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PANCHKULA, March 10

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“By adopting good lifestyle and by meticulously controlling blood sugar and blood pressure, people can keep their kidneys healthy and can prevent kidney disease”, said Dr Navjit Singh Sidhu, Associate Director – Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Paras Hospital, while spreading awareness about ‘How to maintain healthy kidneys’ on the occasion of World Kidney Day, which is celebrated globally on March 10.

Dr Sidhu, who had completed his MD Medicine and DM Nephrology from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, further said that one should do regular exercise, maintain an ideal body weight and consume a healthy fluid intake to prevent getting infected from chronic kidney disease (CKD), which has become a global health concern.

“Also, smoking and alcohol consumption should be avoided. One should avoid self-medication and prolonged use of pain killer drugs. Extremes of exercise in hot conditions and consumption of muscle bulk enhancing products should also be avoided”, he said.  

“About 11 to 13 percent of the world population is suffering from CKD, of which about three fourth have early or mild disease while the remaining have relatively advanced disease. In India about 150,000 to 200,000 new cases of CKD are detected every year and this number is increasing by the day”, said Dr Sidhu, while explaining the grim situation of the disease in India.

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‘Diabetes, high BP major causes CKD’

The doctor further said, “The CKD infection is most common among the patients who are suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure. Other common causes of CKD include glomerulonephritis, some hereditary and congenital diseases, kidney stones, recurrent urinary tract infections and increased intake of pain killer drugs.”

‘Early symptoms must not be ignored’

Early symptoms of CKD include a feeling of less energy and tiredness, puffiness around eyes, swelling of feet and ankles and a feeling to urinate more often at night. Later one may have nausea, vomiting, pallor, decreased urine output and breathlessness.

“Any person suffering from these symptoms should be evaluated by a doctor and if kidney disease is confirmed a nephrologist should be consulted so that proper treatment can be taken early. Patients of diabetes and hypertension, all healthy individuals with a history of kidney disease in the family and all elderly above the age of 65 years should be regularly screened for the presence of kidney disease and timely action taken if required”, said Dr Sidhu. 

Chandigarh March 3, 2022

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3rd March, 2022 : Professor Archana R Singh, School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, has been honoured by Global Media Education Council (GCEC) for being a part of the 75 day event celebrating the 75 years of Indian Independence.  The unique 75-day event involving Indian and global academics and professionals, which intends to celebrate this diversity with scholarly contributions from varied perspectives in this unique online conclave has been organized by GMEC- Global Media Education Council stretching from October  21, 2021, to  April  10, 2022.

The event celebrates 75 Years in  75 days with 90 minute sessions involving 75 Indian Stalwarts, 75 Foreign Stalwarts, 75 Govt Officials, 75 Books/Reports, 150 Young Researchers. Prof . Archana R Singh was a part of the event with a session on the topic ‘Press and Development : A Novel Paradigm’ that was streamed on March 2, 2022. Prof. Singh has been an eminent media educator and was invited to be a part of this event for her stellar contribution to the field of Media and Communication Education.

Prof. Singh with an academic career spanning more than two decades has a number of accolades to her kitty. She has been member, Central Panel Jury for the 66th National Film Awards by Ministry of I&B, GoI Member of Film and Television Institute of India Society by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. She has also been Elected Member of Governing and Academic Council of the FTII Pune. Member, Post graduate Board of Studies, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, GJ University, Hisar, Central University of Haryana Mahendragarh, IP University New Delhi, Indian Institute of Mass Communication Society and many others. She was appointed by UNESCO as part of the Review Panel for their research on youth and violent extremism on social media.

She has more than 150 academic publications including journal papers and book chapters, presentations and seminar talks. She has held many Administrative posts at Panjab University such as Chairperson, School of Communication Studies & Coordinator, PU Radio (twice, Warden, of a Girls Hostel, Cultural Coordinator of Panjab University, Colloquium Coordinator, Panjab University and the Editor of Panjab University Research Journal of Social Sciences. She has completed prestigious research projects such as `Science for Women health and nutrition through Community Radio, a project by the National Council of Science and Technology Communication, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India and presently she is a member of A Panjab University- Cambridge Project on Transforming India’s Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable Food Supplies’ She is heading the Media section of the project. Prof Singh is a recipient of the Senior Social Scientist Fellowship from ICSSR in the subject of Mass Communication

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She takes time out to write features for newspapers, make radio programmes for PU’s community radio, make documentaries for Panjab University, run a blog, write poetry for leisure and record some voice-overs from time to time.