In third world countries due low level of education resulting in a large percentage of patients used inhaler incorrectly.The education level of patients had significant relationship with incorrect inhaler technique. Improving the education level of the society will improve inhaler techniques. The study is indicating the need to promote education level in third world countries and also awake up call for the health poly makers to introduce health education program about asthma and inhaler technique in their priority list. The short-term solution to this problem is effective patient and provider...

The determinants of the obesity lie within the home and school environment and the overall sociocultural phenomena. Children are spending an alarmingly large part of their daily time on sedentary activities, mostly on television. Having minimal physical activity opportunities both at school and home and easier access to energy rich fast foods are the major determinants of obesity. All the stakeholders in the society; government, education and health authorities, city planners and managers, transport, religious leaders and policy makers at the national and local level must realize that the...

There are number of blood tests that reflect the condition of liver. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is one of the important and sensitive indicator of injury to liver cells although raised values can be caused by diseases unrelated to the liver. There is a tendency amongst clinicians to consider a raised serum alanine aminotransferase synonymous with a viral hepatitis, acute or chronic but there are a large number of unusually or frequently overlooked causes of raised serum alanine aminotransferase in addition to viral hepatitis. It is very important to consider these uncommon causes...

Marriage is a part of human life which not only forms the sacred contract of union between two beings to begin a family but also forms the social fabric of any society .Now a days due to decreasing tolerance levels between intimate partners there is an increasing rate of divorces and separations globally which is destroying the social structure of nuclear familial units forming distorted societies on a macro level.In Pakistan the norm of separation and divorce is minimal and strongly looked down upon socially with individuals both male and female face severe social pressure in case of...

Since first case of HIV was recognized in united states in 1981, HIV has spread rapidly throughout the world, statistics of joint United Nations program on HIV/AIDS and World Health Organization(WHO)2007, estimated number of persons living with HIV worldwide were 33.2 million.The AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic has been published annually since 1998.The new HIV infected in 2007 were 2.5 million and the deaths due to the HIV in 2007 were around 2.1million worldwide.Half of the new infected cases today are young people aged between 15-24...

Scientific Study from the year 2014 in the subject Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, language: English, abstract: This Anthropological study was conducted to understand the link between cultural, social and biological factors with childbearing pattern, health and status of women. The study was conducted in two areas of Lahore, a rural area and an urban slum. Data was collected through observation and repeated in-depth interviews in Urdu/ Punjabi. Forty-six women were interviewed, for triangulation purpose four focus group discussions and eight mother-in-laws were interviewed.