Health crisis at Rohingya camp: My observation as a doctor
Prof. Dr. M A Samad :Most of the Rohingya refugees are women, children and elderly people. Visiting the spot what we saw that the presence of active male of the age group from 25...
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Brief of Local Anaesthesia
Life Desk :Local anaesthesia, simply means injecting the local anaesthetic (“freezing”) around the nerve of the affected area to make it pain free. Technically speaking, local anaesthetics are drugs that block sensory and motor...
Manipulation of mitochondrial network increases lifespan
Life Desk :Lifespan and health may be promoted through manipulation of the mitochondrial network either by dietary restriction or by genetic manipulation that mimics it, according to recent research at the Harvard T.H. Chan...
Why you need a rival – the basics of a healthy competition
Life Desk :It’s a competitive world out there, where everyone, right from school going kids to top business tycoons are struggling to get to the top. The cut-throat competition, the stress and the peer...
Obesity promotes breast cancer
Life Desk : Obesity leads to the release of cytokines into the bloodstream which impacts the metabolism of breast cancer cells, making them more aggressive as a result. Scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische...
Facts about Parkinson’s disease
Life Desk : Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive disease of the nervous system which causes gradual loss of muscle control. Parkinson’s disease was discovered by British surgeon Dr. James Parkinson in...
Attractive people less likely to be hired for low paying jobs
Life Desk : Attractive people, believed to receive favourable treatment in the hiring process, may be at a disadvantage when applying for less desirable jobs, such as those with low pay or uninteresting work,...
Sea cucumber genome can help in the study of tissue regeneration
Life Desk :Sea cucumbers form one class of the echinoderms that also includes sea urchins and star fish. They have a unique genome structure that has the ability to regenerate damaged or lost body...
Peer influence can help reduce tobacco use
Life Desk :Researchers have found that participating in a brief intervention delivered by their peers in community settings can help youth and adolescent to reduce smoking. The intervention can be an important tool in...
Underweight women at greater risk of early menopause
Life Desk :Women who were underweight as teenagers or in their mid-30s are at greater risk of facing an early menopause compared to lean or normal weight women, researchers have warned. Early menopause, defined...
Love in the times of social media
Life Desk :In today’s technology and social media driven world, ‘true love’ may seem passe, but Durjoy Dutta, one of India’s leading romantic fiction writers, said digital love, like romances in the earlier times,...
Meditation may cause harm too!
Life Desk :Poor methodology and misinformation in accordance with previous studies may mislead and disappoint the consumers. Mindfulness or Meditation techniques should not be oversold to people without caution or condition-specific modifications. Studies of...