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‘Winter increases heart attack, stroke risk’

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Cold weather can be dangerous medically: DAK With surge in heart attacks and strokes during winter, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that sudden drop in temperature increases the risk. Asserting winter as risk for these diseases,President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement issued here said that the number of heart attack and stroke patients in Kashmir doubles during winter. “Frigid temperatures constrict arteries that increase blood pressure which makes heart attack or stroke more likely,” Dr Hassan said. “Blood tends to be thicker and become stickier during…

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‘Killer Kebabs’ on sale in Kashmir

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3 Quintal ‘unsafe’ mutton, chicken & fish Kebabs seized from City market The Food Safety Department has seized nearly three quintal unsafe packaged Kebabs that have entered from unknown manufacturers in Kashmir and circulated in the markets. Officials told that a special market checking squad of the department today confiscated a huge supply of illegally marketed and unhygienic Kebabs. “The Kebabs mostly made of mutton, chicken and fish products are being sold in Tengpora, Karan Nagar, Khayam, Chattabal, Bemina, Chanapora and other market areas. However, the packaging and ingredients are…

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Minister warns against nexus between docs, pharma companies

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Minister for Health and Medical Education Choudhary Lal Singh today said the process of e-tendering was being followed to make the functioning of the Health Department more accountable and transparent. The minister said this during a general body meeting of the Jammu Pharmaceutical Distributors Association. Lal Singh told distributors to provide medicines to the poorest at affordable cost and warned against any type of nexus between the pharmaceutical companies and doctors. Controller of Drugs and Food Control Organisation Lotika Khajuria along with several other officials of the department was also…

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Hemophilic patients suffer, writhe in pain at SMHS

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Non availability of life-saving drugs cause of concern, admin unmoved  Hemophilic patients across Kashmir valley continue to suffer in Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital, Srinagar due to the non availability of drugs. 80 per cent of 267 patients have been crippled for life, for no fault of theirs. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court, 2011 had directed the hospital to keep the vital drugs available for hemophilic patients available for 24 hours. ‘Due to non availability of funds’, authorities say, the ‘factors’ aren’t available. “The factors balance body’s deficiencies.…

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Viral infection breaks out in Tral villages

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12 children test positive for jaundice An epidemic-like situation has emerged in the Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district with scores of children having been affected by a viral infection. Many children of Hardmeer, Ameerabad and Sangrama villages in the area complained of vomiting and abdominal pain today. They were taken to the sub-district hospital in Tral. Officials in the hospital said many residents of the villages were admitted to the hospital and almost all of them were relieved after treatment. “Twelve children from the villages have been found…

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‘JK doctors prefer winter vacation over patient care’

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DAK demands end to ‘elite practice’ Calling for an end to winter vacation of senior doctors in tertiary care hospitals, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that this practice leaves patients to suffer severely. Terming the practice unethical President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that holidays for senior doctors leave patients in lurch. “Patient care is worst hit and patients face immense hardships during holiday time of doctors,” Dr Hassan in a statement issued here said. “Every year faculty of referral hospitals go for two months…

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How to prevent diabetes at workplace

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If you are already showing higher than normal blood sugar levels as you spend more and more hours in office — enroll for an intervention programme at your workplace if it offers one immediately. According to a new study, employees enrolled in a workplace intervention programme as a group lost more weight, showed greater reductions in fasting blood sugar and ate less fat than employees who received only written health guidelines for diabetes prevention. “Adults spend a large portion of their time at work. This study shows that it is…

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Toxic food colors, dyes risk public health in Kashmir

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Increased use of unauthorized artificial food colors (AFCs) in Kashmir’s food industry is posing a serious threat to public health, with weak monitoring of the phenomenon adding to the risk, experts have opined. Over the years, the use of artificial colors—chemicals synthesized from petroleum—has gone up in the Valley, resulting in different ailments, medicos told. “Increasing instances of allergic reactions, hyperactivity in children and carcinogenic effects resulting from prolonged use of artificial colors and dyes is a proof of the menace in the market,” said a senior doctor at SHMS…

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Kashmiri scientist ‘discovers’ TB cure

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In a path breaking study, a young Kashmiri scientist has discovered a crucial protein secreted by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which if targeted by specific drugs will provide faster diagnosis and possible cure to tuberculosis. Imtiyaz Yaseen, 29, who discovered the protein RV1988, has been working on the project as part of his Phd thesis since 2011. “It was my professor who gave me the idea about existence of a possible protein at the heart of tuberculosis infection,” said Imtiyaz who is doing his Phd at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics…

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Kashmir is the capital of fatty liver disease patients: DAK

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“hospitals lack Fibroscan, Patients suffer” Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today said that Kashmir hospitals are without the facility of Fibroscan that is used to establish the presence of fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with liver disease. Terming Fibroscan as an essential diagnostic tool for liver disease patients President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that patients in hospitals suffer due to lack of Fibroscan. It is unethical to keep hospitals especially tertiary care without Fibroscan as doctors nowadays cannot deal with liver disease patients without this breakthrough…

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