Geographical distribution of thirty-eight cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), who were diagnosed in the department of Pathology, Rawalpindi Medical College and two private laboratories in Rawalpindi and Islamabad is presented. Majority (84.2%) came from Azad Kashmir, especially from areas around Poonch (e.g., Rawlakot-28.9%; Bagh-23.7%; Dirkot-5.3% and Pallandari-2.6%) and areas around Muzaff...

BACKGROUND Diarrheal disease forms one of the two major killer diseases in children under five years of age in the developing world. There are inherent cultural practices for management of diarrhea at the domestic level. Also, the treatment practices at health centers vary, with inappropriate use of antibiotics, and iv fluids observed commonly, while ORS is less frequently used. METHODOLOGY C...

Retraction Note: Evaluation of low-cost custom made VAC therapy compared with conventional wound dressings in the treatment of non-healing lower limb ulcers in lower socioeconomic group patients of Kashmir valley Retraction This article [1] has been retracted by the editor because contrary to the statement in the manuscript, the ethics committee of SKIMS Medical College have indicated that no p...

-The Mesozoic to Eocene sedimentary succession of Hazara Basin dominated by carbonates is characterized by a distinct package of sediments punctuated by a number of diastems, hiatus and unconformities. The Hazara Basin evolved in Hettangian with the development of lagoonal to upper shoreface conditions on the northern margin of northward flying India. It was followed by a thick pile of middle J...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. The Kashmir valley, in Northern India, has been described as a high-risk area for colorectal cancer. AIM The aim was to make a preliminary attempt to study mutations in exons 5-8 (the DNA binding domain) of the tumour suppressor gene TP53 in 42 CRC patients from Kashmir. MATERIALS AND METHODS The stu...

BACKGROUND Diarrhoeal disease forms one of the two major killer diseases in children under five years of age in the developing world. Data on the prevalence and related factors of diarrhea in Kashmir valley is quite scanty. Thus this study was carried out to find the burden of diarrhoeal disease and the effect of a temperate climate (as compared to a tropical one in rest of India) on the patter...

Aims The purpose of this retroprospective study was to study the epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of children with solid tumors at our institution. Subjects and Methods Three hundred and three pediatrics patients registered at Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar, Kashmir, between January 2008 and June 2014, were analyzed wit...

The language policy in IOK (Indian occupied Kashmir, i.e. Jammu and Kashmir) has been changed recently a new “five official languages” established. This paper untangles the three steps of change: modifying Constitution, enacting Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 passing Official Languages 2020 reveals root causes change by collecting data from media historical documents. Results show that this a...

BACKGROUND The Kashmir earthquake also known as South Asia earthquake, hit both sides of Jammu & Kashmir on October 8th 2005 and was quite devastating with official toll of deaths being 73,276 in Pakistan Administered Kashmir (POK) and 1,360 deaths in the Indian administered Kashmir. The injured registering on the two sides were around 100,000 and 6,300 respectively. This was followed by a seri...

The studies on physical properties of wool of six breeds of sheep of Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir. Sixty wool samples, 10 from such of the six breeds were selected to study the physical properties of wool. The study revealed that Dorset (exotic) had maximum staple length followed by Rambuillet (exotic) had maximum staple length followed by Rambuillet (exotic), i.e. 6.03 cm and 5.74 cm respectively...