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CUBAN LAB MAKES HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MEDICINE FROM BANANA PEEL-

Posted on Tuesday, 1 May 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Scientists from a pharmaceutical laboratory in Cuba have demonstrated a new and "highly-effective" medical product made from banana peel.

Jorge Luis Martinez and Yudit Rodriguez, executives from the Pharmaceutical Biological Laboratory -- or Labiofam -- presented the products to the Vietnamese pharmaceutical industry at the Institute of Medicinal Materials in Vietnam capital Hanoi.

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1.30 lakh apply for 537 posts of jail warder

Posted on Monday, 30 April 2012 by Punjabi Articles


How grim is unemployment scenario in Punjab can be gauged from the fact that nearly 1.30 lakh applications have been received from across the state for a mere 537 posts of jail warder.

A jail warder is an official equivalent to the rank of a constable in the police. But, call it craze for government job or their need, 242 times more applicants have applied for these posts. During the physical tests being held at Guru Gobind Singh Stadium in Muktsar, it was found that 4,700 applicants had applied for the posts in Muktsar district alone. The recruitment drive started on April 23 and would conclude on April 28; thereafter, the interviews would be conducted.

An official of the Prison Department said recruitment for the posts of warder was being done after almost two decades, which was last time held in 1992.

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PPSC results

Posted on Saturday, 28 April 2012 by Punjabi Articles

The Punjab Public Service Commission has declared results of the mains examination of the State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination-2009.



As many as 514 candidates have been shortlisted for interview. The merit list of successful candidates has been put on the commission's website. Significantly, the PPSC has initiated the recruitment process for the civil services after 11 years.

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29% students can’t read Punjabi: Survey

Posted on Wednesday, 25 April 2012 by Punjabi Articles


A large number of students clearing primary level in Fazilka district cannot read or write a sentence in Hindi, English or even Punjabi, their mother tongue, or perform basic arithmetic calculations, reveals the annual status of the Education Report, 2011-12.

The report, based on a survey conducted under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan for Education Development, assessed the learning outcome of students of classes I to V in eight blocks of the district.

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CHILDBIRTH TAKES LONGER NOW THAN 50 YEARS AGO: STUDY

Posted on Monday, 2 April 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Many tasks can be tackled more quickly now than 50 years ago, but delivering a baby naturally it seems is not one of them, according to a US government study.

Compared with the 1960s, US women have in recent years spent two to three hours longer in labor, according to researchers at the US National Institutes of Health, who said the findings suggest doctors may need to rethink the definition of "normal" labor. The extra time is spent in the first stage of labor - the longest part of the process, before the "pushing" stage, according to findings published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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Teachers terrified post-shootout -Warring Tarn Taran students who fired at classmates absconding

Posted on Saturday, 18 February 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Students and teachers of Government Senior Secondary School here are yet to come to term with the shootout on the school premises yesterday. Four students received splinter injuries in the incident.

The Tribune team that visited the school today found the teaching staff terrified. Most students chose to keep mum on the issue
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“That the teenaged students were in possession of illegal arms is a matter of concern. If the youngsters can go to this extent over a minor scuffle with their classmate, it is frightening to think as to what they could do if a teacher reprimands them,” said a teacher, pleading anonymity. “We could not have imagined pistols in the hands of young students. Minor scuffles do occur but this kind of violent antagonism was beyond our imagination,” said another teacher.

“Had we known that the students were armed, we would have, perhaps, not intervened in the fight,” said an eyewitness.

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33 per cent rural students quit studies at matric level: Study

Posted on Monday, 13 February 2012 by Punjabi Articles


In what raises a question mark over the efficacy of our education system, a Punjab Agricultural University study has pointed out that 33 per cent of the students in rural areas drop out of schools at the matric level.

The study findings suggest that there was a flaw in our education system that saw students reaching middle school but was unable to inculcate skills in them to handle board examinations. For the study, the PAU (Ludhiana) involved 50 schools from all five agro-climatic zones in Punjab.

Students have been opting out from government schools at all levels. But, more girls quit studies at the primary level, thus, indicating they were put to household chores at an early age in rural areas. 

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Spanking kids can cause long-term harm: Canada study

Posted on Wednesday, 8 February 2012 by Punjabi Articles


Spanking children can cause long-term developmental damage and may even lower a child's IQ, according to a new Canadian analysis that seeks to shift the ethical debate over corporal punishment into the medical sphere.
The study, published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reached its conclusion after examining 20 years of published research on the issue. The authors say the medical finding have been largely overlooked and overshadowed by concerns that parents should have the right to determine how their children are disciplined.
While spanking is certainly not as widespread as it was 20 years ago, many still cling to the practice and see prohibiting spanking as limiting the rights of parents.

