Swine Scare
In anticipation of bone-chilling winter, the people have started felling victim to the scare that HINI is around. Saima Bhat reports that the virus has...
Injuries from firearm, pellets and airway problem emanating from shelling is an additional, challenging...
In an election held after seven years, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) elected Dr Suhail Naik 35, a pediatrician, as its president. Hailing from Shopian...
Exercise:Four things you should know
Workouts don’t just keep you physically fit, they contribute to your mental well-being as well. Najar Javaid Ibn Gul explains how
Weight loss, burning calories...
Lone Survivor
Once it was the most crowded place for patients seeking remedy. As the English system of medicine, overtook the traditional Unani system, Kulgam’s Gopalpora...
Murdered Motherhood?
Lack of facilities and staff in state run hospitals is putting the lives of Kashmir’s mothers and their babies in danger. Saima Bhat spends some...
Malwan’s Braid Choppers
Mysterious hair cutting incidents started in central India early this year and literally followed the road to Kashmir. Restricted to restive South Kashmir, Kulgam...
Bequeathing Vision
For the first time in history, 13 blind or one-eyed patients underwent eye transplants in Srinagar’s SMHS hospital and started seeing again, some after...
Technology Addiction
Parents are frequently talking about their kids using smart phones and other communication gadgets for ‘time-pass’. It is gradually leading to addiction and to...
Stomach Ulcers
Kashmir may be one of the few spots across Asia where stomach ulcers are above average, Zeenat Farooq details the prognosis and the treatment...
Eating Disorders
Zeenat Farooq
A balanced, healthy meal forms the basis of human health and avoiding unhealthy, high calorie food is a part of the learned behaviour....
Nutrition in Cancer
Minors fighting life-threatening diseases like cancer need special diets, writes Zeenat Farooq
Children need proper nutrition because they are at a growing age and their...
Understanding Addiction
By Zeenat Farooq
Addiction is the physical or psychological dependence on a substance that is beyond the control of the person. Usually, its demands go...
Probe the Fall
If an individual had an abrupt, unexplained fall, avoid keeping it a secret. Go to the doctor because it could an unexplained crisis in...
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...
