Birth defects due to exposure of household chemicals
Life Desk : Qaternary ammonium compounds or “quats,” are chemicals which are often used as disinfectants and preservatives in household and personal products such as...
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Intensified action needed to reduce leprosy
Nur-E-Alam Siddique :Leprosy, the world’s oldest disease, has been synonymous with stigma and discrimination due to the hideous deformities it produced. The most important step...
Adieu Ramzan 2017
Life Desk :Every year millions of Muslim across the globe fast from dawn to dusk during Ramzan, the ninth month in the Muslim calendar. It...
Online therapy can help military personnel treat insomnia
Life Desk :Chronic insomnia can be treated with Cognitive behavioral therapy, by paying a regular, weekly visits to the clinician, reveals a new study by...
Men’s Health Month
Life Desk :Men’s Health Month is celebrated in June in the United States, with month-long awareness programs on various preventable health issues, diseases and conditions...
Celebrating Ramzan
Life Desk :Ramazan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. As the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, the beginning and end of the...
Too many symbols for too little emotion
Seerat Sandhu :As I pen this down, I feel like I have metamorphosed into a sermonising, condemning, cynical middle-aged woman! However, paper being my best...
Right make-up to avoid skin allergies
Life Desk :A lot depends on the kind of make-up that you purchase. Before you begin to shop for such products, make sure that you...
Organic onions better than conventional onions: Study
Life Desk :Flavonoid levels and antioxidant activity in organic onions are higher than in conventionally grown onions, reveal researchers in a new study.Five years ago,...
E-cigarettes as harmful as tobacco cigarettes: Study
Life Desk :New evidences show that electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes are as harmful as tobacco cigarettes, reveal chemists at the University of Connecticut .Using a...
British men more inclined to buy shoes than women: Survey
Life Desk :British men are less reliant on their “go-to shoe”, reveals a survey.Data from consumer analyst Mintel found men are choosing to expand their...
Purify your home with these houseplants
Life Desk :Do you feel suffocated inside your home? It is not surprising since we are breathing recycled air most of the time when inside...