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Walking for health in urban society

Life Desk :Walking has numerous benefits and everyone is waking up to the possibility that if there is no regularized period of walking every day, then a big chunk of their life span will...

Pink rivers really exist!

Life Desk :Ever seen a bubble-gum pink river? Or maybe tomato-red waters? Yes, there is actually a river like that which changes its colour reacting to extremely heavy rainfall, but that’s only for a...

Herbs that reduce anxiety and depression

Life Desk :Mother Earth has provided herbs to cope with anxiety and depression ‘diseases’ as well. Anxiety and depression are the two most commonly reported psychiatric conditions and they generally occur together in a...

Schizoaffective disorder

Life Desk :Schizoaffective disorder is a mental disorder in which the individual reflects symptoms that occur both in schizophrenia and mood disorder (major depressive or bipolar disorder). However, studies suggest that schizoaffective disorder resembles...

Female superhero fights social evils

Life Desk :The creator of the new English comic book says he hopes the Pakistani female superhero will be surely an inspiration to young girls accross the country as well as the world.Pakistan’s newest...

Must-have foods for newbie moms

Life Desk :New mothers need to take proper care of their dietary needs after delivery. Eating nutritious food throughout the day will help boost your energy levels, say experts. Poornima Shankar, Nutritionist, The Himalaya...

Eating nuts can stave off obesity risk

Life Desk :A study showed that people who ate who ate nuts not only had less weight gain than their nut-abstaining peers, but they also enjoyed a five per cent lower risk of becoming...

Adult immunization

Life Desk :There are millions of people across the globe suffering from or have died due to vaccine-preventable diseases. We generally assume that the vaccinations we receive as children are enough to safeguard us...

Genes causing intellectual disabilities identified

Life Desk :Researchers have discovered 15 genes that play a role in the development of intellectual disabilities. Intellectual disabilities are often caused by a mutation that damages a gene responsible for protein production in...