Reduce neonatal death, achieve MDGs
Life Desk :An expert has opined that West Bengal should focus on tackling infants’ death within the first month of birth to bring down child...
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Virtual world makes learning easier!
Life Desk :A computer-based virtual world could prove to be an effective learning environment.Researchers have demonstrated the potential of using a virtual computer environment for...
Forgetting the grocery your wife asked?
Life Desk :Forgot the grocery items your wife asked you to pick up on the way back home from work? You’re not alone.When it comes...
Brain acidity reduces anxiety
Life Desk :A new animal study published in the Journal of Neuroscience has found that anxiety could be reduced by increasing brain’s acidity in the...
Second marriage is better!
Life Desk :If your first marriage did not work out, you don’t have to worry, because there are few reasons why second marriage can be...
Talk to premature infants
Life Desk :Premature babies benefit from being exposed to adult talk as early as possible, a new research suggests.Researchers hypothesised that preterm infants exposed to...
Replacing fructose with glucose not so fruitful
Life Desk :There is actually no benefit in replacing fructose, which is commonly blamed for obesity, by glucose, a new study found.The findings, published in...
Leukemia treatment gets a new approach
Life Desk : A promising new approach has been put forward by a team of researchers which may help treat leukemia by disarming a gene...
Children are clever helpers
Life Desk : Kids as young as three years old have already learned not to blindly carry out requests, a first-of-its-kind study has found.Researchers said...
Exercise may reduce retinal degeneration
Life Desk :Researchers at the Emory Eye Center and the Atlanta VA Medical Center have found that moderate aerobic exercise helps to preserve the structure...
Key to living longer lies in social contact
Life Desk : Social contact and regular exercise are key to healthy and happy aging and living a longer life, according to newly presented research.In...
Emergence of new microbes in human life
Life Desk :While many endemic infectious diseases of humans have been largely contained, new microbes continue to come out to threaten human and animal health.Such...