World Health Day 2016 aims at ‘Beat Diabetes’
By Aamir Amin Nowshahri
World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 every year. It is one of the eight official global public health campaigns...
Razor’s Edge
A mental asylum is the last place to make friends. But what if you end up making one? Bilal Handoo tells one such story...
Sleep Deprivation — A ‘Curse’ of Modern Day Lifestyle
by Zeenat Farooq
Loss of sleep is a common problem in our modern-day society, affecting many individuals at some point of time in their lives....
Know Autism
by Aamir Amin Nowshahri
Autism is a neuro-developmental disability that affects the way a person can communicate with and relate to other people. It manifests...
PTSD: Worse Than It Sounds, Yet Treatable
By Zeenat Farooq
What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is described as the traumatic consequence following a series of stressful...
Spring-Summer Fruits and Vegetables – Full of Freshness!
By Zeenat Farooq
Spring is already knocking at our doors. While the days are getting longer and nights getting shorter, there are changes in terms...
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): The ‘Silent Disorder’ in Kashmiri Women
By: Raashid Mumtaz
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or Hyper androgenic anovulation, an endocrine disorder which causes infertility among women, is nowadays common in Kashmiri women.
The...
Gestational Diabetes: Far from ‘Sweet Motherhood’
By Zeenat Farooq
Gestational Diabetes (GD) or Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) defines a condition in which an expectant mother develops blood sugar levels which are...
Now, Parents will be ‘Notified’ When their Child Needs Vaccine!
Zafar Aafaq
SRINAGAR
When Ehsan Quddusi, an app developer and computer science graduate from South Kashmir’s Pulwama, read health reports on consequences of missing immunization, the...
Hypothyroidism: ‘A Cause of Concern in Kashmir’s Young Female Lot’
By Zeenat Farooq
Hypothyroidism, also called as underactive thyroid describes an endocrine disorder in which the thyroid gland which lies in throat remains underactive, and...
Ah! Cold
There is no cure for common cold or Zukam as such. But a few dos and don’ts can help you sail through harsh winters...
Processed Foods: Just Empty Calories or Something Worse?
Away from parental check, Kashmir youth are consuming Junk Food at an alarming rate thus harming their health. Scholar Zeenat Farooq decodes the ‘Processed...
Treating Differently
Spread across Kashmir ISM centers give patients both hope and alternatives. Saima Bhat reports how Unani medicine is helping cure diseases without disturbing a...
Anti-Oxidants: Magic Molecules Against Pro-Oxidant Menace?
By Zeenat Farooq
ANTI-OXIDANTS are the substances which quench pro-oxidants in an oxidation-reduction reaction. These can vary in chemical structure and complexity ranging from simple...
Path Breakers
Three medical breakthroughs last year had a common Kashmiri thread in them. Be it brain tumour, AIDs or TB, Kashmiri researchers redefined the global...
