Aims Alcoholism within the British Sikh Punjabi (BSP) community is a severe issue caused by complex array of psychosocial, political, and cultural factors. The current biomedical model taught at UK medical schools fails to address psychosocial aspects disease, restricting ability for doctors treat patients holistically. As result, under-diagnose under-treat with alcohol use disorders (AUD). The...

Religion and non-heterosexual gender identifications have a complex relationship in most societies. The religious discourse communities condemns the LGBTIQ+ community even deny them to access practice their experiences/practices. In India, where religion rituals are embedded daily practices, identity can rarely be disassociated from other identities added factor like caste social class. India i...

Recent genome-wide association scans (GWAS) and meta-analysis studies on European populations have identified many genes previously implicated in lipid regulation. Validation of these loci on different global populations is important in determining their clinical relevance, particularly for development of novel drug targets for treating and preventing diabetic dyslipidemia and coronary artery d...

AIMS To establish levels of use of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drugs among 18-20 year old men and women of Asian (Punjabi) and non-Asian origin compared with levels four years earlier and consider the role of religion and culture in abstinent behaviour. DESIGN Structured self-complete questionnaire used with 94% of pupils with South Asian names recorded by the Greater Glasgow education depar...

BACKGROUND International guidance for advance care planning (ACP) supports the integration of spiritual and religious aspects of care within the planning process. Religious leaders' perspectives could improve how ACP programs respect patients' faith backgrounds. This study aimed to examine: (i) how religious leaders understand and consider ACP and its implications, including (ii) how religion a...

In all cultures, human hair and hairdo have been a powerful metaphor. Tracing back the importance and significance of human hair to the dawn of civilization on the Indian subcontinent, we find that all the Vedic gods are depicted as having uncut hair in mythological stories as well as in legendary pictures. The same is true of the Hindu avatars, and the epic heroes of the Ramayana, and the Maha...