Sickness in Society
When the story of ‘Razor Man’ grabbed headlines some years back, the media was quick to project him as an outlaw on the run....
Eating Dog Food
Punjabi poultry farmers have used politics to retain Kashmir as their main market to sell used layers and parents’ chicks’ that otherwise is dog...
Abuse of Antibiotics?
A Biotechnology Scholar, Zeenat Farooq, cautions about the use of Antibiotics and writes that mass awareness is need of the hour for both the...
Conflict And Chemistry
Militarized conflicts affect every aspect of social and private life. In Kashmir the last two decades have brought about a mental health catastrophe, but...
Swine Flu Days
Doctors in Kashmir think their experience of tackling swine flu a decade back will aid them in fighting Coronavirus, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
To combat...
Virtual Costs
As Covid19 pushed the world towards the tiny phone screens, it has started severely impacting the new generation. Zakia Qurashi talks to experts to...
A Cancer Fighter
As the Coronavirus overwhelms the healthcare facilities in Kashmir, depriving seriously ailing non-Covid patients of a place for treatment, the Cancer Society of Kashmir...
Longest Recess
Except for a fortnight-long reopening of educational institutions in March, the lingering yearlong security siege now melded with Covid-19 lockdown has effectively turned Kashmir...
Silent Scars
Too many teenagers, mostly girls, resort to self-harm in extreme situations to manage their anger, pain, anguish and bad memories. Babra Wani interacts with...
Cancer’s Covid-19 Overlap
Covid-19 scare jammed life and people started avoiding hospitals. What happened to cancer patients? Saima Bhat visited Kashmir’s major cancer treatment facilities to get...
Rodents And Obstetrics
As South Kashmir’s main maternity hospital operates from a rundown building, the mothers and the new born have to co-exist with rodents along with...
Childhood Obesity: Emerging epidemic in Kashmir
Dr. S. Muhammad Salim KhanThe economic transition and enhanced buying capacity of middle class Kashmiri society is leading to a major nutritional crisis of...
Smart Strategy Required?
The second wave of Covid-19 and its impact on the Kashmir economy can be managed by peoples’ participation and smart strategy writes Syed Suhail...
‘Failure In Detecting Early Is The Reason Behind High Mortality Rates In Cancer’.
After spending a lot of time trying to locate the particular molecules that play a role in diverse cancers, Dr Zahida Qamri changed her career path...
Dangerous Climb
Most of the spinal cord injury cases received by hospitals come from traffic accidents or fall from the walnut trees, with the maximum number...
