Publications by authors named "N Anwar"

Background: Advance care planning can improve patient and family outcomes; however, minoritised ethnic communities experience access barriers. Co-production offers a way to design culturally appropriate information and support, but evidence is needed to understand its implementation in palliative care.

Aim: To explore and describe how two charities used co-production to develop and deliver community-based advance care planning workshops for South Asian elders.

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Spices played crucial and variable roles in traditions, culture, history, religious ceremonials and festivals along with fetching food flavor and microbial protection globally due to presence of structurally unique and multi-natured chemotypes. Their existence in dishes portrayed key roles in improving shelf life by regulating spoilage of cuisine with different synergistic mechanism. Histo-anatomically (A) sowa exhibited distinguished cellular attributes which created remarkable differences with T.

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  • Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common source of localized or widespread pain caused by trigger points in muscles and currently has no specific cure.
  • Trigger point injection (TPI) therapy is the most commonly used treatment, targeting these trigger points with various injectable solutions like glucose, saline, and local anesthetics.
  • The review highlights recent clinical research on TPI therapy, noting its low cost, minimally invasive nature, and promising early results in treating MPS.
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  • A study in Narowal, Punjab, found that 72.92% of ruminants slaughtered were infected with gastrointestinal parasites, with goats having the highest infection rate at 78.63%.
  • Female ruminants experienced significantly higher infection rates (85.62%) than males (65.13%).
  • The research revealed a severe economic impact, estimating annual losses of approximately Pak. Rs. 405.09 million (around USD 1.43 million) due to organ condemnation from GI parasites.
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Introduction: Recently, antibiotics use in uncomplicated acute diverticulitis (AD) has been controversial in Europe. The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) in their 2015 guidelines recommend their selective use. Our study highlights their role in outpatient management.

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