LONDON, March 25 (INP): The research papers, presented by three Pakistani doctors serving at Lahore General Hospital (LGH), have earned a lot of appreciation and applause from the participants of five-day UK Professional Diabetes Conference 2018 held at London. The Pakistani doctors in their research have covered the issues of causing factors, treatment and increasing ratio of diabetes in Pakistan in their research papers, which was the largest research work presented by various scholars at the conference. This was informed by Assistant Prof. Medical Unit 2 Dr. Maleeha Hameed and Dr. Salman Shakeel who participated in the conference, at their return during their meeting with Principal Prof. Ghiyas un Nabi Tayyab. Their supervisor Prof. Imran Hassan Khan also attended the meeting. Dr. Maleeha and Dr. Salman told that their research papers were on topic of diabetes among women during pregnancy, foot injury caused by diabetes and causes of Type 2 diabetes. Their views were keenly listened to by the participants. According to their research, the ratio of being diabetic patient among Pakistani young people is on the rise and 78 percent of such patients suffer at only 45 year of age. They told that major causes of this disease are obesity and to avoid exercise. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Ghiyas un Nabi said that the need of research in health sectors has increased many fold in order to combat diabetes and other diseases. He said that participation of LGH doctors in international health conferences has earned laurel for the hospital and country as well. It has also encouraged research in health sector. He congratulated the doctors of LGH for their successful tour to UK Diabetes Conference. INP/SB/AK