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...
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...
