Why do we feel good after religious retreats?
Life Desk : Spiritual, meditative and religious retreats change the levels of dopamine and serotonin indicating the reason behind powerful, positive emotional experiences.More Americans than...
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Handling adult sibling rivalry
Life Desk : Screaming, sulking, pillow fights and contemplating strangulation – your sibling can elicit many adverse reactions when you’re growing up. As adults, life...
Health benefits of eggplant
Life Desk :Eggplant (Solanum melongena), also known as brinjal or aubergine, belongs to genus Solanumand to species nightshade. It got its name because of its...
Smoking and its effect on skin
Life Desk :Cigarette smoke is one of the most toxic compounds known and is truly a slow poison. Cigarette smoke, being a mixture of 4000...
I owe this lesson to my six-year-old daughter
Life Desk : Believing that I have been a strong-headed girl all my life, at 34, life is making me vulnerable for emotions and bonds....
Smoking pot raises risk of stroke, heart failure
Life Desk : Marijuana use may lead to 26 per cent increase in the risk of stroke and a 10 per cent increase in the...
Daytime sleepiness linked to cognitive impairment in elderly
Life Desk : Older adults tend to fall asleep during the day and the prevalence is 50%. Recurrent awakenings due to disrupted breathing leads to...
Mind diet
Life Desk : As you get older you need to take care of your brain as much as your body. Recently, MIND diet has gained...
Just brows-ing
Life Desk : Grooming your eyebrows is somewhat like a short-term investment plan – you invest a bit and the returns are huge. Ignoring it...
Is rice healthy or not?
Life Desk :Rice is a staple food for many Asian countries, serving as a main food source for about half the world’s population. But, is...
Hypnotherapy for sleep disorders
Life Desk :Hypnotherapy is derived from the word Hypnos, the Greek God of sleep. Hypnosis means falling asleep. Marmer defined “hypnosis as a psychophysiological tetrad...
Tuberculosis free South East Asia by 2030
Life Desk :Tuberculosis (TB) incidence is noticeably high in the regions of South-East Asia. WHO target is to achieve global eradication of tuberculosis by 2030....