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Health

This section is a detailed listing of the various facets of staying healthy in Jammu and Kashmir. It has copies about the diseases, research, practitioners, the infrastructure and the economics of it. Exceptional individuals and institutions are profiled also.

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...

Importance of Breakfast

By Nahid Khilji Ever wonder why your mom always insists you to have breakfast when you leave for school, college, or work? Well she is right....

Foods to Fight Depression

By: Nahid Khilji Food is not only responsible to alter your body composition; it also helps in regulating your mood. Depression is a sad and...

Daredevil Drive

He drove 3 kms with 300 pellets in his arm to reach the hospital. Once his wounds healed nightmares followed. Heena Muzzafar tells this...

Hyperlipidemia — Cholesterol might not always be bad

By: Zeenat Farooq Hyperlipidemia is an elevation of one or more fat proteins in the blood. It is commonly referred to as high cholesterol. One-third...

Do I really need Fiber?

By: Nahid Khilji   Fiber is all that you have been hearing these days on TV commercials. Dietary fiber is found in cereals, pulses, fruits and...

Ten wonder foods

By: Nahid Khilji 1) Yoghurt - It is probiotic in nature. Yoghurt has friendly bacteria which strengthens our digestive system. Apart from this, it also...