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Thalassemia thrives in absence of premarital testing

2 weeks ago | tribune.com.pk | Tufail Ahmad

KARACHI: A stitch in time saves nine. The true meaning of this saying would be best understood by the hapless parents of children with thalassemia, who in their expediency to avoid one premarital test doomed their children to a life revolving around endless needles, blood bags and medicines.
Exploring resistive switching in flexible, forming-free Ti/NiO/AZO/PET memory device for future wearable electronics - Scientific Reports

1 month ago | nature.com | Tufail Ahmad

AbstractResistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) is an emerging class of non-volatile memory that stores data by altering the resistance of a material within a memory cell. Unlike traditional memory technologies, ReRAM operates by using voltage to induce a resistance change in a metal oxide layer, which can then be read as a binary state (0 or 1). In this work, we present a flexible, forming-free, ReRAM device using an aluminium-doped zinc oxide (AZO) electrode and a nickel oxide (NiO) active layer.
AI-equipped X-ray machine installed at Qatar Hospital

1 month ago | tribune.com.pk | Tufail Ahmad

KARACHI: Sindh Government Qatar Hospital, Orangi Town, has become the first health care centre in the province to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) using artificial intelligence (AI). An AI-powered automatic machine for TB diagnosis, the Cat 4 Integrated AI X-ray machine, has been installed at the hospital. This highly advanced AI-equipped X-ray machine will not only detect TB but also identify other chest infections in patients. It can provide an initial diagnosis of TB within five minutes.
'Love-sick' US woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder

2 months ago | tribune.com.pk | Tufail Ahmad

KARACHI: Onija Andrew Robbins, a 35-year-old American woman who travelled to the metropolis driven by her love for a 19-year-old Pakistani man, has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder apart from other health issues. Robbins - who refuses to return to the United States without Nidal Ahmed Memon, a resident of Garden West, who she claims to have married online via International Utah website - is currently admitted to the Special Ward of JPMC.
Sindh imposes ban on baby formula milk without prescription

2 months ago | tribune.com.pk | Tufail Ahmad

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly has enacted the Sindh Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Act, prohibiting the sale of baby formula without a doctor’s prescription across the province. The new law mandates that all medical stores in Sindh will be required to sell infant milk products only with a prescription from a doctor, and packaging will clearly label the product as artificial milk.
The MDCAT mayhem | The Express Tribune

Nov 2, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Ali Raza Mugheri |Tufail Ahmad

By Ali Raza Mugheri/Tufail Ahmad | PUBLISHED November 03, 2024 KARACHI: Samina, a 42-year-old housewife, reflects on her unfulfilled dreams and sacrifices. “I was only 18 when I got married, and in the middle of my studies, dreaming of becoming a doctor. But I had to let that dream go.” She hopes her four daughters can achieve what she could not.
Wailing ambulance sirens fall on deaf ears

Sep 8, 2024 | tribune.com.pk | Tufail Ahmad |Amir Khan

KARACHI:For a regular commuter travelling in their car, getting stuck in an endless gridlock could indicate reaching class late or missing an important meeting. However, for the devastated families rushing a sick or injured patient in an ambulance, not reaching the hospital in time could mean losing their loved one forever. For instance, Farhan, a local, shared the tough ordeal his family had to undergo after his brother-in-law suffered a heart attack.
Senior Hamas Official Jibril Rajoub Statements: Praise For Hamas Leaders, Justification Of October 7 Attack

Aug 13, 2024 | memri.org | Tufail Ahmad

August 13, 2024 Special Dispatch No. 11501 Palestinians | Special Dispatch No. 11501 Jibril Rajoub is secretary-general of the Central Committee of Fatah (the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by Mahmoud Abbas), and also heads the Palestinian Football Association, the Palestinian Olympic Committee and the Palestinian Scout Association.
A New Dawn For Islamist Forces In Bangladesh

Aug 13, 2024 | memri.org | Tufail Ahmad

August 13, 2024 Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1781 With the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024, the Islamist Urdu daily Roznama Ummat of Pakistan featured on August 7, a headline on its front page: "Hundreds of opposition leaders freed, offices of Jamaat-e-Islami opened."[1] Sensing the immediate rise of Islamist forces, the Roznama Ummat of August 8 also blamed, in an editorial, "a Satanic project aided by the Zionist and Western powers" for...
The Assassination Of Nawab Akbar Bugti - Pakistan As A State Besieged By Its Army

Aug 6, 2024 | memri.org | Tufail Ahmad

August 26 of this year marks the 18th anniversary of Pakistan's assassination of Nawab Akbar Bugti – who was neither a terrorist, nor a jihadi commander, nor a secessionist rebel, but a former defense minister of Pakistan, a former chief minister of the country's largest province of Baluchistan elected by its people, a former governor of the province who stood for democratic constitutional principles, and the chief of the Bugti tribe who was respected across Pakistan and beyond.