ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-gb"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="PULSE International: Fortnightly Medical Newspaper from Pakistan"> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="Pulse, Medical, Pakistan, News, Professional Medical Publications"> <META NAME="OWNER" CONTENT="masood@masoodjawaid.com"> <META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="Masood Jawaid"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <title>Pulse International - Main News</title> </head> <body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" link="#000000"> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!-- imgsrc=new Array(); imgsrc[1]="a_current_button1.gif"; imgsrc[2]="p_current_button1.gif"; img =new Array(); for (i=0; i< imgsrc.length; i++) { img[i]=new Image(); img[i].src=imgsrc[i]; } function change(number, picture) { { document[picture].src=img[number].src; } } // --> </SCRIPT> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber1" background="../images/index_topstrip.gif" height="36"> <tr> <td width="33%" height="130" align="center"> <p><b> <font color="#008000" face="Arial" size="2">Fortnightly Medical Newspaper <br> published from Pakistan</font></b></td> <td width="33%" height="130" valign="bottom"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="../../images/pulselogo.gif" width="282" height="120"></td> <td width="34%" height="130" align="center"> <p align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#008000" size="2"><b>Published by <br> Professional Medical Publications</b></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" height="26" align="center"> <p align="center"><span lang="en-us"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">January</font></b></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span lang="en-us"> </span>1<span lang="en-us">5</span>-<span lang="en-us">31</span>, 20</b></font><span lang="en-us"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">12</font></b></span></td> <td width="33%" height="26" align="center"> <p align="center">&nbsp;</td> <td width="34%" height="26" align="center"> <p align="center"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">ISSN: 1026-6828</font></b></td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber2" height="36"> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" align="center" height="36"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><div align="center"> <!--webbot CLIENTSIDE bot="XmmFpEx" MODULEID="'mj (project)\top_menu1_off.xws'" PREVIEW="&lt;img src='../../top_menu1.gif?004D339D' editor='menumaker' border='0'&gt;" startspan --><script src="xaramenu.js"></script><script menumaker src="../../top_menu1.js"></script><noscript><img src="../../top_menu1.gif?004D339D" editor="menumaker"></noscript><!--webbot bot="XmmFpEx" endspan i-checksum="65007" --></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="101%" id="AutoNumber3"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="3"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top"> <p align="center">&nbsp;<!--webbot CLIENTSIDE bot="XmmFpEx" MODULEID="'mj (project)\menu_r_off.xws'" PREVIEW="&lt;img src='menu_r.gif?02AB43D0' editor='menumaker' border='0'&gt;" startspan --><script menumaker src="menu_r.js"></script><noscript><img src="menu_r.gif?02AB43D0" editor="menumaker"></noscript><!--webbot bot="XmmFpEx" endspan i-checksum="1747" --> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</td> <td width="77%" align="left" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber5"> <tr> <td width="100%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="../../images/main_news.gif" width="186" height="46"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=759 border=0 height="67"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4 height="61"> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=735 height="61"> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <a href="news1.htm"> <B>Registration and Reporting by all IVF Centers is essential to ensure patient safety- Prof. Peter Baillie<br> </B> </a></U> KARACHI: A special symposium on IVF was one of the salient features of the scientific programme of Baqai Medial University s Silver Jubilee Celebrations during December 2011.<span lang="en-us"> </span>This session was jointly chaired by Prof. Saad Rana an eminent obstetrician and gynaecologist from Islamabad with Prof. Mrs. Zahida Baqai, Lt. Gen. S. Azhar Ahmad and Prof<span lang="en-us"> </span>.Maj. Gen.Mohammad Aslam.</font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=759 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=7> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=732> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <a href="news2.htm"><B> CPSP has become a symbol of unity of Federation -Prof. Zafar Ullah Chaudhry<br> </B> </a></U> KARACHI: College of Physicians &amp; Surgeons Pakistan has become a symbol of unity of Federation which is providing equal teaching and training facilities all over the country. We are providing equal admission, training, monitoring policy and are currently working on training and monitoring evaluation.</font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="AutoNumber4"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=759 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=8> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=731> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U><B> <a href="news3.htm">Diabetic neuropathy and infections are the most common cause of amputation in developing countries- Prof. Vijay<br> </a></B></U></font><span lang="en-us"><font face="Arial" size="2"> KARACHI: Prof. Helmut Schatz from Germany was the first speaker in the first session on December 11th 2011 during the International Diabetes Conference organized jointly by Diabetic Association of Pakistan and NIDE at Dow University of Health Sciences. The topic of his presentation was an Update on the management of Type 2 Diabetes with special reference to broad spectrum of new anti diabetic drugs. </font></span></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=759 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=735> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <a href="news4.htm"> <B>Pakistan s real problems like Health, Education and Economy are seldom discussed in the parliament- Senator Haseeb Khan<br> </B> </a></U> KARACHI: An eminent industrialists and businessman. Mr. A. Haseeb Khan, President of Brookes Pharmaceuticals and former Chairman of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry is known for his outspoken views. For the last many years he has been quite active and expressing his views on different issues facing the businessmen and industrialists community to accelerate economic growth in Pakistan which has earned him many friends<span lang="en-us">.</span></font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=759 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=735> <p align="justify" dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"><B> <a href="news5.htm"><U><span lang="en-us"> Post Graduate Medical Institutes<br> </span> </U> </a> </B> The identical news items in DAWN and THE NEWS on January 9th 2012 have very elaborately brought to fore the current state of affairs of Universities Postgraduate Medical Education in Pakistan. The PNB, Pakistan National Board, a self proclaimed, non representative, unofficial body has unwittingly exposed the mess the universities medical education is in.</font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=759 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=735> <p align="justify"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <a href="news6.htm"><B> Clinical Proceedings of Baqai Medical University Silver Jubilee Symposium<br> </B> </a></U> KARACHI: On Day two of the Baqai Medical University s Silver Jubilee Symposium the first session was chaired by Prof. F.U.Baqai and Prof.Major Gen.M.Aslam. Prof. Zaki Hussain from UK was the first invited speaker who talked about Sleep. He was of the view that good sleep is best cure and the best medicine and meditation. It has been mentioned nine times in Quran and one hundred seven times in Bible.</font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </td> </tr> </table> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=760 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4> <p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=736> <p align="justify" dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <B><a href="news7.htm">FJMC honours Prof.<span lang="en-us"> </span>Rose Madan by renaming the Dept. of Medical Education &amp; instituting a Medal<br> </a> </B> </U> LAHORE: Fatima Jinnah Medical College honoured late Prof. Rose K. Madan by renaming the department of Medical Educaiton as Rose K. Madan Dept. of Medical Educaiton and Educaitonal Research and also instituting a Medal for the best research scholar of FJMC/ SGRH. The unveiling of the plaque was performed by Prof. Basharat Yousaf former Principal of FJMC and her friend of 75 years.</font></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </td> <td width="6%" valign="top"> <p align="left"> <br> <br> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td> <td width="77%"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=5 width=358 bgColor=#529efa border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle background=../../images/free_bg.gif dir="ltr"> <TABLE class=text cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width=759 border=0 dir="ltr"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=4 dir="ltr"> <p align="left" dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"> <IMG height=12 src="../../images/arrow_blue.gif" width=12 vspace=2></font></TD> <TD width=735 dir="ltr"> <p align="justify" dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" size="2"><U> <B><a href="news8.htm">Proceedings of Asia Pacific Association of Medical Editors Congress held at Seoul Korea-II</a><br> </B> </U> PARIS (FRANCE): A major landmark study released recently by the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) sheds new light on the state of Europe s mental and neurological health. 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