Have a limited shopping budget? Can’t have a makeup artist on call like celebrities do? Here are a few tips to help you look perfect no matter where you are or how low-budget a month it is.Get a gel liner from an eye pencil: Put the tip of the pencil near a flame for about 30 seconds and let it ...
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Ways to improve IQ
Intelligence quotient (IQ) is a psychological concept created from scores of intelligence tests to indicate the intelligence level of an individual. Psychologists utilize these scores to standardize their assessment of the mental capacity of individuals. The most common IQ test is the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), where a score of 100 denotes an average score. Intelligence quotient scores range ...
Read More »Eggs could make people more charitable!
Want to get more from your donors? Invite them to breakfast and treat them with eggs before asking them for money.A new research into how diet affects behaviour says starting the day with a three-egg omelette is likely to make people more charitable, ‘The Independent’ of the UK reported Sunday.Eggs provide us with every vitamin we need, except vitamin C.The research at ...
Read More »Green tea to cure oral cancer
A compound found in green tea may trigger a process that kills oral cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone, finds a promising study.According to food scientists from Pennsylvania State University, the research could lead to treatments for oral cancer as well as other types of cancer.Earlier studies had shown that epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a compound found in green tea, killed ...
Read More »Europe’s tuberculosis hub Britain seeks to wipe out the disease
Health authorities launched an 11.5 million pounds plan on Monday to tackle Britain’s persistent tuberculosis (TB) problem, seeking to wipe the contagious lung disease out altogether.Britain has one of the highest TB rates in western Europe and London is known as the continent’s “TB capital”.TB rates in the United Kingdom are nearly five times those in the United States. If ...
Read More »National Be Clear on Cancer campaign highlights that ongoing heartburn can be sign of cancer
Don’t ignore persistent heartburn – talk to your doctor about it A national ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign launches today urging people to visit their doctor if they have heartburn most days for three weeks or more, as this can be a sign of oesophageal[1] or stomach cancer.The campaign launch coincides with results of a new survey commissioned by Public ...
Read More »Baldness could soon be treated using stem cells, scientists hope
Baldness may soon be a thing of the past, as scientists believe stem cells could hail a new future in the way the condition is treated.The most common form of alopecia, or hair loss, is male-pattern baldness, which affects around half of men by the time they reach 50.Female-pattern baldness is less common, and less understood, but usually hits when ...
Read More »India, Bangladesh’s scientists agree to share information on infectious disease
Human and animal health scientists of Bangladesh and India have agreed on the need for joint investigations and monitoring of infectious diseases, particularly in the bordering districts.Both sides made the recommendations in the first ever ‘Bangladesh-India cooperation workshop on anthrax’ that concluded in Dhaka on Jan 28.They also put forward short-term, medium-term and long-term plans of collaboration to contain infectious ...
Read More »UK services growth picks up in January
UK manufacturing growth picks up UK economic growth hits 2.6% in 2014 The UK’s service sector expanded faster than expected in January after a relatively slow pace of growth in December, a survey has suggested. The purchasing managers’ index from Markit/CIPS rose to 57.2 in January compared with December’s reading of 55.8, which was a 17-month low.A figure above 50 indicates expansion.Markit ...
Read More »Finance ministry to apprise PM of latest state of economy today
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is set to apprise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Thursday) of the latest state of the country’s economy, particularly in relation to revenue-mobilisation performance, budget spending and investment scenario.Officials concerned hinted that the impact of the ongoing political impasse, especially on the revenue mobilisation and investment, might be highlighted in the presentation at a meeting.High ...
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