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Dr. Zubair Saleem

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Senior Citizens Lounge: “You Don’t Even Die,” His son told him

There are some stories one hesitates to write. Not because they are rare, but because they are painfully common. Some social realities sit heavy on...

13.03.2026 8

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Seniors Who Could Not Fast

I recently had a home visit for one elderly male whom I had advised not to fast during Ramzan because of his medical condition. When I met him again,...

06.03.2026 10

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Senior Citizens Lounge: Calf pain in seniors during fasting

Yesterday, a senior citizen called me for a teleconsultation and with a simple but anxious question. “Doctor sahib, I am having pain in my calf...

26.02.2026 20

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Ramzan and Seniors

13.02.2026 100

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Senior Citizens Lounge: Understanding Cancer in Seniors

05.02.2026 8

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Senior Citizens Lounge: Cholesterol report that opened a bigger conversation

23.01.2026 30

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Hip fractures in elderly

08.01.2026 10

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Health does not reboot on January 1

31.12.2025 10

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Senior Citizens Lounge: Urine infection that looked like a stroke

25.12.2025 10

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Uncontrolled Blood Pressure in Kashmir

16.12.2025 10

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Kashmir’s winter pollution crisis we are ignoring

10.12.2025 10

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Chest Infections in Winters

28.11.2025 10

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What I See Every Day at Moul Mouj Health Centre

21.11.2025 20

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Vaccinations Are Not Just for Children, Seniors Need Them Too

06.11.2025 10

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Cold Touches the Lives and Health of Our Elders

23.10.2025 9

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Temperatures Drop, Urinary Troubles Rise

09.10.2025 10

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A Day for Seniors, A Voice for All of Us

02.10.2025 8

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Protecting the hearts of the elderly

28.09.2025 10

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Son’s Regret, Father’s Silence

25.09.2025 10

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World Alzheimer’s Day 21 September 2025

18.09.2025 10

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SEPTEMBER REMEMBERS: Alzheimer’s, Floods & Forgotten Elders

04.09.2025 9

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Caring for Joints and Preventing Falls in Old Age

21.08.2025 20

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Tribute to Naseema Akhter who rewrote her prognosis

14.08.2025 10

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When Memory Fades, Humanity Must Not

08.08.2025 20

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Kashmir’s silent food crisis

05.08.2025 10

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Spotting Liver Disease in the Elderly

24.07.2025 10

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Unspoken Language of Urine

10.07.2025 10

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What This Unusual Summer Is Doing to Our Seniors

03.07.2025 10

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National Doctors Day-2025 Special: Through Us, He Heals

30.06.2025 10

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True Prevention for Seniors

26.06.2025 10

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Kashmir’s Silent War Against Drugs

24.06.2025 10

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Summer Health Guide for Elderly

19.06.2025 9

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Medicine That Heals Only on Paper

17.06.2025 10

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Vanishing in the House They Built

15.06.2025 20

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Irony of Our Times: When a Son Must Be Told to Be Fair to His Ageing Parents

13.06.2025 10

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Do my Patients Have the Right of Way?

10.06.2025 10

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Healthy Eating Guide for Senior Citizens on Eid e Qurban in the Hot Summer

06.06.2025 10

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Invisible Visitor Returns

29.05.2025 9

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“Let Nobody Have a Father Like Him”

22.05.2025 10

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Owning Your Parents Is Owning Your Story

22.05.2025 10

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Care for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Patients – Lessons from the Field

15.05.2025 10

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Elderly Well-being in Difficult Times

08.05.2025 10

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Breathless in a World Full of Air

07.05.2025 20

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Sitting Too Much is the New Smoking

30.04.2025 10

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When Spring Chokes

22.04.2025 20

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World Liver Day 2025 and the Kashmiri Kitchen

18.04.2025 20

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Gratitude in Every Heartbeat: Indian Oil’s CSR Vision

11.04.2025 20

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Compassion in Medicine and the Art of Accurate Diagnosis

03.04.2025 10

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Who ARE You?

27.03.2025 10

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Psychology of Hunger

11.03.2025 10

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