At God’s Mercy
The first counseling for a patient suffering from stressful situation is at home. But when the same home turns into a hell-hole, a patient...
Fig: Fruit of the Paradise
By: Zeenat Farooq
Common Fig or Ficus Carica is a flowering plant of Moraceae (mulberry family). A native of Middle East and Western Asia, Fig...
Radiating Carcinogens?
As Wazwan country plans massive wedding feasts - a yearly Rs 1879 crore economy, there are concerns about the source of millions of sheep...
Olive: A Blessed Fruit
By: Zeenat Farooq
Olive tree belonging to Oleaceae family found in the Mediterranean basin, Arabian Peninsula and in parts of southern Asia. Oleaceae family derives...
Honey in fasting
By Zeenat Farooq
Honey is a sugary liquid of high consistency and stickiness that is produced by honey bees from the nectar of flowers by...
A Heart Case
In most heart-attack cases the first ‘golden hour’ is lost in the chaos, traffic, or wrong diagnosis. In the last two decades, Kashmir has...
Staring at Death
A killer disease is silently engulfing large tracts of population in south Kashmir with serious socio-economic fall-outs. Aakash Hassan reports the affliction and the...
Benefits of Walnuts
by Zeenat Farooq
Walnuts are round, single-seeded stone fruits that grow from the walnut tree. Walnut trees are conventionally native to eastern North America but...
What We Eat?
Ever thought what goes into the making of food we eat at restaurants and fast-food joints? A quick look at stocks these eateries get...
Stopped to Die
Once again ambulance drivers became target of law enforcing agencies while ferrying injured. Aabid Hussain met one driver who survived with a broken arm...
Symptoms for a Healthy Heart
by Zeenat Farooq
Heart, the centre of circulation, is one of the vital organs in our body. From Bollywood to health journals, and further to clinical...
Stinking Sopore
Once famed for its apple orchards and pristine streams, Sopore town is fast turning into a literal dustbin. Of nine metric tons of waste...
Stay Healthy this Winter
By Nahid Khilji
Winter, people say, is the time for comfort, good food and staying warmth.
However, winters bring along cool temperatures, snowfall, hails, which at...
Beware of Synthetic Milk
DR ZUBAIR AHMAD WAR
Srinagar: Milk is the physiological secretion produced by the mammalian animals. Mammals have specialised organs called mammary glands to produce milk...
Loopholes Within
The summer 2016 uprising was unprecedented in every respect, as it left hospitals across Kashmir flooded with injured and dead. Saima Bhat reports the...