Kashmir: Doubly Marked
In Kashmir, transgender people with HIV face compounding stigma, discrimination, and isolation that silences them and blocks access to Health care, reports Bisma Farooq...
How Air Pollution Affects Health?
Most people notice air pollution when the sky looks grey, or the AQI app starts acting dramatically. But the bigger question is this, what...
Kashmir’s Health Check
The National Family Health Survey-6 points to major gains in healthcare delivery across Jammu and Kashmir. Yet, the region continues to grapple with alarmingly...
Inside Kashmir’s Rehabs
Inside Kashmir's rehabilitation centres, former patients describe abuse, isolation and humiliation, raising urgent questions about whether these facilities heal addiction or deepen the trauma,...
VMS: Dignity in Motion
The Voluntary Medicare Society has evolved into Kashmir’s premier rehabilitation centre for persons with severe disabilities, built on the vision and commitment of a...
Prostate Cancer: Silent, Then Deadly
Quietly but surely, prostate cancer is becoming one of Kashmir's most urgent health crises, and most men do not know they have it until...
Kashmir: Trust, Butchered
In an investigative portrait of Qazigund's hollow slaughterhouse, Insha Yousuf reveals how backyard butchery, administrative failure, and blood-soaked drains are quietly devastating Kashmir's public...
Kashmir’s Colon Crisis
Rising early-onset colorectal cancer in Kashmir, late-stage detection, low screening uptake, and social and financial barriers underscore the urgent need for systematic colonoscopy-based prevention...
‘Almost 90 Per Cent Couples Achieve Pregnancy Within Two Years of Marriage’
Dr Afshan Iqbal, a senior gynaecologist, speaks to Syed Shadab Ali Gilani about rising infertility concerns, PCOS, C-sections and maternal health, offering evidence-based guidance...
‘Winter Constricts Blood Vessels, Elevates Blood Pressure and Increases the Risk of Heart Attack’
Kashmir carries a basketful of challenges that strain its very heart, observes noted cardiologist Dr Nisar Ahmad Tramboo in conversation with Syed Shadab Ali...
Kashmir’s Smoke Free Village
Sheikhgund village in Kashmir’s down south transformed itself into a smoke-free community through collective action, local leadership and national recognition, showing how grassroots resolve...
Kashmir’s Precious Births
With Jammu and Kashmir’s fertility rate falling to an all-time low of 1.4, well below replacement level, every birth has become precious. Even as...
Kashmir’s Stray Scourge
Surging dog-bite cases across Kashmir reveal a deepening public health crisis, driven by unchecked stray populations, waste mismanagement, delayed treatment, and systemic failure to...
Jammu Kashmir’s Medical College Network
NMC recognition rollback for SMVDIME has set a precedent, raising fears that it could derail approvals and expansions at other new medical colleges in...
‘Gastric Cancer Rates In Kashmir Are Six to Ten Times Higher’
Kashmir, with its rich culinary identity and large consumer market, is grappling with a growing gastric health crisis. Syed Shadab Ali Gillani spoke with...