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"Anger never lets you win"

Posted on Monday, 19 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


As a little kid growing up on a sheep farm near Christchurch, New Zealand, Martin was a bright, hardworking boy, prone to losing his temper and getting angry. He would end up saying harsh words to his friends and family without often realising the impact of his angry outbursts.
Intent on mending his son’s ways, Martin’s dad decided on a plan. He gave his son a sack of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the wooden fence at the back of their farm. The son agreed. The first day, he hammered 35 nails into the fence. As the days passed, the number of nails hammered into the fence gradually decreased. It was quite a task going all the way to the back of the farm and hammering a nail. Young Martin figured it was easier to just control his temper, and not get angry.

And then, one day, he did not lose his cool at all. A day of no nails! Delighted, he told his father about it. And the father said that for every day that Martin did not lose his temper, he should pull out a nail from the fence. Martin did as told, and some months later, all the nails in the fence had been removed. Martin was pleased. And so was his dad.
The father led young Martin to the back of the farm and pointing to the wooden fence he said “You have done well, my son and I am proud of you. But notice the holes left behind by the nails? They will never go away. The fence will never be the same again. It’s like that with our anger too. When we are angry, we say things that leave a scar. And no amount of apologizing thereafter can ever remove those scars. Remember that!”
Read More:http://campus.yahoo.com/news/yeducareers360/anger-never-lets-you-win-20110919

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Bad parenting linked to drinking

Posted on Monday, 29 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The style of parenting is one of the strongest influences on how much alcohol a child will drink as a teenager and young adult, a new study has found. Think tank Demos found out that bad parenting made children eight times more likely to become binge drinkers at 16 years, and twice as likely to drink excessively when they were 34.

Researchers analysed data from more than 15,000 children born in Britain over the last 40 years as part of the study, The Independent reported.

They found the "tough love" style of parenting, which combined warmth and discipline, was the most effective in ensuring against children developing an unhealthy relationship with alcohol.

Read More:http://punjabnewsline.com/content/bad-parenting-linked-drinking/33082

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Women more likely to stray in relationships

Posted on Tuesday, 23 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles

Men may have been known for straying in relationships but the reality is women are more likely to get caught up in a love triangle, says a study.

Almost a quarter of women asked during the study were found to have been romantically involved with more than one individual at a time, while just 15 percent of the men admitted to two-timing, Daily Express reported.

Of those love triangles about 18 percent started on Facebook or Twitter.

In the survey of 2,000 people, it showed half of them believe one can be in love with more than one person at a time.

It was also learned that high earners are more likely to stray than those on lower wages.
According to Jo Hemmings, a relationship psychologist, while male love rats may be the biggest cheaters, driven by lust, opportunity and a misguided sense of entitlement, it is women, who tend to have a more complex view of relationships.
Src.http://www.deccanherald.com/content/185659/women-more-likely-stray-relationships.html

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Study finds sniffer dogs can smell out lung cancer

Posted on Saturday, 20 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


German scientists experimenting with sniffer dogs have found they can accurately detect lung cancer by smelling breath samples.

In a study carried out by researchers from Schillerhoehe Hospital in Germany, the dogs were able to correctly detect lung tumours in 71 per cent of patients, suggesting a similar technique could be used for early detection in future.

"In the breath of patients with lung cancer, there are likely to be different chemicals to normal breath samples and the dogs' keen sense of smell can detect this difference at an early stage of the disease," said Thorsten Walles, who led the study and published its findings in the European Respiratory Journal on Thursday.

Lung cancer, mostly linked to smoking, is the second most common form of cancer in men and women across Europe and causes more than 340,000 deaths per year. It is also the most common cause of death from cancer worldwide.

The disease is notoriously hard to detect in its early stages and scientists have been working on using breath tests for possible future screening programmes. The sniffing method relies on identifying so-called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are linked to the presence of cancer.

The researchers explained that although many different possible breath test techniques have been tried, they are very difficult develop for use in practice in clinics because patients are not allowed to smoke or eat before the test, sample analysis can take a long time and there is also a high risk of interference. Because of these reasons, no lung cancer-specific VOCs have yet been identified.

In this study the researchers worked specially-trained dogs and with 220 volunteers, including some lung cancer patients, some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and some with no lung health problems.

