Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation and its current non-Executive Chairman, stirred up the movements for the treatment of world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Arfa Karim. The 16-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest in 2011 following an epileptic attack. The diagnosis was that she has weak cardiac muscles due to a ventricular septal defect, a […]
Studies reveal that nicotine replacements have no benefit for people who want to quit smoking Studies have shown that the people who use nicotine gum or patches to get rid of smoking habit have no long-term benefits of these nicotine replacements. Scientists believe that use of nicotine-replacement therapies, NRTs, might be useful in the first […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Studies reveal that bad diet during pregnancy can increase diabetes risk in child Studies of researchers from Cambridge and Leicester Universities have revealed that a mother having an unhealthy diet during her pregnancy is creating problems for her unborn baby. According to the research, a bad diet during pregnancy gives rise to the risk for […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Giving birth is a battle for survival in war stricken Afghanistan She was 15 years old, heavily pregnant and had travelled eight days on the back of a donkey to reach hospital. Suffering from seizures and high blood pressure, she died soon after at the Herat Maternity Hospital in western Afghanistan, one of the thousands […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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The academics, including 9,000 with PhDs, claim that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane are actually beneficial for the environment. The petition was created in 1998 by an American physicist, the late Frederick Seitz, in response to the Kyoto Protocol a year earlier. It urged the US government to reject the treaty and […]
Hygiene and cleanliness is a big issue with all food points that are set for Pakistan’s middle class downwards. Meals that are served in such type of eateries baldy lack in quality and purity. No proper washing of dishes, uncovered and contaminated drinkable water, sub-standard meats, vegetables and grains, use of low-grade cooking oil, imperfect […]
Dec 13 2011 | Posted in
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Better sleep and the ways to do it Ever wonder why so many people have trouble sleeping, or how one can manage a good night’s sleep? The American Association of sleep disorders emphasizes that while the pills may be a temporary solution, the best approach is to develop good habits against the rest. Here are a […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
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Studies show that common cold is curable by plasma Common cold and flu were supposed to have no cure at all and patients have to rely on their immune systems to fight off the infections but now the scientists have discovered its cure. Studies show that a stream of matter called cold plasma is able […]
Dec 12 2011 | Posted in
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No matter how hard they try against their big names and whatsoever they manage by building their fake image, the truth is that they will still treat you like another number if not ‘another brick in the wall’. I am talking about some of our really prestigious and highly esteemed hospitals that hand you with […]
Studies show that healthier lifestyle can prevent about 40% of cancer cases Study at Cancer Research UK has found that healthier life style can prevent about 40% of cancers in women and 45% of those in men. The researchers stated that that around 134,000 people can spare a cancer diagnosis if they take more care […]
Dec 8 2011 | Posted in
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Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is going to organize a lecture on Sustainability concepts for water quality protection on Thursday, December 8. Dr Xavier Swamikannu will be the key speaker delivering the said lecture. Dr. Swamikannu is an expert on regulatory control of urban water pollution, and served on a special committee of the U.S. […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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Asif Ali Zardari hospitalized; might lay down Presidency due to ill health US magazine stated that President Asif Ali Zardari had been feeling augmented anxiety over the ‘Memogate’ scandal. The Memo led to the stoppage of Nato supplies that has continued over two weeks. As the American could not ask our Military leaders as the […]
Dec 7 2011 | Posted in
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