Kashmir’s Fertility Trap
As Jammu and Kashmir's fertility rate collapses from 4.5 to 1.4, doctors report a rising, under-discussed cause suggesting the young women's ovaries are ageing...
Kashmir’s Maternal Herbs
As allopathic medicine embraces AI and advanced technologies to transform healthcare, Kashmir continues to preserve an age-old tradition of postpartum healing, where new mothers...
Kashmir’s Hidden HIV Burden
For young Kashmiris who inject drugs and live with HIV, two stigmas collide, and the shame decides whether they ever reach a hospital, reports Syed...
Kashmir’s Cards of Gold
Private hospitals in Kashmir suspended Ayushman Bharat services over Rs 300 crore in unpaid dues, exposing deep structural flaws crippling the health insurance promise,...
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...
