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Majority of pregnant women in Kashmir Vitamin-D deficient

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A fresh study has exposed the grave deficiency of Vitamin D among pregnant women in Kashmir, a condition that can threaten the well being of mother and child. Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy has been advocated by the researchers to address the gross shortfall in Vitamin D levels. A recently published study by Kashmir-based group of researchers has found that two-thirds of Kashmiri women are Vitamin D deficient. The study, carried out at tertiary care hospitals of Srinagar by a group of eleven doctors and published in current issue of…

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‘Antibiotics make you prone to infection’

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Though antibiotics are essential for fighting bacterial infection, they also make the body more prone to infection and diarrhoea, a new study has warned. Exactly how the resident “good” microbes in the gut protect against pathogens, such as Salmonella, and how antibiotic treatments foster growth of disease-causing microbes have been poorly understood, scientists said. Now, researchers from the University of California studied a mouse model and identified the chain of events that occur within the gut lumen after antibiotic treatment that allow “bad” bugs to flourish. The finding has profound…

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What happen to your body when you skip a meal

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Everybody wants to lose weight and people’s instinctive reaction in this situation is to eat less. But instead of consuming smaller portions, thus fewer calories, people decide to skip entire meals. That’s a big mistake, Susan Engle, registered nutritionists at Nutrition Matters, says. It will eventually lead to overeating, and possibly weight gain, among other things. There are plenty of fulfilling foods that help you drop pounds. Regardless of whether you have a big dinner ahead or a wedding, you can’t let your stomach growl. Mornings are chaotic and there…

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JK to implement free drug policy from June 1

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Free medicines will be provided in all state-run hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir from June 1 this year and a 100-bed hospital would be constructed in the mountainous Kishtwar district. “Government will implement the policy of providing free medicines in all the state government hospitals from June 1 this year as this has been a long pending demand of people” state Health Minister Bali Bhagat said today. He said the government would soon establish a 100-bed hospital in Kishtwar district as it has witnessed fatal road accidents because of its…

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JK has only two outdated food-testing labs, HC told

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With the state authorities admitting that the only two food testing laboratories in the state are completely outdated, with most of the installed equipment dysfunctional, the J&K High Court has observed that the report filed by the authorities concerned is sufficient to indicate that the people of the state have been left at the mercy of the God. The HC has sought personal appearance of the state Chief Secretary and other officials, including the Commissioner Secretary, Health and Food, Commissioner, Food Safety, and the Financial Commissioner, Finance and Planning Department,…

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Two Kashmiri docs in race for PGI top post

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Two senior Kashmiri doctors are in race for coveted post of Director, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Director, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Dr AG Ahangar and Director, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Dr Showkat Zargar, have submitted their applications for the Director’s post of the PGIMER. The tenure of the present director Professor Yogesh Chawla is ending on October 7. The last date of the applications was April 20. Professor Ahangar was working as the…

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Are you drinking pure milk?

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DFCO launches valley-wide anti-adulteration campaign Jammu and Kashmir government is in a tight spot over the revelations made by officials in High Court following the media reports about the sale of adulterated food items including milk and milk products. Although there was a relief for a leading milk manufacturing company facing adulteration charges following a stay on District Court Budgam’s order by the High Court but there is still a question mark over the quality and standard of the milk sold in J&K. After HC’s cognizance, the authorities have launched…

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Cancer in Kashmir

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Dr. Rumana Makhdoomi I am glad that in a turmoil hit valley where security related issues always dominate the scene, Greater Kashmir has come out with scary statistics about cancer in Kashmir (GK dated 20th and 21st March, 2015). Cancer burden in Kashmir is steadily increasing – not denying the fact. There is lot that is being done in premier institutions of the State to combat the disease and lot that is not done, and lot that needs to be done. You need to read on to understand, how cancer…

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Stop ‘bad cholesterol’ production to prevent tumour growth

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Cancerous tumour cells expand in the human body by feeding on “bad cholesterols” found in the lipid metabolism, finds a new research. Tumour cells grow as a result of scavenging on very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) — commonly known as “bad cholesterol” — in the body. The findings of the clinical trials showed that minimising the liver’s production of LDL would deprive a tumour from its constant supply and therefore reduce its possibility of growth. Tumours not only use lipids as “building blocks” to grow, but they…

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Post-Khyber conviction, 30 samples of other milk brands lifted for testing

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With a court convicting the Khyber Agro Farms Private Limited for selling misbranded, sub-standard and unsafe milk products in Kashmir, the authorities concerned have lifted over 30 samples of packaged dairy products of six different brands from across the region for testing. The samples were collected by the officials of the Drugs and Food Control Organisation from different markets during last two days and sent to local government lab for analysis, said a senior Drugs and Food Control Organisation official. Sources said the officials also lifted three samples of Khyber’s…

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