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Adolescence has its problems too Chandigarh, July 28 A city-based businessman and his wife were among the first to present their case. They appeared overage as per the clinic’s nomenclature, until they revealed the purpose of their visit. It was for their 13-year-old son, who was busy in the tuitions. The counsellor, Dr Munni Ray, insisted that counselling would be really beneficial in the presence of the affected child. The problem was that he scored relatively less marks, made spelling mistakes, had daydreams, failed to concentrate in studies and had behavioural problems, which might adversely affect his eight-year-old younger brother, who scored more than 90 per cent in his examinations. After that, a shy 13-year-old girl walked in with her mother. While her mother did the talking, the girl, on probing, told that she used to start breathing heavily when the teacher asked her a question in the classroom. An 11-year-old son of a government employee and student of a local convent school shared his anxiety with the doctor of his being overweight. Shy youngsters unveiled their problems, some having serious pathological problems while a majority having behavioural problems under the guise of physical malfunctioning. A doctor said, “We get cases where the adolescents do not want to reveal many things in front of their parents. Then we ask the parents to remain outside till we talk with the children.” The child’s non-seriousness towards studies, too much television, behavioural problems with peer group and overeating were among the other common problems making parents visit the clinics. The doctors said while children in this age group should not watch television for more than one hour a day, teenagers watched it for more than three hours a day and did not do adequate exercise. Another major problem was the imbalance, diet as a typical teenager visiting the clinic skipped breakfast, had a diet with excessive fat and did not exercise. “The issues of teenagers can mainly be described as their concerns, which actually shape their adult life. We tell the parents not to ignore any behavioural change in the child at this age as it can be an indication of some psychological problem,” said a senior doctor. |
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Asthma can be controlled: expert Chandigarh, July 28 More than 40,000 residents of the city suffer from asthma, a majority of them since birth. But even with such high numbers, the myths and misconceptions about asthma allergy continue to prevail. That is primarily the reason that the Head of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGI, Prof S.K. Jindal, on behalf of the American Association of Chest Physicians of Indian Origin, has come out with a handbook, “Asthma — You can win”, giving tips to asthma patients and their families to eradicate false notions and remove the stigma attached with the allergy. “Since we get a lot of patients at the PGI who are suffering from asthma, there was a need to provide some information to the patients and their families. Many a time, patients believe that swallowing a raw fish, doing yoga or consuming natural spring water would cure the allergy. The fact is no permanent cure of the disease has been found as yet. Asthma can be controlled when administered,” said Professor Jindal. Talking more about the disease and its “unnecessary” fear among affected families, Professor Jindal said sometimes they got cases where the families want the disease to be named something else due to the stigma attached with asthma. “Parents come to us, especially parents of children, who feel that asthma is a stigma for their child and want to give the ailment some other name like bronchitis. To dispel these wrong notions, we felt the need to educate the people that asthma was not a stigma; it simply needed to be controlled.” Change of seasons in March-April and September-October generally aggravates the problem along with house dust and smoking. “Chandigarh is a clean city. That is why there is a low rate of infections but more cases of allergies like asthma. A similar trend prevails in the developed countries as well,” said Professor Jindal. |
Punjab, Chandigarh in handball quarters Chandigarh, July 28 Himachal Pradesh are showing the determination to become the second team to qualify from this pool. Having given a tough fight to Chhattisgarh in their opening match before going down 30-33, Himachal Pradesh maintained their winning spree. Today, they defeated Assam 31-22 for their fourth successive triumph. Runners-up Punjab and Sports Authority of India West, Gandhinagar, qualified for the quarter-finals from Pool B. Punjab finished their league programme with an all-win record, which gave them the top slot with 10 points. SAI won four matches and lost one to finish runners-up. Hosts Chandigarh and Andhra Pradesh moved into the quarterfinals from Pool C. Chandigarh completed their league schedule with an all-win record. In their last league encounter, they ousted Rajasthan by 32-18 to top the table with 10 points. Andhra Pradesh, with four victories and one defeat, got the second position and qualified for the knockout stage. Haryana were poised to emerge Pool D leaders as they silenced Delhi 27-11. This was Haryana’s fifth win from as many matches. Their last match is against West Bengal tomorrow. Delhi are in the race for a runners-up position. They have so far won three matches and lost one. They have yet to play Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. In the morning, Chhattisgarh routed Assam 27-14 after leading 14-7 at half-time. Chhattisgarh’s Imran Khan scored 11 goals. Punjab beat Uttar Pradesh 31-28. Mohinder Singh (11) and Avtar Singh (8) engineered their victory. SAI defeated Maharashtra 26-12. Chandigarh registered their fourth successive win by beating Jammu and Kashmir by 25-18. Rakesh (9) and Vaibhav (7) were the main scorers. |
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Manav Mangal cagers lift
three titles Chandigarh, July 28 In the under-14 boys category Manav Mangal School beat D C Model School 28-6 in the final. In the under-17 boys category, Manav Mangal School beat Bhavan Vidyalaya 31-12 in the final. In the under-17 girls section, Little Flower School beat Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, 16-4. In under-19 girls final, DC Model School beat Satluj School 10-0.
Badminton meet The 10th Panchkula Badminton Championship will get under way at Ch Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, Panchkula, at 9 am on Thursday. All badminton players, who are bonafide residents of Panchkula district, are eligible to participate in any event, subject to a minimum of six entries in each category.
Gymnastics trials The Chandigarh Gymnastics Association is introducing aerobatic gymnastics in Chandigarh. Trials for selecting the Chandigarh aerobatic gymnastics, team will be held at the Sector 7 Gymnasium Hall at 5.30 pm on Saturday.
Tennis tourney The inaugural St. Peter’s Tennis Tournament for under-14 boys and girls will be organised at St Peter’s Secondary School in Sector 37-B from Friday to Sunday. The tournament will be inaugurated by Mr Inderjit Singh Sandhu, Additional Deputy
Commissioner-cum-Director Sports, Chandigarh Administration.
CBSE TT meets Manav Mangal School, Sector 21, will host the CBSE national and cluster level table tennis tournaments later this year. Giving this information, Mr Sanjay Sardana, Principal of the school, said they had offered to host the TT event and in turn the CBSE asked them to hold the cluster level tournaments in October and then nationals in January 2005. Mr Sardana said it would be for the first time that Chandigarh would play host to any CBSE national level tournament in table tennis where top ranked teams from each zone would vie for top honours. Mr Sardana said earlier also they had been giving due emphasis on this sport and a separate Manav Mangal Open TT Meet was a annual feature. He said the UT Sports Department had also recently allotted 10 table tennis wing seats to their school.
Inter-school badminton Little Flower Convent school, Sector 14, Panchkula secured the first place in the Panchkula Inter-School Badminton Tournament (under14, under 17) played here yesterday. The team comprised Mohini, Muskan, Pallavi and Surbhi Singla. In the final of the Inter-District Basketball meet (under-17) Little Flower Convent school, Sector 14, Panchkula, outplayed Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, Panchkula by 16 points. Ritika scored eight, Aastha Dhingra four, Shagun Gulati three and Sumidha two points. |
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