The results show the dogs successfully identified 71 samples with lung cancer out of a possible 100, and correctly detected 372 samples that did not have lung cancer out of a possible 400.

The animals were also able to detect lung cancer independently from COPD and tobacco smoke.
Walles said their results confirm that there is a reliable and stable "marker" for lung cancer in the breath, but there is still a lot of work to do to find out exactly what that is.

"This is a big step forward...but we still need to precisely identify the compounds observed in the exhaled breath of patients. It is unfortunate that dogs cannot communicate the biochemistry of the scent of cancer."

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Watching TV for long hours shortens life expectancy

Posted on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles


People sitting in front of TV for hours on end could shorten their life 
expectancy by almost five years, says an Australian study published Tuesday by the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Researchers from the University of Queensland have estimated that for every hour adults spend in front of TV, their life expectancy shortens by almost 22 minutes. Those who watched six hours a day lived 4.8 years less than those who don't watch TV.

The study is first of its kind in Australia looking into TV habits' effect on longevity. The researchers found that watching TV could have a similar negative impact on life expectancy to that of obesity, smoking and low physical activity.

"People don't realise how it all adds up," the study's lead author Lennert Veerman told the Australian Associated Press (AAP)." They should try not to watch too much TV and find alternative things to do, preferably things that are light activities," Veerman said.

The study was based on data from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study. It asked over 11,000 people aged over 25 about their weekly TV viewing time. The study found that in 2008, Australian adults watched 9.8 billion hours of TV.

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Women gossip for one-third of waking life

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While it may be a Herculean task for anyone to calculate how much his wife or girl friend talks in a
day, a study has found an average woman spends five hours a day gossiping.Whether they are at home or at work, females natter for around 298 minutes daily, which is the equivalent of more than a third of their waking hours, researchers in Britain have found.

Discussing other people's problems, who's dating who and other people's children form the basis of most chats. Other topics most regularly include sex, shopping and soaps, Daily Express reported the study as stating.

The study found women spend 24 minutes a day discussing their weight, diets and dress size. One third said they spend a part of their day discussing what they are eating for lunch, while a quarter regularly exchange recipes.

The survey was commissioned to mark wine firm FirstCape Cafe Collection's search to find Britain's Queen of Chat.

Spokesman Steve Barton said: "Women are renowned for their ability to chat and men are fascinated by what they find to talk about when they get together.

"I'm pleased to see complaining about their partners was at the bottom of their list, though. It is also interesting to see how the conversation differs between women talking to each other and women talking to their partners."

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6-8 HOURS OF SLEEP HELPS CUT FLAB

Posted on Friday, 22 July 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Wondering how to lose weight without much effort? Don`t stress and get some good sleep. A new Kaiser Permanente study has found that people with the lowest stress levels and who also got more than six hours, but not more than eight hours, of sleep were most likely to lose at least 10 pounds.

Nearly 500 participants from Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Washington took part in the study, which measured whether sleep, stress, depression, television viewing, and computer screen time were correlated with weight loss. Several previous studies have found an association between these factors and obesity, but few have looked at whether these factors predict weight loss.

"This study suggests that when people are trying to lose weight, they should try to get the right amount of sleep and reduce their stress," said lead author Charles Elder. "Some people may just need to cut back on their schedules and get to bed earlier. Others may find that exercise can reduce stress and help them sleep. For some people, mind/body techniques such as meditation also might be helpful," he added. The researchers, however, cautioned that their findings might not apply to all groups trying to lose weight. The study has been published in the International Journal of Obesity.

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BE WELL MANNERED FIRST TO BE HEALTHY!

Posted on Saturday, 16 July 2011 by Punjabi Articles


A new research has found that people with good manners at work and at home are more than twice as likely to be in good health.

It found that those people tend to have more hygiene routines in place and take better care of their health and well-being. As a result, they suffer less from colds and cases of diarrhoea and are two-and-a-half times more likely to be in good health than those with poor manners.

The study, conducted by Dettol and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, also found older people look after their health more than young people and also have better manners. Homemakers have the highest levels of personal and household hygiene, while office workers and students have the worst. Women also tend to be more hygienic than men. Everyone can change their behaviour and help to break the chain of infection.

Good manners are also at the heart of it – being aware and thinking how our behaviour affects us and those around us," the Daily Express quoted John Oxford, chairman of the Hygiene Council and professor of virology at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, as saying.  "We're not powerless against infectious disease – everyone can contribute through simple hygiene measures such as washing our hands," he added.

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