Weeklong food awareness campaign in city
Life Desk :Food safety is everybody’s concern, and it is difficult to find anyone who has not encountered an unpleasant moment of food borne illness...
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Antioxidant-rich foods can lower the risk of type 2 Diabetes
Life Desk :Foods rich in antioxidants such as fruits and vegetables can lower the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study published...
Nearly 26 million die in pain every year
Life Desk :Globally, about 26 million people die every year in severe pain and of which, one in ten is a child. The deaths could...
Two genes could trigger abnormal brain development
Life Desk :David Eisenstat and his team examined a neurotransmitter in the brain called GABA which is essential to forebrain development in the embryo. They...
Hypertension may have strong hold in China
Life Desk :China’s one third population might be silently suffering from high blood pressure issues found a new study published in Lancet journal.A second study...
Seven signposts for a successful weight loss programme
Life Desk :Whether the drive to lose weight is the reflection in front of the mirror, an unkind remark, or good health, a fit and...
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...
Magic mushrooms may help lift persons from depressed mood
Life Desk :Psilocybin is a psychoactive compound that naturally occurs in magic mushrooms, used mainly as a recreational drug since prehistoric timesCurrent study shows that...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...