea and good manners have an ...

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Anti Depressants called back by GSK

The Irish Medicines Board has confirmed that a number of batches of an anti-depressant drug being recalled by GlaxoSmithKline had been placed on the Irish ...

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UN fears further spread of polio

GENEVA: About 50,000 Pakistanis have crossed into eastern Afghanistan to escape air strikes over the past 10 days and 435,000 have fled within their ...

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How cancer virus deploys body's gene defences

A family of genes that normally combat viral infections interact with the human papillomavirus to cause cancer, researchers reveal today. The virus is ...

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National Health Budget 2014-2015

Another year has passed by, where the ruling elite & legislators of Pakistan have once again failed to respond generously to the health miseries and ...

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Focus on paediatric dentistry in Pakistan still low

Pakistan is a young country with over half of its population under the age of 24 years. Around 34% of the total Pakistani population is from 0-14 years of ...

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Dentists may be facing bigger in Pakistan in war against oral cancer

April has been dubbed the oral cancer awareness month this year with focus on raising awareness among dental professionals and patients about the condition....

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Evidence-based oral and maxillofacial surgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is a unique specialty that deals with the gentle structures of the facial skeleton, the oral cavity, and the neck. It ...

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Research-based oral cancer seminar at BMU

Baqai Dental College (BDC) is proudly celebrating its Silver Jubilee this year with many amazing events for the students and faculty. In this series of ...

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Why dental vibe will revolutionize the way patients visit their dentists

Dental pain and anxiety are cited as the most common reason why patients avoid dentists. Indeed we see so many comics and expressions mimicking the same ...

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Health Minister receives Contempt of Court notice

Karachi: The State Minister for National Health Service along with the Director General NHS and other Members of the Managing Committee of Pakistan Medical ...

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Should I invest in Velscope?

Pakistan has one of the most prevalent cases of oral cancers in the world. Oral cancers have a very high mortality rate within the first five years of its ...

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Rise in surgical exports from Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan: Exports of surgical and dental instruments from Pakistan have almost quadrupled in the last three years. Latest figures released by the ...

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PMDC Restrained by Sindh High Court

The petitioner, medical professional, and an elected Member of Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC), has through the instant petition, challenged ...

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PMDC in crisis

As medical education has now become a very profitable business, so many non-professional businessmen are now involved in this business with severe ...

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2nd International Conference on Oral Implantology

Dr Irfan Qureshi, president of the FIDP, a well known figure in Pakistan for oral implantology and the main driving force behind the FIDP gave an account of...

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Business process outsourcing in dentistry

The concept of BPO in dentistry is not a new one. The most common example of such outsourcing is the fabrication of crowns, bridges and other dental ...

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Dental hygienists celebrate World Oral Health Day

KARACHI – The enthusiastic forum and the executive council of DHAK collectively decided to expand this Karachi-based association into a nationwide ...

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Role of mobiles in dentistry has not been explored

With over 15 years of technological advancement in dental communications, Sesame Mobile trademark remains the first to continue using mobile technology as a...

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The Fight for Blue

Karachi: The teams were divided according their departments, and were allowed to choose the names of their liking. Representing the Baqai Dental College was...

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