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Health

Licenses of 20 medical shops suspended

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During the special drive from July 28 to July 30, 2015, the Department of Drug and Food Control Organization Kashmir division inspected 181 Medical shops in various districts of Kashmir division. During the drive Licences of 20 Medical Shops have been suspended for violation of various provisions of Drug and Food Control Act, 1940 and 14 Medical Shops were put on the show cause notices. The Chemist fraternity during the special drive was strictly directed to maintain sale and purchase records of drugs, store drugs as per their requirement and…

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Scientist explains why we shouldn’t drink Coke

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While the fizzy cola drink is loved by most people in the world, an Indian scientist has now shown what Coca-Cola does to your body up to an after you gulp it down, and it is not good. In the first 10 minutes, a person consumes around 10 teaspoons of sugar (100 per cent of your recommended daily intake), and though the level of sweetness should make one vomit, the phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing one to keep it down. After 20 minutes, the body’s blood sugar spikes giving…

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JK seeks World Bank help to build children’s hospital

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With pediatric healthcare grossly inadequate in Kashmir, the State Government has sought assistance from the World Bank for construction of the new children’s hospital. The State authorities took up the matter with World Bank team during its visit to Kashmir earlier this month. The team was in the Valley with regard to project implementation and institutional arrangements after the financial institution cleared Rs 1500 crore assistance for the flood ravaged J&K. “Of all the projects that came up for discussion with the visiting World Bank team, our thrust was to…

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Kashmir-born US scientist plans to set up stem cell facility at SKIMS

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Kashmir-born US scientist Dr Khalid Shah Thursday revealed that he was working out a plan to setup a ‘Stem Cell Facility’ at valley’s prime medical institute—SKIMS Soura  — to effective treat tumors and cancers. Dr Shah, who recently hogged headlines across the globe for discovering a way of turning stem cells into killing machines to fight brain cancer, said Kashmir had a dire need of such a center to treat thousands of cancer patients. “I had a detailed discussion with SKIMS authorities and faculty members regarding the cancer treatment at…

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