Srinagar, Sept. 16 -- A new study published in The Lancet has sounded alarm bells on the spread of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular ailments, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory illnesses which now account for more than 60 percent of deaths in our country. Our public health narrative has been largely dominated by infectious diseases, malnutrition, and maternal health concerns. But today, the bigger killer is the lifestyle-driven epidemic that creeps in silently, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Jammu and Kashmir. Doctors in our part of the world have warned that Kashmir is witnessing a frightening surge in heart diseases, particularly among the youth. Unlike global trends, where heart attacks and str...